Our committees
Brisbane North PHN works closely with clinicians, consumers, carers and community representatives to better understand local needs and improve health outcomes across our region.
Our committees bring together professional expertise, lived experience and community perspectives to help shape our priorities and approach.
Their insights support planning, service development and governance, helping ensure our work reflects the needs and experiences of the people and communities we serve.
The Clinical Council brings together experienced clinicians from across our region to provide expert advice on local health priorities, service planning and system improvement. The council includes representatives from general practice, nursing, allied health, mental health, pharmacy, paramedicine, specialist and hospital settings, ensuring Brisbane North PHN benefits from a broad range of clinical perspectives.
The Council provides recommendations to Brisbane North PHN's Board of Directors, helping ensure programs, services and initiatives are guided by contemporary clinical practice and the realities of delivering care in the community.
View the Clinical Council Terms of Reference.
The Clinicians' Advisory Group (CAG) provides a forum for consultation and engagement on matters affecting primary care and the broader health system. The CAG consists of general practitioners who facilitate two-way communication between Brisbane North PHN and their professional networks, strengthening understanding of local priorities and emerging issues.
Drawing on their experience in community-based care, members share practical insights that support service improvement, program development and strategic planning.
The Community Advisory Committee brings together consumers, carers and community representatives from across our region to provide valuable lived experience insights into local health needs, priorities and experiences. Members contribute diverse perspectives, including those of populations with unmet health needs, helping to ensure community voices are reflected in Brisbane North PHN's planning, commissioning and evaluation activities.
The committee provides recommendations and advice to Brisbane North PHN's Board of Directors, supporting the design and delivery of person-centred services and initiatives that respond to the needs of the communities we serve.
The Primary Care Advisory Group (PCAG) provides Brisbane North PHN with practical insights and feedback from primary care stakeholders to help shape PHN programs, projects and initiatives. Through consultation and design, the group helps ensure our work is relevant, achievable and responsive to the needs of primary care across the region.
The PCAG supports meaningful engagement by providing advice on non-clinical aspects of primary care, including quality improvement, workforce development, digital systems, practice operations and health reform initiatives. The group operates in an advisory capacity and contributes valuable perspectives to inform PHN decision-making.
The Primary Care Advisory Group Terms of Reference outline the purpose, scope, membership, governance arrangements and operation of the group.
Learn more about the PHN's work in primary care on the Practice Support website.
The Allied Health Steering Committee brings together allied health to provide strategic guidance, insight and expert advice on issues affecting the allied health sector in our region.
Members contribute their expertise to help inform Brisbane North PHN's engagement with allied health professionals and support the development of responsive programs, initiatives and partnerships.
The committee helps strengthen support for multidisciplinary primary care teams and provides a valuable forum for understanding the opportunities, challenges and evolving needs of allied health services.
View the Allied Health Steering Committee Terms of Reference.
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians within our region: the Jagera, Turrbal, Gubbi Gubbi, Waka Waka and the Ningy Ningy peoples of where we meet, work and learn. Brisbane North PHN is committed to reconciliation. Our vision for reconciliation is where the stories of our First Nations’ people are heard and shared, and networks are formed.