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
Australia and New Zealand.
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Australia and New Zealand.
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In Focus
The Nursing Research & Clinical Innovations Symposium is a one-day event, held on International Nurses Day, Friday the 12th of...
Women & Leadership Australia has announced a new round of scholarships to enable more women in the health sector to...
Elisabeth’s contribution to children’s healthcare is both exceptional and outstanding. Over the past 20 years, Elisabeth has been instrumental in...
The Hush Foundation: Gathering of Kindness – Lift your gaze from the daily grind, 7-11 November 2022
The Hush Foundation’s long-term vision for a kinder, safer environment for those both working in and receiving care in healthcare...
The Nursing Research & Clinical Innovations Symposium is a one-day event, held on International Nurses Day, Friday the 12th of May. The Symposium showcases and celebrates nursing research and clinical...
Women & Leadership Australia has announced a new round of scholarships to enable more women in the health sector to undertake career-enhancing leadership development programs.
Elisabeth’s contribution to children’s healthcare is both exceptional and outstanding. Over the past 20 years, Elisabeth has been instrumental in the conceptualisation, development, and implementation of the mental health continuum...
The Hush Foundation: Gathering of Kindness – Lift your gaze from the daily grind, 7-11 November 2022
The Hush Foundation’s long-term vision for a kinder, safer environment for those both working in and receiving care in healthcare feels more urgent than ever. Our partners agree! Get in...
Ride for their Lives (RTFL) 2022 is seeking groups of healthcare providers to organise one-day events both in the run-up to COP 27 and on into 2023.
2022 Youth Health Conference, Melbourne VIC: 7-9 November 2022 The Australian Association for Adolescent Health warmly invites you to Centrepiece at Melbourne Park, for the 2022 Youth Health Conference.
At CHA we are seeing rising concern across the children’s healthcare sector about the negative impacts of climate change on the health and wellbeing of today’s children & young people...
Congratulations to Executive Director of Medical Services, Professor Trish Davidson who was recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for her contribution to health.
CHA is proud to be partnering with our members to make the best child and adolescent focused Grand Rounds talks accessible to a wide audience from across the CHA community. With the consent of...
There are more than 95 services of various sizes participating in the CHA community. These services bring a wealth of expertise about paediatric healthcare to the table.
What We Do
Networking
Benchmarking
Collaborative Improvement
What We Do
Networking
CHA creates opportunites for our members to connect and share ideas, learnings and innovations within networks of like-minded peers.
Benchmarking
The CHA Benchmarking Program facilitates data driven improvement in healthcare and outcomes for children and families.
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…
Workforce Challenges and Nursing Staff Wellbeing
April 5th, 2023 12:30 PM AEST
This web conference is an opportunity for the CHA Directors of Nursing to connect with their peers to discuss workforce…
SNOTWATCH Asthma: Mapping childhood viruses in real…
April 6th, 2023 12:30 PM AEST
Snotwatch is an ecological platform that aims to identify associations between key population health outcomes and virus circulation in both time…
Gadjigadji Project: My Rehab My Journey -…
April 12th, 2023 12:30 PM AEST
The My Rehab My Journey’ website is a web-based toolkit that provides tools and resources for clinicians caring for Aboriginal…
Safe Communication for Kids - John Hunter…
April 13th, 2023 12:30 PM AEST
The aim of the ‘Safe communication for kids’ project was to create a safe and effective clinical bedside handover…
The evolutions of consumer engagement within the…
April 26th, 2023 12:30 PM AEST
Co-design is about designing with, not for and consumer voices are central to this experience. Hear from Kristine Pierce who…
Paediatric Connected Care Clinics: Holistic Care for…
May 23rd, 2023 12:30 PM AEST
Connected Care Clinics improve healthcare access for children who experience significant social adversity, via a multidisciplinary clinic which provides holistic…
Baby Steps: Baby bottle recycling in NICU
May 24th, 2023 12:30 PM AEST
Neonatal intensive care is, by its very nature, intensive in both care and energy consumption. However, NICUs can play an…
Implementation of NSW Paediatric Rehabilitation Minimum Standards…
May 30th, 2023 12:30 PM AEST
The Toolkit is designed to be used to assist LHD and specialty health networks in adopting the NSW Paediatric Rehabilitation…
Overview of NSW CAMHS Response ‘Safeguards’ Program
June 8th, 2023 12:30 PM AEST
In June 2021, the NSW Government announced new funding for mental health as part of the 2021-2022 State Budget. This…
Cross Roads - Improving management of children…
June 29th, 2023 12:30 PM AEST
Acquired brain injuries are leading cause of disability in children and young people. Prior research highlights that poor mental health…
Rapid Echocardiography for Congenital And Rheumatic Heart…
July 6th, 2023 12:30 PM AEST
The RECARDINA pilot project evaluated two possible approaches to an innovative screening protocol for congenital and rheumatic heart disease (RHD)…
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.
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
Membership with CHA sets a platform whereby you feel supported, guided and inspired by like-minded people. The many different Networks allow you to navigate your way directly to experts in that field that can help you with advice, opinions and ideas... The ability to watch recordings of the webinars is amazing, it allows you to find what you’re looking for well after the presentation
Clinton Griffiths
Nurse Unit Manager Paediatrics, Ballarat Health Services, VIC
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
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