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Introduction and mission statement of the Greater Western Consortium

The Greater Western Consortium of Basic Physician Training is one of five consortia of basic physician training in Victoria, established by the Department of Human Services in 2005 to coordinate the training, recruitment and rotation of basic physician trainees across member health services.

The Greater Western Consortium of Basic Physician Training has five member health services: Melbourne Health, Western Health, Ballarat Health Service, Northeast Health Wangaratta and Wodonga Regional Health Service.

The objectives of the Greater Western Consortium are to improve, and make more equitable, the standard of basic physician training across all of its member health services - and for this to be reflected in the quality and adequacy of the basic physician trainee workforce in the Greater Western Consortium.


Current Consortium Management Committee members

Each consortium is governed by its own Consortium Management Committee consisting of representatives of member health services and the consortium's Secretariat.  Current members of Greater Western Consortium's Management Committee are:

  1. Ms Lucy O'Brien, Consortium Manager
  2. Dr Andrew Brett, Consortium Director of Physician Training
  3. Dr Grant Phelps, Director of Physician Training, Ballarat Health Service
  4. Dr John Gallachio, Executive Director of Medical Services, Ballarat Health Service
  5. Dr Alison McLean, Acting Director of Medical Services, Melbourne Health
  6. TBA, Deputy Director Physician Training, Melbourne Health
  7. Ms Cassandra Sharrock, Manager Medical Workforce Unit, Melbourne Health
  8. Dr Lloyd Nash, Basic Physician Trainee Representative, Melbourne Health
  9. Dr John Elcock, Director of Medical Services, Northeast Health Wangaratta
  10. Dr Phil MacLeish, Director of Physician Training, Northeast Health Wangaratta
  11. Dr Rowena Mann, Deputy Director of Medical Services, Northeast Health Wangaratta
  12. Dr John Mulder, Director of Physician Training, Western Health
  13. Dr Arlene Wake, Executive Director of Medical Services, Western Health
  14. Dr Susheel Sharma, Basic Physician Trainee Representative, Western Health
  15. Dr Kevin Lee, Advanced Physician Trainee Representative, Western Health
  16. Dr Russell Auwardt, Director of Physician Training, Wodonga Regional Health Service
  17. Ms Linda Moon, Medical Workforce Manager, Wodonga Regional Health Service