Events
We host web conferences, workshops, and forums, both in person and online, that are dedicated to issues of importance to our members. Listed below are the upcoming events for our Network Groups
Listed below are the upcoming events:
Zoom Meeting
24 Jun 2026
12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST
24 June 2026
- 24 June 2026
The QCH Strong Foundations Program: building parent capacity when caring for a young person with an eating disorder
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
The pre-treatment program, Strong Foundations, was introduced as a psychoeducation, waitlist management strategy in the Child and Youth Mental Health Service Eating Disorder Program at the Children’s Hospital Queensland (CYMHS EDP) in 2021. The program is designed to be transdiagnostic, intending to be suitable for all eating disorder diagnoses. The program runs continuously on a six-week cycle and involves group psychoeducation sessions and specialist medical management and support to build parent capacity when caring for their young person with an eating disorder.
Zoom Meeting
7 Jul 2026
12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST
7 July 2026
- 7 July 2026
‘We just want to be heard and understood’ – Measuring experiences of multicultural safety in hospital care
Paediatric Safety & Quality
Every day, hospitals care for people from diverse backgrounds. While our health system aims to provide safe, high quality care for all, not all patients experience care in the same way. The Multicultural Safety Indicator Project has aimed to co-design a world-first measure of multicultural safety to help hospitals reliably identify gaps, prevent harm, or ensure services are equitable and responsive to the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
Zoom Meeting
20 Jul 2026
1:00pm - 2:00pm AEST
20 July 2026
- 20 July 2026
Zoom Meeting
24 Jul 2026
12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST
24 July 2026
- 24 July 2026
Providing Enhanced Access for Child Health Services (PEACH): addressing inequities in hospital outcomes for Australian children from priority populations
Improving Value in Healthcare
This presentation shares findings from the PEACH program, which examines persistent inequities in hospital outcomes for children and young people from priority populations, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, refugee/asylum-seeking, interpreter-required, out-of-home care, and NDIS participants. Using linked hospital data (2015–2024) and lived experience insights, the study highlights significant differences in outcomes such as mortality, readmission, length of stay, and discharge against medical advice.
Zoom Meeting
28 Jul 2026
12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST
28 July 2026
- 28 July 2026
Reducing the impact of day admissions on the paediatric inpatient unit at Sunshine Coast University Hospital
Paediatric Units
The Child and Adolescent Unit at Sunshine Coast University Hospital has developed a collaborative, multidisciplinary team to support a series of goals around optimising patient flow and enhancing patient and family experiences. Outcomes include significant reductions in day-only admissions to the inpatient unit, increase in number of day patients’ treatment, and improvements in patient and caregiver satisfaction. These results underscore the benefits of shifting appropriate care to outpatient settings, leading to improved hospital efficiency and a better experience for paediatric patients and their families.
Zoom Meeting
29 Jul 2026
12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST
29 July 2026
- 29 July 2026
Education review and online medication training for nurses and midwives
Improving Value in Healthcare
A review of medication safety education for nurses and midwives identified significant gaps within existing training approaches. To address these challenges, outdated modules were retired and replaced with a structured, contemporary programme. Implementation of this revised programme has strengthened organisational oversight, improved accessibility, and enhanced accountability. Within three months of rollout, training completion rates increased from 20% to 68%, demonstrating a substantial improvement in staff engagement and compliance with medication safety education requirements.
Zoom Meeting
4 Aug 2026
12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST
4 August 2026
- 4 August 2026
Agenda planning for CHA Directors of Nursing October face-to-face meeting
Directors of Nursing - Paediatric Services
Please join us as we shape and plan our agenda for this year’s CHA Directors of Nursing meeting to be held at the Sofitel, Gold Coast, Broadbeach, QLD on Wednesday 21 October. Developing the agenda in consultation with those attending the face-to-face meeting, ensures we maximise the day and are best set up for meaningful, impactful, and engaged conversations.
Zoom Meeting
5 Aug 2026
12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST
5 August 2026
- 5 August 2026
Restacking the Odds
Leading Thinkers Series
Access to high quality and comprehensive early childhood services are crucial in ensuring that every child, regardless of their background, can reach their potential. Yet, in Australia, 1 in 5 children are starting school developmentally behind their peers, unable to make the most of learning and life opportunities. These differences are unfair, unacceptable, and importantly, preventable. Restacking the Odds (RSTO) is a national early years systems reform initiative hosted by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (Centre for Community Child Health), Social Ventures Australia (SVA) and Bain. It aims to tackle this challenge of children missing out on the early services they need to thrive by working with local partnerships to improve access to, and participation in, vital early childhood services.
Zoom Meeting
6 Aug 2026
12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST
6 August 2026
- 6 August 2026
An Actionable Framework for AI Governance in Australian Healthcare Organisations
Leading Thinkers Series
Artificial intelligence is increasingly being adopted across healthcare, but many health services still lack practical processes for assessing, approving, monitoring, and managing AI safely across its lifecycle. This presentation will introduce an evidence-based AI governance framework developed by the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, in partnership with Alfred Health, Northern Sydney Local Health District and the Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre.
Zoom Meeting
12 Aug 2026
12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST
12 August 2026
- 12 August 2026
AIMhi Stay Strong: Culturally responsive, strengths-based wellbeing tools for improving health knowledge, fostering self-management and meaningful outcomes for First Nations people
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Paediatric Care
AIMhi Stay Strong is a motivational care planning approach supported by a range of tools that assists health professionals to promote the wellbeing of Aboriginal clients by considering their social supports, strengths, worries and the goals or changes they would like to make. This presentation will cover the Stay Strong care planning approach and showcase a range of tools and resources suitable for young people, mothers, family and community.
Zoom Meeting
18 Aug 2026
12:30pm - 1:30pm
18 August 2026
- 18 August 2026
Midwives as Sustainability Champions: Lessons from the Green Maternity Project
Sustainable Healthcare
This presentation will examine the evaluation of the Green Maternity project, a midwife led initiative to promote correct waste segregation on the postnatal ward of a large tertiary maternity hospital in Victoria. How the intervention was implemented and evaluated, and outcomes in relation to accuracy of waste segregation and waste management costs will be discussed. The presentation will end with an overview of the current status of the initiative, barriers and enablers for sustained implementation, and directions for future practice.
Zoom Meeting
25 Aug 2026
12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST
25 August 2026
- 25 August 2026
Innovation Case Study: A tele-health enabled ADHD Service
Improving Value in Healthcare
This presentation will discuss Western NSW LHD’s ADHD and Behaviour Management Service, an innovative and highly successful telehealth model that improves access to paediatric assessment and diagnosis of ADHD.
Zoom Meeting
26 Aug 2026
12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST
26 August 2026
- 26 August 2026
Utilising an experiential learning approach to develop a paediatric deteriorating patient education program
Paediatric Educators
This presentation will provide an overview of PaediResus, a blended education program combining online learning with simulation-based training to improve the recognition and management of deteriorating paediatric patients. The program is designed to build clinical competence, confidence, and team-based response across multidisciplinary healthcare settings, aligned with contemporary resuscitation guidelines.
Zoom Meeting
27 Aug 2026
12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST
27 August 2026
- 27 August 2026
KetoCarbs - Meds4Kids: A Clinician Tool for Safe Paediatric Ketogenic Medications
Medication Safety
Children receiving the ketogenic diet (KD) for intractable epilepsy and metabolic disorders require strict carbohydrate control to maintain therapeutic effectiveness. However, identifying hidden carbohydrates in medications is complex, time-consuming, and often reliant on fragmented or outdated resources. KetoCarbs - Meds4Kids is a clinician-designed digital database that provides comprehensive, evidence-informed information on carbohydrate-containing excipients and formulations in commonly prescribed medicines. It improves efficiency, practitioner confidence, and medication safety while reducing reliance on informal consultations and multiple reference sources.
Face-to-Face
19 Oct 2026
9:30am - 3:00pm
19 October 2026
- 20 October 2026
Call for Abstracts: CHA Paediatric Insight Forum, 19-20 October 2026 at Sofitel Gold Coast Broadbeach QLD
Paediatric Units
Are you passionate about improving child health outcomes? Don’t miss our annual Paediatric Insight Forum where leading experts will explore critical topics shaping paediatric care today.
Face-to-Face
21 Oct 2026
8:30am - 3:00pm AEDT
21 October 2026
- 21 October 2026
CHA Directors of Paediatrics Face to Face Meeting, 21 October 2026 at Sofitel Gold Coast Broadbeach QLD
Paediatric Units
An invaluable opportunity for Directors of Paediatrics to connect, collaborate, and share issues and challenges within your services.
Face-to-Face
21 Oct 2026
8:30am - 3:00pm AEDT
21 October 2026
- 21 October 2026
CHA Directors of Nursing Face to Face Meeting, 21 October 2026 at Sofitel Gold Coast Broadbeach QLD
Directors of Nursing - Paediatric Services
CHA is excited to support the Directors of Nursing to connect, collaborate, and share issues and challenges within your services.
Zoom Meeting
27 Oct 2026
12:30pm - 1:30pm AEDT
27 October 2026
- 27 October 2026
Functional Neurological Disorder Pathways Clinic – Rehabilitation Planned Program
Rehabilitation Managers
The Victorian Paediatric Rehabilitation Service (VPRS) used an advanced practice grand to fund the development and implementation of a statewide assessment and triage service for children and adolescents diagnosed with Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) who required specialist rehabilitation. This session will provide an overview of the development and implementation of the clinic, in addition to key learnings we are currently incorporating into our work with FND patients within our broader VPRS service.
Zoom Meeting
5 Nov 2026
9:00am -10:00am AEDT
5 November 2026
- 5 November 2026
The NICU International Caregiver Behaviour Checklist
NICU and Special Care Nurseries
Developmentally supportive care (DSC) is a well-established best practice in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), aimed at minimising stress and optimising neurodevelopmental outcomes for preterm and medically fragile infants. However, despite strong evidence and guidelines, consistent implementation of DSC at the bedside remains variable across providers and settings. This session introduces the NICU Caregiver Behaviour Checklist (NICU-CBC), an evidence-based, content-validated tool designed to operationalise developmental care through observable caregiver behaviours during routine interactions.
