Investor Presentaiton
Significant issues
WA health system governance
In January 2022, the State Government commissioned an Independent
Review of WA Health System Governance (Review) led by an expert panel.
The Review examined the operational and practical effectiveness of
governance structures set out in the Health Services Act 2016 (the Act) and
their impact on patient experience and outcomes.
The panel's findings and recommendations were shaped by extensive
engagement with relevant internal and external stakeholders, government
agencies, peak bodies and education and training institutions.
Overall, the panel's findings demonstrate the devolved governance model
as prescribed in the Act should be retained. The panel made a range of
recommendations aimed at strengthening accountability for outcomes,
improving strategic alignment, and driving delivery of strategic initiatives.
The department will lead the implementation of these recommendations
and the Sustainable Health Review recommendations in close alignment to
prevent duplication of effort.
WA Health workforce attraction and retention
The department continues to focus on growing and shaping the WA health
workforce to tackle immediate and emerging challenges. The second stage
of the Belong attraction campaign commenced in 2022-23 to attract
domestic nurses and midwives to work in the WA health system. Since
the commencement of the Belong campaign, there have been 17,063
new appointments to the clinical workforce, an increase of 7,170 on the
18 month period directly prior to the launch of the campaign.
WA Health's GradConnect program continues to provide new graduate
nursing and midwifery staff with practical experience, boosting the number
of available staff across the sector. The department has also partnered with
health service providers that deliver maternity services to establish a paid
midwifery student model for registered nurses to strengthen and build the
midwifery workforce. In 2023-24, the department will focus on increasing
numbers of advanced practice nurses.
The department is working to support attraction and retention in rural and
remote regions, including the introduction of the WA Country Health Service
Critical Response Payment for deployed nurses and midwives to minimise
the risk of service failure due to critical workforce shortages. The John Flynn
Prevocational Doctor Program has also been introduced to increase primary
care rotations for hospital-based junior doctors in rural areas. In addition, a
targeted payment will be offered over 3 years for HECS-HELP debt relief for
up to 350 newly qualified nurses and midwives commencing employment in
regional WA from 2023-24.
Launched in November 2022, the Mental Health Clinical Workforce Action
Plan aims to address current mental health clinical workforce shortages.
Work is underway to complete the Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Clinical Workforce Action Plan.
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