On Saturday 9 March 2019, the Minister for Health, the Hon Roger Cook MLA, opened the consultation for the Department of Health's new State Policy on Women's Health and Wellbeing under development by the Health Networks Unit.
Designed to complement the Western Australian Men's Health and...More
The key focus of this review is to obtain stakeholder feedback on the most effective option for the management of public health risks at events in Western Australia.
Please read the discussion paper entitled Managing public health risks at events in WA before completing this survey.
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The State Government has made a commitment to support research and innovation in WA through the establishment of the Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund and a long-term strategic approach to cancer research in WA. The WA Department of Health is currently developing the WA...More
Provision of world-class, economically sustainable health care in Western Australia (WA) faces challenges that arise from multiple factors, including a growing and ageing population as well as new lifestyle and technological demands. Health and medical research, innovation and commercialisation...More
The Minister for Health has established a Ministerial Expert Panel (the Panel) to advise on key issues for Voluntary Assisted Dying Legislation. The Panel has developed a discussion paper to support this consultation. You can access the discussion paper under the 'Related' links heading below. ...More
Patient Opinion™ is an independent, not-for-profit online consumer feedback platform which offers consumers and carers an opportunity to provide anonymous moderated comment about their healthcare experiences online.
The Patient Opinion™ Dashboard will display a summary of Patient...More
The Review of the Clinical Governance of Public Mental Health Services in Western Australia (WA) (the Review) is currently being undertaken by an independent Panel. The Panel is inviting clinicians, consumers and carers, organisations and service providers to share their experiences. ...More
The key focus of this consultation is to obtain stakeholder feedback on the Options and Proposals to strengthen immunisation requirements for Western Australian children enrolling into child care services, community kindergartens and schools, before the compulsory education period.
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The Health Networks Branch is conducting a short survey with our members to understand how we can be most effective in connecting and sharing information with you. The information we collect from this survey will be used to improve our Health Networks bulletin and inform our overarching...More
The key focus of this review is to obtain feedback on the most effective option for managing the public health risk associated with commercial packaged and bulk garden soils in Western Australia.
Commercial garden soils which include packaged potting mixes and bulk soil supplies...More
The key focus of this review is to obtain stakeholder feedback on the most effective option for the management of public health risks associated with public buildings in Western Australia.
Please read the discussion paper entitled Managing public health risks in public buildings in Western...More
Thank you for agreeing to take part in the 'Transition Services Mapping' project, which aims to define and analyse the current transition process and experience for young people, their parent/carer/s, and clinicians, whose health care has moved from Perth Children's Hospital (PCH, previously...More
Thank you for agreeing to take part in the 'Transition Services Mapping' project, which aims to define and analyse the current transition process and experience for young people, their parent/carer, and clinicians, by case, who transitioned from Perth Children's Hospital (PCH, previously Princess...More
Thank you for agreeing to take part in the 'Transition Services Mapping' project, which aims to define and analyse the current transition process and experience for young people, their parent/carer/s, and clinicians, whose health care has moved from Perth Children's Hospital (PCH, previously...More
Thank you for agreeing to take part in the 'Transition Services Mapping' project, which aims to define and analyse the current transition process and experience for young people, their parent/carer, and clinicians, by case, who transitioned from Perth Children's Hospital (PCH, previously Princess...More
Thank you for agreeing to take part in the 'Transition Services Mapping' project, which aims to define and analyse the current transition process and experience for young people, their parent/carer/s, and clinicians, whose health care has moved from Perth Children's Hospital (PCH, previously...More
In preparation for the next Enterprise Risk Management System (ERMS) Working Group meeting, the System Risk and Assurance team have prepared a survey for members on:
an updated draft proposal for the control assessment tables; and
the current risk tables...More
The key focus of this review is to obtain stakeholder feedback on the most effective option for the management of public health risks associated with aquatic facilities in Western Australia.
Please read the Discussion Paper entitled Management of public health risks associated with...More
The Sexual Health and Blood-borne Virus Program (SHBBVP) is undertaking consultation to inform the development of the Western Australian (WA) Sexual Health and Blood-borne Virus (BBV) Strategies 2019 - 2023 and invites you to provide feedback. ( WA Sexual Health and BBV Strategies 2015 – 2018...More
Local Government enforcement agencies are required to report to the Department of Health on their performance of functions under the Food Act 2008 (Food Act) (as required by section 121) and the Public Health Act 2016 (Public Health Act) (as required by section 22). The Food Act reporting...More
The 2017/2018 Local Government optional reporting is designed to assist the WA Department of Health with the Regulation Review Program that is currently being undertaken as part of the Public Health Act 2016 implementation. The consultation is based on activities undertaken during the 2017/2018...More
The key focus of this review is to obtain feedback on the most effective option for managing public health risks associated with cloth materials in Western Australia.
Please read the Discussion Paper entitled Managing the public health risks of cloth materials in Western Australia ,...More
Temporary toilets are predominately used in three types of situations
Temporary worksites
Events
Situations where a permanent toilet is not available or increased numbers of toilets are temporarily required.
WA has historically been the only state to...More
There are a number of situations where people may have to work where no permanent toilet facilities are available. These situations could include:
Construction Sites
Roadside clean ups, road works or road maintenance works
Tree planting or other natural resource...More
Primary health care and health system leaders are personally invited to attend the Minister’s Primary Health Roundtable hosted by a guest Panel of experts to explore ways to improve the integration between primary, secondary and tertiary services and improve the patient journey across the...More
The Minister for Health, Hon Roger Cook MLA announced the release of the Sustainable Health Review Interim Report on 27 February 2018.
The SHR Panel is now seeking views from organisations and members of the community on the findings of the SHR Interim Report and input into other areas the...More
The impact of overweight and obesity on the health system is well known. What is not known is what programs and services are being provided, by whom, from where and to what standard to those in need of assistance with weight management in WA.
Health Networks Branch is working on behalf of...More
The Office of the Chief Health Professions Officer (OCHPO) seeks your views on a document designed to guide the WA health system to build the research and knowledge translation capacity of its allied health and health science professions.
This document is the result of two prior consultation...More
The Western Australian Government is committed to ensuring a strong legislative framework to regulate the sale and supply of human tissue products for transplantation, or other therapeutic purposes, or medical or scientific purposes in Western Australia (WA). The WA Department of Health (the...More
The key focus of this review is to obtain stakeholder feedback on the most effective option for the management of public health risks associated with morgues in Western Australia.
Please read the Discussion Paper entitled Management of public health risks associated with morgues...More