• Contents
• Letter of transmittal
• User guide
• Part 1: Overview
  • 1.1 NBA role and responsibilities
  • 1.2 Blood products and how they are used
  • 1.3 The Australian blood supply chain
  • 1.4 Blood sector governance
  • 1.5 Blood sector funding
• Part 2: Highlights of 2010–2011
• Part 3: Performance
• Part 4: Horizon scanning
• Part 5: Corporate governance
• Part 6: Financial management and accountability
• Appendices

PART 1: OVERVIEW

1.4 BLOOD SECTOR GOVERNANCE

The Australian Health Ministers’ Conference (AHMC) is responsible for overseeing and managing the blood sector. It sets the governance, policy and financial frameworks under which the NBA operates.

Under the NBA Act, the Australian Government Minister for Health and Ageing is responsible for issuing policy principles, the appointment of the NBA Board and General Manager and for determining additional functions with the endorsement of the AHMC.

The key governing bodies in the Australian blood sector and their roles and relationships with each other are set out in the National Blood Agreement and the National Blood Authority Act 2003 and are shown in Figure 1.3.

Figure 1.3 Governance structure of the Australian blood sector

For further information on the AHMC, the Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council, the Clinical, Technical and Ethical Principal Committee and the JBC see Appendix 2: Blood sector stakeholders and governance.