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The Special Commission of Inquiry
into Healthcare Funding

Hearings 5 Part A: Commencing 13 May Dubbo

Appearances

Inquiry

  • Ed Muston SC
  • Ross Glover
  • Ian Fraser
  • Dr Tamsin Waterhouse

NSW Health

  • Richard Cheney SC
  • Hernan Pintos-Lopez

Witness List

Monday 13 May 2024

  1. Opening - Welcome to Country
  2. Megan Callinan
    Chief Executive Officer, Marathon Health  
  3. Annette Crothers
    Chair of the Board, Marathon Health
    Board Member, Western NSW LHD
  4. Appearing concurrently:
    • Derek Francis
      General Manager, Bogan Shire Council
    • Debb Wood
      Director, People and Community Services, Bogan Shire Council
  5. Dr Michael Harfield
    Director of Medical Services at Mudgee Hospital, Acting Rural Health Director Medical Services (Mudgee, Cowra, Parkes, and Forbes Hospitals), Western NSW LHD
  6. Greg Tory
    General Manager, Lachlan Shire Council

Tuesday 14 May 2024

  1. Appearing concurrently:
    • Dr Ai-Vee Chua
      General Practitioner, Dubbo
    • Dr Rebekah Hoffman
      Chair of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) NSW&ACT Faculty Council
  2. Appearing concurrently:
    • Dr Mary Beth MacIsaac
      General Practitioner, Coomealla Aboriginal Health Corporation, Dareton
    • Dr Rebekah Hoffman
      Chair of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) NSW&ACT Faculty Council
  3. Murdi Paaki Panel (Western NSW LHD & Far West LHD)

Wednesday 15 May 2024

  1. Dr Martin Hua
    Acting Rural Health Director Medical Services, Western NSW LHD
  2. Appearing concurrently:
    • Helen McFarlane
      Director Mental Health Drug and Alcohol for Western NSW LHD
    • Dr Warren Kealy-Bateman
      Clinical Director, Mental Health Drug and Alcohol Services Dubbo and Regions
  3. Professor Mark Arnold
    Chief Medical Officer, Western NSW LHD
  4. Maryanne Hawthorn
    Executive Director, Strategic Reform, Planning and Partnerships, Western NSW LHD

Thursday 16 May 2024

  1. Mark Spittal
    Chief Executive, Western NSW LHD
  2. Josh Carey
    Executive Director Service Delivery, Western NSW LHD
  3. Dr Ian Spencer OAM
    General Practitioner, Wellington

Friday 17 May 2024

  1. Appearing concurrently:
    • Fiona Bennett
      Board Member, Chair Finance and Performance Committee
    • Dr Colin McClintock
      Renal physician, General medicine physician, and Board Member, Chair Health Care Quality Committee
  2. Dr Robin Williams
    Chair, Western NSW Primary Health Network