among health services caring for children & young people
across Australia & New Zealand.
CHA is a vibrant and diverse non-profit community of children’s hospitals & paediatric units across Australia & New Zealand.
Our members share a passion for continuously improving the experiences & outcomes for all children & young people requiring hospital care, and their families.
Every week they generously share ideas & improvements with each other through CHA. All staff of member hospitals are welcome to participate.
Our Community
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children’s healthcare services across Australia and New Zealand.
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of children receiving public inpatient care each year are looked after by CHA members.
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children’s healthcare professionals
actively participate in our community.
In Focus
Sydney Children's Hospital Network is running the inaugural Clinical Ethics forum on the 18th of September 2024 at the Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, and online.
The Children's Bioethics Centre is proud to announce the 15th National Paediatrics Bioethics Conference, ‘The cases we carry: navigating ethical complexity in paediatrics’, to be held on 4-6th September, 2024...
Co-designing a brief wellbeing program for youth with chronic conditions: The Coping Compass program
The webinar will take place at 10:00 AM, AWST on the 23rd of July. It will also be recorded so that those who sign up but cannot attend can access...
Join the Surgical Services at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital for the Paediatric Surgical Nursing Symposium in Adelaide on the 21st September 2024.
What We Do
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Networking
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Benchmarking
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Collaborative Improvement
What We Do
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Networking
CHA creates opportunites for our members to connect and share ideas, learnings and innovations within networks of like-minded peers.
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Benchmarking
The CHA Benchmarking Program facilitates data driven improvement in healthcare and outcomes for children and families.
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Collaborative Improvement
CHA supports member services to work together, to share learning and to partner with children and families to deliver safe, high quality & equitable healthcare to all children and young people.
Upcoming Events
Every week CHA host virtual meetings on a wide range of topics to enable members to showcase their achievements and seek support from peers for challenges. Log in to our member’s website to register for free for any meetings that interest you…
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MOB ED - Supporting a culturally safe…
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July 31st, 2024 12:30 PM AEST
Imagine an Emergency Department designed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people… how would it look? how would the staff…
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Managing Paediatric Challenging Behaviours – Development of…
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August 1st, 2024 12:30 PM AEST
Dysregulated behaviours have been increasingly reported within hospital emergency departments and paediatric wards, with consequential challenges faced by treating staff.…
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Amplifying the child’s voice when interests elide…
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August 2nd, 2024 12:30 PM AEST
In this case-based presentation, we hope to consider the ethical issues arising from the disclosure of life-limiting diagnoses in the…
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Service workforce shortages – discussion
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August 5th, 2024 1:00 PM AEST
From the May meeting there was a brief discussion around workforce shortages across services and the challenges. This web conference…
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Behavioural insights into recognition and management of…
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August 6th, 2024 12:30 PM AEST
In early 2024 the Clinical Excellence Commissions revised all four sepsis pathways to align with the Sepsis Clinical Care Standard…
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The Australian National Standards of Care for…
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August 14th, 2024 12:30 PM AEST
The presentation will outline the development of and future planning regarding the new Australian National Standards of Care for Childhood-onset…
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Paeds with a Wheeze: Improving Patient Flow…
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August 21st, 2024 12:30 PM AEST
The ‘Paeds with a Wheeze’ project evaluated whether Nurse Led Stretching of Inhaled Salbutamol reduces length of stay in pre-school…
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CHA Directors of Nursing - What would…
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August 27th, 2024 12:30 PM AEST
During this CHA Directors of Nursing meeting, we would like to establish what you would like to discuss during the…
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Period and Pelvic Pain
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August 29th, 2024 12:30 PM AEST
Period and pelvic pain is a very common problem impacting on the lives of many teenagers. Many young people report…
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Fracture clinic redesign with consumers
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September 3rd, 2024 12:30 PM AEST
This presentation will share the process evaluation within the quaternary paediatric children's hospital in Qld (QCH), including the tools used…
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NEW NDIS Reforms
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September 24th, 2024 12:30 PM AEST
The evolving landscape of the NDIS demands attention, not just for its immediate impact on disability services but for the…
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CHA Paediatric Units Insight Forum 2024
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October 28th, 2024 9:00 AM AEDT
Showcasing the challenges, Resilience and Innovations in children’s healthcare units across Australia and New Zealand. Feedback from the 2023 Insight Forum. Just a…
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CHA Directors of Nursing Face to Face…
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October 30th, 2024 8:30 AM AEST
An invaluable opportunity for Directors of Nursing to connect, collaborate, and share issues and challenges within your services.
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CHA Directors of Paediatrics Face to…
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October 30th, 2024 8:30 AM AEST
Directors of Paediatrics from across Australia and New Zealand to connect, collaborate, and share issues and challenges within your services.
Advocacy for children and
their families
for children and their families requiring hospital care. CHA is
committed to championing effective strategies for partnering with
children, young people and their families and advocating for a healthy
sustainable future for children, families and the planet.
Organisational Membership
- Connecting, supporting and developing our community.
CHA Membership is open to all public and private hospitals/health networks providing care to children and young people. All staff at member hospitals are welcome to participate in CHA networks that interest them.
Associate Membership is available* for other organisations that share CHA's commitment to excellence & innovation in children's healthcare (*on approval from our board).
CHA connects over 3,400 paediatric professionals from more than 95 hospitals and hospital networks, ranging from large specialist children's hospitals through to paediatric wards in small rural hospitals.
- Connecting, supporting and developing our community.
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CHA Membership is open to all public and private hospitals/health networks providing care to children and young people. All staff at member hospitals are welcome to participate in CHA networks that interest them.
Associate Membership is available* for other organisations that share CHA’s commitment to excellence & innovation in children’s healthcare (*on approval from our board).
CHA connects over 3,400 paediatric professionals from more than 95 hospitals and hospital networks, ranging from large specialist children’s hospitals through to paediatric wards in small rural hospitals.
Organisational Membership
- Connecting, supporting and developing our community.
CHA Membership is open to all public and private hospitals/health networks providing care to children and young people. All staff at member hospitals are welcome to participate in CHA networks that interest them.
Associate Membership is available* for other organisations that share CHA’s commitment to excellence & innovation in children’s healthcare (*on approval from our board).
CHA connects over 3,400 paediatric professionals from more than 95 hospitals and hospital networks, ranging from large specialist children’s hospitals through to paediatric wards in small rural hospitals.
What our members are saying
Our health service is working with CHA to develop a benchmarking process to help us to study and improve the quality of care we provide. It is such a pleasure to work with the enthusiastic, helpful, and knowledgeable CHA team. They bring a collaborative, ‘can-do’ attitude to our meetings that helps us to break complex problems into manageable steps and work towards a shared goal.
Gehan Roberts
Paediatrician/Associate Director, CCCH, the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne
We are developing something from scratch for which there is no template or logical precursor. Busy clinicians often have ideas of what could be in the data space but seldom the skills or abilities to turn this into reality. CHA is the bridge between concept and reality.
Doug Shelton
Clinical Director, Women, Newborn and Children's Services, Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD
[CHA is]…a platform for networking, consultation and collaboration to drive innovative
ideas and evidence based practice in the management of Australian children’s healthcare.
Joanne Clark
Allied Health Coordinator, WA Country Health Service
Is my employer a member?
Great! [organization] is already a CHA member!
As a staff member of this hospital, you are invited to have your own unique log in to access all of the great discussions & resources being shared by CHA members online.
Sorry, [organization] is not currently a member of the CHA community. To find out about the benefits and costs of joining CHA.
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