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ProCare has announced the appointment of Rachel Boase as its new Chief Financial Officer.

A senior executive with broad experience managing health services in remote areas has been appointed as new chief executive of the Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service. Board chair Ella Kris said Rex O’Rourke would be joining the health service from Western Australia and taking up his appointment from January 15.

Oceania Healthcare Limited has announced the appointment of Claire Fisher as Group General Counsel and Company Secretary.

National Seniors Australia (NSA) has entered a new era of opportunity and promise with appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer, Mr Chris Grice

National aged care and retirement living provider Bolton Clarke Group has appointed legal professional Tony Crawford as its new chair.

Three highly experienced members with strong ties to regional South Australia have been appointed to the Outback Communities Authority (OCA), helping administer and manage public services in some of the State’s most remote communities. Rural and regional health leader Andrea Triggs, experienced lawyer Will Fennell and Royal Flying Doctors Service Central Operations CEO Tony Vaughan ASM will begin their three-year terms on 1 January 2024.

The Benevolent Society has appointed public policy expert Ken Smith as its new chair.

South Australian aged care and retirement living provider Resthaven has announced structural changes to its executive team, with several new appointments. Coming into effect since Monday, the not-for-profit provider’s senior branch has been revised “to better meet the requirements of the ever-changing compliance and reform environment in the aged care sector,” said Resthaven chief executive officer Darren Birbeck in a statement. The trigger for the shakeup was the resignation of executive manager strategy and governance Erika Comrie, whose last day in the role was 1 December. Tina Cooper – former executive manager residential and retirement living – has transferred to the new role of executive manager clinical governance and operational excellence. “Tina, who has been with Resthaven for 14 years, has the breadth of clinical expertise and organisational knowledge required to take on the challenge of this role,” said Mr Birbeck.