Governance
The Constitution provides for the appointment of a Council, which performs a governance role for the APSF, and oversees the activities and performance of the APSF. The APSF members and various medical and nursing colleges elect the Council.
The current members of the APSF Council are:
- Prof Bill Runciman: APSF President (Professor, Patient Safety & Healthcare Human Factors, School of Psychology, Social Work & Social Policy, University of South Australia; Joanna Briggs Institute, Royal Adelaide Hospital; Visiting Professor, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, UNSW)
- Prof Jeffrey Braithwaite: APSF Chairman (Foundation Professor & Director, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Centre for Clinical Governance Research, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW)
- Prof Guy Maddern: APSF Vice-President (Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, RP Jepson Professor of Surgery, University of Adelaide, Head of Division of Surgery and Director of Basil Hetzel Institute)
- Dr David Tye: APSF Treasurer (Royal Australian College of General Practitioners)
- Dr Sue Johanson: ordinary member (Australian College of Emergency Medicine)
- Dr Neil Maycock: ordinary member (Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists)
- Dr Matthew Thomas: ordinary member (Program Director, Human Factors and Safety Management Systems, University of South Australia)
- Ms Tracey Hutt: Secretary (Healthcare Management Advisors)
- Dr Philip Robinson, ordinary member (Executive Director, Clinical Governance, Education & Research; Children, Youth and Womens Health Service, SA Department of Health)