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.
actively participate in our community.
Australia and New Zealand.
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In Focus
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...
Ride for their Lives (RTFL) 2022 is seeking groups of healthcare providers to organise one-day events both in the run-up...
2022 Youth Health Conference, Melbourne VIC: 7-9 November 2022 The Australian Association for Adolescent Health warmly invites you to Centrepiece...
Have you or your colleagues experienced conflict with a child and their family? Don’t miss this amazing opportunity for this...
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.
Have you or your colleagues experienced conflict with a child and their family? Don’t miss this amazing opportunity for this international masterclass with renowned international trainers, Sarah Barclay, Esse Menson,...
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.
Children’s Healthcare Australasia stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine and all its healthcare workers. The Russian attack on Ukraine is presenting an enormous challenge on the specialised and...
Climate change: a threat to human wellbeing and health of the planet – the time for action is now. The scientific evidence is unequivocal. Climate change is a threat to...
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…
Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Service Development…
November 29th, 2022 12:30 PM AEDT
Join Dr Elisabeth Hoehn, Medical Director and Consultant Child Psychiatrist to learn about The Queensland Centre for Perinatal and Infant…
Emerging Minds - Support early action, early…
March 14th, 2023 12:30 PM AEDT
Many children’s mental health difficulties are not recognised or their difficulties are labelled as bad behaviour. Often the impact of…
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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