Meet our Community Advisory Panel members and what has led them to being involved in the local community health care.
Community Advisory Panels
The Community Advisory Panels (CAPs) exist to provide Bayside Health Regional with consumer‑centred advice on strategic priorities, key initiatives and quality improvement.
They ensure the organisation hears and responds to community perspectives, including those of diverse populations, and strengthens patient and consumer experience across Bayside Health Regional services.
Another essential role for the CAPs is to ensure Bayside Health partners with consumers to ensure it delivers safe, high quality, appropriate and accessible healthcare.
Health outcomes and experiences are improved if people are given an opportunity to be actively involved in their health care decisions.
Health services and individual outcomes are at their best when consumers are involved in improvement opportunities and higher-level strategic decision-making and governance.
The members of our CAPs are:
- Kooweerup CAP: Chair Norma Bartlett, Marlene Dalziel, Helen Wood, Sue Morgan, Garry Oates, Gwen Murray and Tina Kendall
- Bass Coast CAP: Chair Mim Kershaw, Gill Scrase, Sharry Eavis, Ann Booth, Gerry Surridge, Alex Jackson, Maddy Harford, Toni Cornelius, Hilary Kerrison and Don Paproth
- South Gippsland CAP: Chair Gwen Scheffer, Deputy Chair Marion Dewar, Noel Owen, Lynette Yeomans, John Davies, Katherine Henderson, Ainslie Brown and Annette Du Mont
Community Advisor: Terrence Shannon
Contacting a Community Advisory Panel Member
If you would like to contact a CAP member we can assist you.
Email: emelia.potts@basscoasthealth.org.au
Please say "hello" if you see them in the community.
