A physician at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne since 1994, Catherine has worked closely with patients and families to redesign services and improve quality and safety. She chairs the board of the Hush Foundation which transforms healthcare culture through use of the arts. Hush produces music for children, families and staff in hospitals around Australia, and has collaborated with renowned play-write Alan Hopgood in the development of the plays “Hear Me” and “Do You Know Me” which are performed in hospitals and Aged Care settings to raise awareness of patient centred care, communication and patient safety issues. In 2016, Hush cofounded the Gathering of Kindness.
Catherine’s Fellowship was an enormously rewarding experience for her, and has enabled significant and measurable improvements and culture change in Victoria and the nation.
Awards and Honours
- 2015 awarded Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to medicine, particularly to improved patient and family care and community healthcare standards, and to the arts.
Project
The Jack Brockhoff Foundation Churchill Fellowship to investigate the benefits of family involvement in effective healthcare by examining patient and family centred care models
Catherine Crock
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