Central Adelaide Local Health Network

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (15:21): I seek leave to provide further information in relation to an answer given earlier today.

Leave granted.

The Hon. S.G. WADE: I am advised that CALHN has established a Critical Friends framework to assist the organisation's recovery. The Critical Friends provide clinical advice and expertise to complement KordaMentha and have had a significant impact on culture and optimism as CALHN strives to become a world-class health network. Dr Diana Hamilton-Fairley has recently spent time with the network to provide an expert and objective lens on critical issues, such as clinical governance, change management and medical leadership. She has encouraged reflective practice in change leadership and staff to think differently about strategy and operations.

She has previously held roles with Guy's and St Thomas', as the medical lead for education and leadership at Health Education England. CALHN's chief executive worked with Dr Hamilton-Fairley at Medway when the Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust was asked to buddy with the trust to provide expert advice to aid its improvement from quality special measures to a high-performing trust. She was later appointed as a medical director and director of strategy at Medway Foundation Trust. She is currently the lead for Kent community care, establishing an integrated health system within Kent.

Dr Hamilton-Fairley is paid a daily rate of A$2,000 a day plus expenses. All Critical Friends have been chosen for their specific expert knowledge and experience. The network will continue to use Critical Friends and to capitalise on other partnerships to bring about the rapid turnaround that is required at CALHN. Chief executive Lesley Dwyer's recent international health experience in large turnaround projects has been successful as a result of engaging expert leading professionals to provide advice.