The independent Victorian Perioperative Consultative Council oversees, reviews and monitors perioperative care in Victoria to improve outcomes for patients before, during and after surgery.
The council was established as the result of a review to combine and strengthen the functions of the Victorian Consultative Council of Anaesthetic Mortality and Morbidity (VCCAMM) and the Victorian Surgical Consultative Council (VSCC). Read the review.
Victorian Perioperative Consultative Council Members
| David A Scott (Chair) Phillipa Hore (Deputy Chair) Andrew Jeffreys Ben Slater (Anaesthetic Subcommittee Chair) Denice Spence (Consumer Representative) Elyse Coffey Fiona Brew Graeme Campbell | Hans de Boer Liat Watson (Consumer Representative) Marinis Pirpiris Paula Foran Philip McCahy Rebecca Donald Wendy Brown (Surgical Subcommittee Chair) |
Anaesthetic Subcommittee Members
| Ben Slater (Chair) Andrew Jeffreys Annette Holian Annie McPherson (Consumer Representative) Barbara Curzon-Siggers (Consumer Representative) Craig Ironfield David Watters Graeme Campbell Hans de Boer | Helen Roberts Hilary Madder Nam Le Paula Foran Philip McCahy Pierre Bradley Sharryn McKinley Tim Coulson |
Surgical Subcommittee Members
| Wendy Brown (Chair) Allison Evans David Watters Denice Spence (Consumer Representative) Jennifer Reilly Julian Smith Liat Watson (Consumer Representative) Margot Lodge | Marinis Pirpiris Matthew Hadfield Michael Homewood Patrick Lo Rebecca Donald Susan Shedda Tony Gray Wanda Stelmach |
Reporting to the VPCC
Health services must report perioperative harm or death.
Reviewing, investigating and improving perioperative outcomes
The council monitors, reviews and analyses cases of perioperative mortality and morbidity in Victoria and investigates matters referred by the Minister for Health, Safer Care Victoria and the Department of Health.
Perioperative mortality and morbidity refers to adverse events (including death) that may occur just prior to, during or just after surgery.
The council makes recommendations to help clinicians and health services improve practices and reduce incidents of perioperative mortality and morbidity.
Perioperative safety reports
View past reports from VCCAMM and VSCC.
Annual reports
- Victorian Perioperative Consultative Council annual report 2022
- Victorian Perioperative Consultative Council annual report 2021
- Victorian Perioperative Consultative Council annual report 2020.
VPCC Emergency Laparotomy Workshop
10 December 2022
View the Emergency Laparotomy Workshop Recommendations.
Presentations
- ANZELA Second Report, James Aitken
- ERAS guidelines for emergency laparotomy, James Aitken
- Managing high risk patients in RMH Perioperative Care of Older Patients clinic, Rachel Aitken
- How predictive is NELA in Victoria and Australia?, John Keflianos, Douglas Stupart
- Risk adjusting mortality from administrative data, Marcela Cespedes (CSIRO)
- When there should be no laparotomy, James Aitken
- Australian and New Zealand Emergency Laparotomy, Angus Lee (Bendigo Health)
- Australian and New Zealand Emergency Laparotomy, Dennis Gyomber (Northern Health)
- Australian and New Zealand Emergency Laparotomy, Dr John Kefalianos (Surgical Registrar) (Grampians Health)
- Australian and New Zealand Emergency Laparotomy, Rose Shakerian (RMH)
- Australian and New Zealand Emergency Laparotomy, Simon Banting (St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne)
- Australian and New Zealand Emergency Laparotomy, Prof David Watters, Sonal Nagra, Prof Glenn Guest, Prof Douglas Stupart, Claudine Banal, Henna Iqbal (Barwon Health)