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Public and Aboriginal Health Division The Public and Aboriginal Health Division provides strategic and operational direction for public health services in the WA health system. The division is responsible for fulfilling the legislative responsibilities of the Public Health Act 2016, Food Act 2008 and related Acts. These responsibilities include the regulation of food and tobacco products, public buildings, chemical hazards, personal services, water and radiation safety, regulation of medicines and poisons, vector control, waste-water management, immunisation, infectious disease surveillance, outbreak investigation and disaster management. The Public and Aboriginal Health Division performs functions that encourage and enable healthy lifestyles and Aboriginal health and wellbeing. The division also collects and analyses statewide health information to monitor the population's health status and aid in the planning and design of programs and health responses to protect and promote the health of Western Australians. Dr Andrew Robertson CSC PSM Chief Health Officer and Assistant Director General Dr Robertson provides expert leadership and advice to the Director General and Minister for Health on public and Aboriginal health matters, and emerging issues. In his role as Chief Health Officer, Dr Robertson is a member of the State Emergency Management Committee and the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee. Dr Robertson has specialist qualifications in public health medicine and medical administration. He served with the Royal Australian Navy from 1984 until 2003 and remains in the Active Reserve. As Chief Health Officer, Dr Robertson played an integral role in guiding the Western Australian and national response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This included representing the state at national public health forums, developing public health advice and measures to inform the State Emergency Committee, and leading the department's COVID-19 response. Contents About us Purchasing and System Performance Division The Purchasing and System Performance Division comprises 3 directorates: Information and System Performance, System Resourcing and Finance, and System Procurement and Contracting. The Purchasing and System Performance Division is the primary point of liaison between the department and the Department of Treasury. The division is responsible for the strategic management of resource allocation. A key function of the division is to monitor, manage and analyse the performance of the WA health system in accordance with the Health Services Act 2016, in support of the underlying objective to ensure the continued provision of safe, equitable and high quality public health care to all Western Australians. The division undertakes demand and capacity modelling, system analytics, and data integrity (encompassing information policy, data management and information governance) and provides a world class data linkage function. The division is responsible for the strategic management of financial operations, including financial reform and policy, and delivers national and public reporting for the department. The division also manages key community sector contracts for statewide services and undertakes whole of system budgeting and purchasing functions. This includes issuing of service agreements with health service providers and stewarding the head agreement with the Mental Health Commission. Mr Rob Anderson - Assistant Director General Mr Rob Anderson was appointed to the role of Assistant Director General of the Purchasing and System Performance Division in February 2023, having previously acted in this role on numerous occasions since 2018. Prior to this role, Mr Anderson was the Executive Director of the Information and System Performance Directorate, formerly System Performance, from July 2016. Throughout his 29 years in public service, Mr Anderson has held a variety of senior portfolios across numerous organisations, including the Director of Activity Based Management Reform, and was involved in both the Fiona Stanley Hospital Commissioning Project and the Midland Health Campus Project. < 12 > Significant issues Report on operations Agency performance Operational disclosures ⚫Key performance indicators • Financial disclosures and compliance • Appendix
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