Queensland Government staff must not receive gifts that could affect their ability to be impartial at work. All staff must report any gifts they receive.
If a gift is valued at $150 or more, we publish them in this register. We publish reports every 3 months.
January to March 2024
Date: 06/03/2024
Amount: $3,758 in the form of afternoon tea and dinner provided by the FireFly-2 Investigator meeting and ANZCHOG National CNS Committee Meeting
Donated by: DayOneBio Pharmaceutical and Australian New Zealand Children’s Haematology Oncology Group
Recipient: Retained by CHQ
Purpose: Bringing national experts in the Children’s Brain Cancer field to Brisbane to work in collaborative meetings discussing current and planned national treatment trials for varying children’s brain cancer. Delegates will then also attend the Australian Children’s Brain Cancer Conference organised by the Children’s Brain Cancer Centre (CHQ, UQ) at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre on 7th and 8th March.
Date: 01/03/2024
Amount: $451
Donated by: Queensland Combined Emergency Services Academy (QCESA) - Russell Maher
Recipient: Retained by CHQ
Purpose: Benefit to the Queensland community.
Date: 29/02/2024
Amount: $700 in the form of flights and one night's accommodation to attend Australasian Society of Paediatric Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Council meeting
Donated by: Australian Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (AUSPEN) - Sharon Carey President
Recipient: Retained by employee
Purpose: In recognition of CHQ Staff member's ongoing leadership and high-level clinical expertise in paediatric parenteral and enteral feed management, the staff has been asked to join the Australasian Society of Paediatric Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition as a council member and as such her presence at this meeting is requested. The meeting is face-to-face with no teleconferencing provided. Julia Fox is a clinical lead dietitian who is a recognised expert in the area of paediatric gastroenterology and parenteral nutrition. Being a member of the AUSPEN council allows Julia to advocate for paediatrics at a nationwide level, to network with a broad range of health professionals and to ensure the best evidence based and research outcomes for patients and the health service.
Date: 24/02/2024
Amount: $5,000 in the form of provision of Catering Food / Beverage for the Foundation Seminar in Paediatric Echocardiography February 2024
Donated by: Lyndon Thomas - GE HealthCare
Recipient: Retained by CHQ
Purpose: Catering for the Foundation Seminar in Paediatric Echocardiography is being provided by GE HealthCare. This seminar has 43 attendees with GE providing morning / afternoon tea and lunch along with tea, coffee and water. This seminar is aimed at improving the knowledge and skills of those required to perform echocardiography in children and will compliment work being undertaken by the reform office of Queensland in establishing a state-wide Paediatric Cardiology Services Networked Model.
Date: 23/02/2024
Amount: $1,174 in the form of flights and accommodation to instruct Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APSL) to Papua New Guinean Paediatric Doctors and Nurses
Donated by: Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Recipient: Retained by employee
Purpose: APLS Australia is a not for profit medical education organisation. APLS specialises in training of medical, nursing and paramedic personnel in the advanced provision of paediatric life support. As an instructor, staff will be providing targeted education to clinical staff providing care for children.
Date: 21/02/2024
Amount: $1,451 in the form of flights and accommodation to instruct Advance Paediatric Life Support (APSL)
Donated by: Advanced Paediatric Life Support Australia
Recipient: Retained by employee
Purpose: Course faculty to instruct on the Generic Instructor Course, which will enable participants (which includes those attending from QCH) to go on to instruct on APLS. APLS is a requirement for RACP paediatric trainees and therefore the provision of this course, and instructors for this course is imperative for the Queensland paediatric workforce.
Date: 30/01/2024
Amount: $400 in the form of parking, accommodation and meals to attend "Zolgensma in Practice" a neuromuscular nurse forum
Donated by: Monique Jonson - Head of Gene Therapy, Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Recipient: Retained by employee
Purpose: Onasemnogene (Zolgensma) is a TGA approved, PBS funded Gene Therapy to treat Spinal Muscular Atrophy for infants up to 9 months of age. It is the first and only Gene Therapy administered at Queensland Children's Hospital. This is a decided forum for neuromuscular specialist nurses to discuss experiences with gene therapy, patient support programs, new-born screening, and patient care. Attendance will continue to ensure best practice.
Date: 09/01/2024
Amount: $4,815
Donated by: Estate of Pauline Wegener
Recipient: Retained by CHQ
Purpose: Benefit to the Queensland community.
October to December 2023
Date: 22/12/2023
Amount: $425
Donated by: Queensland Combined Emergency Services Academy (QCESA) - Russell Maher
Recipient: Retained by CHQ
Purpose: Benefit to the Queensland community.
Date: 20/12/2023
Amount: $2000
Donated by: Heather and John Scriven
Recipient: Retained by CHQ
Purpose: Following a diagnosis of Ering Sarcoma in 2022, Heather and John Scriven's son became a patient of the Oncology Services Group. Their son's local football club has raised $2,000 to support Heather, John and their son, however, it is their wish for the funds to be donated to Ewing Sarcoma Research. Dr Tiffany Yap, Oncology Fellow, has been awarded a Leading Innovations through New Collaborations (LINC) grant for her project 'Towards a personalized T cell vaccine for Ewing Sarcoma'. In light of the family's wishes, the donation will be put towards the CHQ component of the LINC grant. (Cost centre 2722573, ION 80004165 - LINC).
Date: 05/12/2023
Amount: $434
Donated by: Queensland Combined Emergency Services Academy (QCESA) - Russell Maher
Recipient: Retained by CHQ
Purpose: Benefit to the Queensland community.
Date: 21/11/2023
Amount: $750 in the form of Handmade Quilts for Family Use
Donated by: Gwenda Doherty from Gwenda's Gaggle
Recipient: Retained by CHQ
Purpose: Quilts were donated to Ellen Baron Family Centre for use by families admitted to the service. These will be laundered via the Group Linen Service.
Date: 13/12/2023
Amount: $320 in the form of Chocolates, biscuits, cooler esky
Donated by: Darren Lambourne - South Bank Corporation
Recipient: Retained by CHQ
Purpose: Gifts for the ongoing service agreement for car parking.
Date: 30/11/2023
Amount: $359
Donated by: Queensland Combined Emergency Services Academy (QCESA) - Russell Maher
Recipient: Retained by CHQ
Purpose: Benefit to the Queensland Community.
Date: 6/11/2023
Amount: $4,450
Donated by: Society for Paediatric Anaesthesia in New Zealand and Australia (SPANZA)
Recipient: Retained by CHQ
Purpose: The anaesthetic department (prior to the pandemic) was set to host an international fellow from a middle-income country to upskill in paediatric anaesthesia. Several staff members made donations to support this fellow as their visit would be self-funded. SPANZA (Society for Paediatric Anaesthesia in New Zealand and Australia) donated some funds to CHQHHS.
Date: 20/10/2023
Amount: $37,579
Donated by: Estate of Pauline Wegener
Recipient: Retained by CHQ
Purpose: Benefit to the Queensland Community.
Date: 3/10/2023
Amount: $362
Donated by: Queensland Combined Emergency Services Academy (QCESA) - Russell Maher
Recipient: Retained by CHQ
Purpose: Benefit to the Queensland Community.
July to September 2023
Date: 21/09/2023
Amount: $480 in the form of participation in the CGOV Conference Discussion
Donated by: Cgov - Julia Franklin
Recipient: Retained by Employee
Purpose: Participation in a range of sessions that may improve the use and function of the Cgov information system which supports CHQ in the allocation of a Scope of Clinical Practice.
Date: 11/09/2023
Amount: $800 in the form of Attendance to the Scientific Organising Committee of the Australia and New Zealand Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Annual Conference
Donated by: Scientific Organising Committee of the Australia and New Zealand Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (ANZSPED)
Recipient: Retained by Employee
Purpose: CHQ Staff was invited on behalf of the Scientific Organising Committee of the Australia and New Zealand Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (ANZSPED), to present on 'Nutrition Education in the Hybrid Closed Loop Era- Will this Change our Practice?' at their Annual Scientific Meeting held in the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. Attendance will allow the sharing of practice on a broader stage, and learn from other colleagues in innovative, evidence-based practice for improved outcomes for individuals and families living with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D).
April to June 2023
Date: 31/08/2023
Amount: $200 in the form of Parking Fees and Meal Arrangement by APLS Australia
Donated by: Mr Phillip Davies, CEO of Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) Australia
Recipient: Retained by Employee
Purpose: APLS arranges reimbursement for CHQ staff member's parking to instruct an Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) course. APLS is a non-for-profit volunteer organisation providing advanced paediatric life support training courses to doctors/nurses/paramedics across Australia.
Date: 22/06/2023
Amount: $21,879 in the form of x2 Pegaso Plus - Cough Assist and IPV / Percussion
Donated by: Patient's Family
Recipient: Retained by CHQ
Purpose: The family have fundraised for the purchase of x2 Pegaso-Plus Machines due to increase in recent admissions, where there was a high demand for the single Pegaso owned by the Physiology Department.
January to March 2023
Date: 20/03/2023
Amount: $600.00 in the form of 15 x $40 Woolworths WISH Card gift vouchers
Donated by: Alana English - Queensland Paediatric Sepsis Program
Recipient: consumers in focus group
Purpose: renumeration for time and expertise given to a one-off 2.5hr online focus group.
Date: 03/03/2023
Amount: $11,448.00 (4 x $2,862.00)
Donated by: Scott Stromat, MD -CMO, Ultragenyx
Recipient: Employee
Purpose: airfares, accommodation and meals for mandatory investigator meeting.
Date: 10/02/2023
Amount: $179
Donated by: Children's Hospital Foundation
Recipient: Children’s Health Queensland
Purpose: Nutribullet donated for use by doctors in their common room.
Date: 19/01/2023
Amount: $1,100.00
Donated by: Alex Sharpe - Novartis Pharmaceuticals Australia
Recipient: Employee
Purpose: airfares, transport, accommodation and meals to attend “Zolgensma in Practice” a Neuromuscular Nurse Forum.
Date: 10/01/2023
Amount: $19,460.00 (2 x $9,730.00)
Donated by: Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.
Recipient: Employee
Purpose: accommodation and travel costs for investigator meeting.
Date: 9/01/2023
Amount: $600.00
Donated by: University of Wollongong (AROC)
Recipient: Employee
Purpose: attendance at the Australasian Rehabilitation Outcomes Centre Master trainer Planning Day.
Date: 3/01/2023
Amount: $396.00
Donated by: Russell Maher - Queensland Combined Emergency Services Academy
Recipient: Children’s Health Queensland
Purpose: Cash Donation
October to December 2022
Date: 29/12/2022
Amount: $160.00
Donated by: Tennis Australia
Recipient: Employee
Purpose: tennis tickets to thank healthcare professionals for all they do in caring for the community. Offer made to all Queensland Health employees.
Date: 23/12/2022
Amount: $160.00
Donated by: Tennis Australia
Recipient: Employee
Purpose: tennis tickets to thank healthcare professionals for all they do in caring for the community. Offer made to all Queensland Health employees.
Date: 2/12/2022
Amount: $1300.00
Donated by: BioMarin
Recipient: Employee
Purpose: flights, accommodation and meals to develop a clinical practice document for use of Vasoritide in Achondroplasia.
Date: 8/11/2022
Amount: $2000.00
Donated by: ADAPT - George Karkour
Recipient: Employee
Purpose: registration and accommodation to attend ADAPT CFO Edge Conference.
Date: 15/11/2022
Amount: $298.00
Donated by: Russell Maher - Queensland Combined Emergency Services Academy
Recipient: Children’s Health Queensland
Purpose: Cash Donation
Date: 4/11/2022
Amount: $1304.00
Donated by: Daniel Russo, Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Recipient: Employee
Purpose: flights, accommodation, meals and transport to learn about Zolgensma a gene therapy treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
Date: 28-29/10/2022
Amount: $800.00
Donated by: Jane Estrada - Takeda Australia
Recipient: Employee
Purpose: flights and accommodation to attend Intestinal Failure National Experts meeting.
Date: 29/10/2022
Amount: $700.00
Donated by: Jane Estrada - Takeda Australia
Recipient: Employee
Purpose: flights and accommodation to attend a national meeting about the care and management of patients with Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS)/Intestinal Failure (IF).
Date: 22/10/2022
Amount: $900.00
Donated by: BioMarin
Recipient: Employee
Purpose: airfares and accommodation to attend seminar to support the development of research within achondroplasia.
Date: 11/10/2022
Amount: $431.00
Donated by: Russell Maher - Queensland Combined Emergency Services Academy
Recipient: Children’s Health Queensland
Purpose: Cash Donation
Date: 15/09/2022
Amount: $876.00
Donated by: Professor Ravi Savarirayan
Recipient: Employee
Purpose: airfares and accommodation to attend “Making a Move” on Function and Participation.
July to September 2022
Date: 1/09/2022
Amount: $813.00
Donated by: Dr Andrea Johannessen (AHCDO)
Recipient: Employee
Purpose: airfares, accommodation, meals and reimbursement of transfer costs to attend the Australian Bleeding Disorders Registry DMG.
Date: 24/08/2022
Amount: $248.00
Donated by: Russell Maher - Queensland Combined Emergency Services Academy
Recipient: Children’s Health Queensland
Purpose: Cash Donation
Date: 11/08/2022
Amount: $500.00
Donated by: Louise Moir - Commonwealth Bank Beaudesert
Recipient: Children’s Health Queensland
Purpose: to assist the Yarrabilba Family and Community Place in providing new resources.
Date: 04/08/2022
Amount: $175.00 in the form of 7 x $25 gift cards
Donated by: Queensland Children's Hospital
Recipient: 7 young people
Purpose: renumeration to the young people for sharing their lived experience with grief and loss for use in the Good Grief This Hurts program.
Date: 20/07/2022
Amount: $411.00
Donated by: Russell Maher - Queensland Combined Emergency Services Academy
Recipient: Children’s Health Queensland
Purpose: Cash Donation
April to June 2022
Date: 06/06/2022
Amount: $428.00
Donated by: Russell Maher - Queensland Combined Emergency Services Academy
Recipient: Children’s Health Queensland
Purpose: Cash Donation
Date: 27/05/2022
Amount: $600.00
Donated by: Ms Robyn Strong - Australian & New Zealand Childrens Haematology/Oncology Group
Recipient: Employee
Purpose: flights and accommodation to attend the Annual Scientific Meeting.
Date: 25/05/2022
Amount: $29,624.00
Donated by: Tom Drakopoulos - Queensland Hellenic Charitable Trust
Recipient: Children’s Health Queensland
Purpose: to benefit children and young people being treated for mental health diagnoses.
Date: 16/05/2022
Amount: $160,000.00
Donated by: Ross Walker
Recipient: Children’s Health Queensland
Purpose: given to the Division of Surgery and Perioperative Services for the Ross Walker Scholarship ($120,000) and salary offset for a part time Research Manager ($40,000).
Date: 12/05/2022
Amount: $1,774.00
Donated by: Donna Green - Northern Territory PHN
Recipient: Employee
Purpose: airfares an accommodation to be a guest speaker at the Northern Territory Primary Health Network Compass Conference.
Date: 29/04/2022
Amount: $471.00
Donated by: Russell Maher - Queensland Combined Emergency Services Academy
Recipient: Children’s Health Queensland
Purpose: Cash donation
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