Posts byTim Benson

Tim Benson spent over 30 years as a Corporate Services Manager in the finance industry, before taking an early redundancy and commencing a part-time career in health consumer representation and advocacy. His passion is safe, high quality, ethical, and accessible healthcare. He has worked at local, state, federal, and international levels in areas including: dietetics, radiology, diabetes, physiotherapy, and pathology. He is currently a member of Audiology Australia’s Ethics Review Committee, the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Clinical Ethics Group, the Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists Code of Conduct Committee, and a Patient Safety Champion for the World Health Organisation. He was the sole community member on the Lead Clinicians' Group advising two federal health ministers; an inaugural member of the Physiotherapy Board of Australia; and a former member of the Western Australian Clinical Senate Executive.