The implementation of the Henry Review recommendations is progressing and important developments include:

1.  Membership of the Children Young People and Families Executive Steering Committee (CYPFESC) has been finalised.

This committee has been established to provide system-wide strategic advice to strengthen the provision of NSW Health services for children and young people and families and to oversee the implementation of the Henry Review recommendations. The CYPFESC reports to the Secretary, NSW Health. The establishment of this committee addresses Henry Review recommendation 9.

​Appointed committee member	​Role
​Dr Nigel Lyons, Deputy Secretary, Health System Strategy and Planning, Ministry of Health	​Co-Chair
​Dr Paul Craven Executive Director, Children, Young People and Families, Hunter New England Local Health District	​Co-Chair
​Mr Rhys Hughes, Youth Advisory Council Hunter New England Local Health District	​Consumer perspective
​Ms Mae Rafraf, Consumer Council, Sydney Children's Hospitals Network	​Consumer perspective
​Ms Zoë Robinson, Advocate, Office of the Advocate for Children and Young People	​Consumer perspective
​Ms Amanda Larkin, Chief Executive, South Western Sydney Local Health District	​Local Health District representative
​Mr Scott McLachlan, Chief Executive, Western NSW Local Health District	​Local Health District representative
​Ms Cathryn Cox, Chief Executive Sydney Children's Hospitals Network	​Sydney Children's Hospitals Network representative
​Dr Jean-Frederic Levesque, Chief Executive, Agency for Clinical Innovation	​Agency for Clinical Innovation representative
​Ms Jenny Martin, Director Allied Health, Central Coast Local Health District	​Allied Health representative
​Dr John Preddy, Director Paediatrics, Murrumbidgee Local Health District	​Medical representative
​Ms Katharine Duffy, Director Nursing, Midwifery and Aboriginal Health, Northern NSW Local Health District	​Nursing representative
​Associate Professor Karen Zwi, Department Head, Community Child Health, Children's Hospital, Randwick	​Aboriginal Health representative
​Dr Matt O'Meara, NSW Chief Paediatrician, Ministry of Health	​Child and paediatric health representative
​Ms Tish Bruce, Executive Director, Health and Social Policy Branch, Ministry of Health	​Health and Social Policy Branch representative

2. Inaugural meeting of CYPFESC has been scheduled for early 2022.
3. An update on implementation of Henry Review recommendations will be reported in the next communiqué.

The Henry Review Implementation Plan will need to be considered and endorsed by the CYPFESC. In the interim a progress update will be issued on implementation of recommendations underway or complete.

4. Monitoring and reporting processes are in development.

A dashboard is being developed to report on implementation progress. The dashboard will be made available on the Paediatric Heath webpage once finalised.