CEC wins at 2024 NSW Health Awards
25 October 2024
The Clinical Excellence Commission has claimed victory at the 2024 NSW Health Awards.
The joint initiative by the Clinical Excellence Commission and NSW Ministry of Health, won the Patient safety first category, which acknowledges a commitment to putting patient safety first every day.
"It's one thing to be successful at what you do every day, but it's another thing to be recognised by your peers and the whole system for the tremendous hard work we do," said Adjunct Professor Michael Nicholl, CEC Chief Executive.
"The NSW Medicines Formulary was a collaborative effort, and an effort that took place during a really difficult time during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"It is truly remarkable, and I am just so grateful for the people we have working for us at the CEC and their ability to be agile and adapt to the situation around them."
The NSW Medicines Formulary team delivered a statewide rollout of the formulary and associated governance and procurement processes across all public hospitals. The CEC led an 18-month transition to implement the statewide formulary, affecting over 65,000 clinicians across 200 metropolitan, regional, and rural public hospitals. NSW Health initiated the reform to improve the use of medicines in public hospitals, ensure equitable access to medicines and consistent treatment across the state, and address procurement challenges.
"It is a wonderful outcome to acknowledge and recognise the efforts of our team both at the CEC and our partners, the other pillars supporting the districts and networks, Ministry of Health, HealthShare, eHealth, – this is a truly collaborative effort," said Dr Harvey Lander, CEC Director System Improvement said.
"I am truly delighted to receive this award on behalf of this incredible last four and half years of dedicated work to improve the quality use of medicines in all healthcare facilities across NSW Health."
The NSW Medicines Formulary promotes consistent, efficient healthcare delivery, enabling clinical decisions to inform statewide medicine procurement and saving almost $100 million in the first financial year.
The initiative's success was underpinned by effective collaboration with hospital networks, local health districts, HealthShare NSW and eHealth NSW.
Congratulations to our CEC colleagues and those in partner agencies who worked together to achieve this outstanding result and were recognised as 2024 NSW Health Awards winners.
Clinical Excellence Commission
- Dr Harvey Lander, Director, Systems Improvement
- Prof. Jennifer Martin, Clinical Lead and Chair, NSW Medicines Formulary Committee
- Nina Muscillo, Chief Advisor and Program Lead, Medication Safety, Quality and Therapeutics Optimisation
- Lucy Nair, Principal Lead, Medication Safety and Quality
- Carly Wills, Senior Improvement Lead, Medicines and Therapeutics Optimisation
- Christine Coorey, Improvement Lead, Medicines and Therapeutics Optimisation
- Danica Furtula, Improvement Lead, Medicines and Therapeutics Optimisation
- Dr Josephine Adattini, Improvement Lead, Medicines and Therapeutics Optimisation
- Kate Donaldson, Improvement Lead, Medicines and Therapeutics Optimisation
- Mollie Churton, Improvement Lead, Medicines and Therapeutics Optimisation
- Sankit Lalseta, (former) Improvement Lead, Medicines and Therapeutics Optimisation
- Kate Roper, Senior Improvement Lead, Medicines Valuation
- Bayan Hosseini, Senior Improvement Lead, Medicines Critical Response and Governance
- Loesje Scholz, Improvement Lead, Medicines Valuation
NSW Ministry of Health
- Dr Ian Whyte, Former Chair, NSW Medicines Formulary Committee
- Dr Kerry Chant, Chief Health Officer, Deputy Secretary, Population and Public Health
- Emma Dawe, Manager Priority Projects, Office of the Chief Health Officer
- Christa Lynch, (former) Lead Pharmacist, Priority Projects Unit, Office of the Chief Health Officer
- Dr Anna Calik, (former) Medical Public Health Officer trainee Rosanna Mackinnon, Project Officer, Priority Projects Unit, Office of the Chief Health Officer
- Nicola Moore, Senior Project Officer, Priority Projects Unit, Office of the Chief Health Officer
HealthShare NSW
- Noman Masood, Senior Category Manager
- Susie Giddey, Associate Director, Category Management
eHealth NSW
- Michael Turner, Associate Director, Clinical Solutions Service
- Monica Middleton, Master Drug Catalogue Design Lead
- Jane Tyan, Project Manager, Service Delivery
- Medha Joshi, Business analyst