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The National Maternity Data Development Project Advisory Group was established to assist in the development of a nationally consistent and comprehensive maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity data collection in Australia.
The main role of the Advisory Group is to provide expert:
- Advice and guidance on current and emerging perinatal and maternal mortality and morbidity issues of relevance to the project.
- Advice on perinatal and maternal mortality and morbidity data collections and data collection practices, and assist in identifying information gaps, overlaps, and priority areas for national maternal and perinatal data collection.
Chair
Dr Fadwa Al-Yaman (AIHW)
Membership
- Dr Suellen Allen – Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
- Ms Belinda Barnett – Maternity choices Australia
- Ms Ann Burgess – Maternity Services Inter-jurisdictional Committee (MSIJC)
- Dr Georgina Chambers – National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit (NPESU)
- Ms Sue Cornes – Chair of the National Perinatal Data Development Committee (NPDDC)
- Associate Professor Ross Haslam – Australian & New Zealand Neonatal Network (ANZNN)
- Professor Caroline Homer – clinical expert (midwifery)
- Professor Michael Humphrey – Consultant– National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit (NPESU)
- Ms Ann Kinnear – Australian College of Midwives (ACM)
- Mr Conan Liu – AIHW
- Mr Peter Mansfield – National Perinatal Data Development Committee (NPDDC)
- Dr Michael Nicholl – clinical expert (obstetrics)
- Professor Jeremy Oats – clinical expert
- Professor Michael Permezel – Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
- Representatives from the Department of Health
Meeting details
The Advisory Group meets two to three times a year.
Contact details
Contact the secretariat for more information.
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