Day Hospitals Australia National Conference 2025

This three-day event will explore the key challenges facing day hospitals and highlight the pivotal role the sector plays in the evolving Australian healthcare system.

Keynote speakers include Dr Dan Pronk – Ex-Army Special Forces, emergency doctor and author; Chelsea Pottenger, a leading authority on productivity, mindfulness and wellbeing; Amanda Stevens, consumer futurist; and William Prentice – CEO, Ambulatory Surgery Center Association.

Presenters and panellists include Dr David Badov MBBS, FRACP – Executive Chairman, Direct Endoscopy; Margaret Banks – Director, ACSQHC; Dr Nick Coatsworth – Ambassador for Health Reform, APA & Former Deputy CMO, Australian Government; Judith Day – Director, Healthcare Management and Partnerships, BUPA; Rodney Fox – CFO, SMS Healthcare; Jane Griffiths – CEO, Day Hospitals Australia; Brian Kelleher – Assistant Secretary, Private Health Industry Branch, Department of Health and Aged Care; Marg Kenny – Clinical & Operational Excellence Director, Nexus Hospitals; Adj. A/Professor Tina Janamian – Group CEO, AGPAL Group of Companies; the Hon Associate Professor Anthony Lynham – Chairperson, Day Hospitals Australia; Dr Danielle McMullen – President, Australian Medical Association; Jennifer McNamara – CEO, Personal EYES; and Bianca Woodley – Director of Nursing at the University of Western Australia.

Day Hospitals Australia is the peak body for the day hospital sector and actively advocates and represents over two-thirds of all day hospital facilities nationally to ensure relevancy and sustainability within the healthcare industry.