The Queensland Government has announced the Board Members for the State’s Hospital and Health Boards, which it says forms a major stop in restoring local control of hospitals and health services.

 

Health Minister Lawrence Springborg says this is the final link in the process to restore local Health Boards to run their own services in communities across Queensland. 

 

Mr Springborg said the appointments were the outcome of a transparent public recruitment process endorsed by the Governor in Council.

 

The Board Members endorsed by the government are: 

 

  • Metro North Hospital and Health Board: Dr Dianne Ball, Mr Michael Denton, Mr Vaughan Howell, Dr Margaret Steinberg AM 
  • Metro South Hospital and Health Board: Mr Peter Dowling, Dr John Kastrissios, Dr Marion Tower, Professor Andrew Wilson, Professor John Prins 
  • Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Board: Mr Paul Cooper, Ms Eileen Jones, Dr Leanne Johnston, Dr David Wood 
  • Gold Coast Hospital and Health Board: Mr Kenneth Brown, Professor Allan Cripps, Ms Colette McCool, Mrs Pauline Ross 
  • Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Board: Mr Bradley Elms, Dr Lorraine Ferguson AM, Dr Martine Pop, Dr Mason Stevenson 
  • West Moreton Hospital and Health Board: Mr Paul Casos, Mr Timothy Eltham, Dr Robert (Bob) McGregor, Ms Melinda Parcell 
  • Darling Downs Hospital and Health Board: Dr Dennis Campbell, Ms Cheryl Dalton, Dr Ross Hetherington, Dr Ian Keys, Dr Jeff Prebble, Ms Marie Pietsch, Mr Terry Fleischfresser, Ms Danielle Causer 
  • Central Queensland Hospital and Health Board: Mrs Bronwyn Christensen, Mr Kurt Keidecker, Dr Leone Hinton, Mr Roy (Charles) Ware 
  • Wide Bay Hospital and Health Board: Ms Deborah Carroll, Mr Adrian Daniel, Mrs Barbara Hovard, Associate Professor Brad Murphy 
  • Townsville Hospital and Health Board: Dr Kevin Arlett, Mr Glen Cerutti, Dr Eric Guazzo, Mrs Michelle Moreton, Dr Ian Wronski 
  • Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Board: Ms Leanne Bou-Samra, Dr Henry Glennie, Ms Margaret Cochrane, Ms Carolyn Eagle 
  • Mackay Hospital and Health Board: Mr David Aprile, Mr Darryl Camilleri, Mr Tom McMillan, Professor Richard Murray 
  • South West Hospital and Health Board: Mr Michael Cowley, Mr Richard Moore, Mrs Karen Prentis, Ms Lyn Kajewski 
  • Central West Hospital and Health Board: Mr David Arnold, Mr William Ringrose, Mr Peter Skewes, Ms Jane Williams 
  • North West Hospital and Health Board: Dr Don Bowley, Dr Stephanie De La Rue, Ms Rowena McNally, Mr Richard Stevens 
  • Cape York Hospital and Health Board: Mr Darryl Hill, Mr Thomas Hudson, Mrs Tracey Jia, Ms Louise Pearce, Associate Professor Ruth Stewart, Ms Angela Jarkiewicz 
  • Torres and Northern Peninsula: an administrator will be appointed to the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Hospital and Health Board, pending further assessment of suitable candidates