• Contents
• Letter of transmittal
• User guide
• part 1: overview of the nba and the blood sector
  • Blood sector governance
  • NBA Role and Responsibilities
  • Blood Products and How They Are Used
  • The Australian Blood Supply Chain
  • Blood Sector Funding
• part 2: highlights of 2011–12
• NBA's Performance
  (PARTS 3,4, AND 5)
• part 3: performance: securing the supply of blood and blood products
• part 4: performance: improving the sector and its management of risk
• part 5: performance: supporting appropriate and safe use of blood and blood products
• part 6: Corporate management
• part 7: financial management and accountability
• part 8: appendices

Part 1: OVERVIEW

Blood Sector Governance

The Standing Council on Health (SCoH)-formerly 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 National Blood Authority Act 2003 (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 SCoH.

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 NBA Act and are shown in Figure 1.1.

For further information on the SCoH, the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council (AHMAC), the Clinical, Technical and Ethical Principal Committee (CTEPC) and the Jurisdictional Blood Committee (JBC) see Appendix 1: Blood sector stakeholders and governance.