About Us

About the Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association

The Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association (AHHA) is the only national organisation representing the public healthcare sector and the professionals working in it.

For over 60 years the AHHA has upheld the voice of public healthcare. Our core business is to represent and support Australia’s public healthcare sector. Our mission is to develop good policies and promote reform. The Association supports access to networks of colleagues and provides professional forums to stimulate critical thinking. It facilitates a collective voice across Australia on behalf of the public healthcare sector.

Whether you are a student, clinician, academic, policy-maker or administrator, the AHHA values your skills and expertise. The AHHA reflects your views and gives them a voice. For more information visit www.ahha.asn.au.

About Australian Council on Healthcare Standards

The Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS) is an independent, not-for-profit organisation, dedicated to improving the quality of health care in Australia through continual review of performance, assessment and accreditation.

Established in 1974, after many years of pioneering work from a range of health care professionals including members of the Australian Medical Association, medical colleges and the Australian Hospital (now Healthcare) Association, the ACHS has maintained its position as the prinicpal independent authority on the measurement and implementation of quality improvement systems for Australian health care organisation.

Standards for evaluation, assessment and accrediation are determined by a committee drawn from peak bodies in health, representatives of government and consumers.

Our organisation oversees the process of evaluation and assessment by professionally qualified surveyors. For more information visit www.achs.org.au.

About Women's & Children's Healthcare Australasia

Women’s Hospitals Australasia and Children’s Healthcare Australasia, are two independent sister organisations who share a common vision:  to enhance the health and wellbeing of women and children respectively through supporting member hospitals and health services to achieve excellence in clinical care in both Australia and New Zealand.  

We support hospitals and health services to achieve excellence in care of women, babies, children and young people through:
• Benchmarking performance
• Professional networking
• High quality conferences
• Interdisciplinary professional forums focusing on innovation and best practice, and
• Advocacy to governments and the media. 

WHA and CHA are currently developing a new website, which will soon be available at www.wcha.asn.au