DRAFT POLICY FOR CONSULTATION: Credentialing and Defining Clinical Privileges for Senior Medical and Dental Practitioners in NSW Health
28-Apr-2017

ASMOF has been informed by the Ministry of Health (‘Ministry’) that the Ministry is reviewing Policy Directive 2005_497 – Visiting Practitioners and Staff Specialists Delineation of Clinical Privileges. The Ministry has accordingly provided a copy of its revised draft policy to ASMOF for consultation.
The following documents are provided:
You will see that the draft policy provided contains a number of specific consultation questions, namely:
The following documents are provided:
- Draft policy – MoH Consultation Draft – Jan 2017 PD
- Current policy - PD 2005_497 – Visiting Practitioners and Staff Specialists Delineation of Clinical Privileges
- Referenced policy – PD 2015_026 – Recruitment and Selection of Staff to the NSW Health Service
You will see that the draft policy provided contains a number of specific consultation questions, namely:
- Consultation question 1: Should this policy directive set out any additional requirements regarding membership of the Credentials (Clinical Privileges) Subcommittee or is this a matter for local decision making? [page 9]
- Consultation question 2: Is the information contained in Appendix A appropriate? [page 11]
- Consultation question 3: Does PD2015_26 provide appropriate guidance in relation to the credentialing of practitioners that provide services across PHOs? Should any further guidance be included on the credentialing of such practitioners? [please refer to page 14 for further details]
- Consultation question 4: What approach should be taken in relation to this requirement? [please refer to page 16 for further details]
- Consultation question 5: Is the information detailed under Appendix B appropriate? [page 17]
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