Investor Presentaiton
Protect and enable
Protect and enable through public health
strategies, legislation, regulation, policies, and
professional representation.
Abortion
Legislation
Reform Bill 2023
introduced in
Parliament
Final Report of the
Ministerial Expert
Panel on Assisted
Reproductive Technology
and Surrogacy and
Script
Check
WA
launched
Government Response
released
Medical and
logistical support,
communications, and
environmental health
advice for Kimberley
floods provided
83
Responded to Japanese
Encephalitis Virus
•
⚫ 1,065 mosquito
.
traps set
5,586 mosquito
pools tested
.
3,000 high risk
individuals
vaccinated
WA Health
Promotion
Strategic Framework
2022-2026 released
Nitrous oxide
regulated under
the Medicines
and Poisons
Act 2014
On 18 May 2023, the WA State Government released the
final report of the Ministerial Expert Panel (MEP) on Assisted
Reproductive Technology (ART) and Surrogacy. The department
supported the MEP from May to December 2022. The WA State
Government has endorsed the development of new legislation
for ART, including surrogacy, for WA. The drafting of 2 bills is
proposed; the first to regulate ART including surrogacy, and
the second to deal with matters relating to research involving
excess ART embryos and the continued prohibition of human
cloning for reproduction. The new legislation will expand
access to Western Australians needing ART to start or grow
their families, while maintaining the health, safety, welfare,
and interests of persons born of ART and participants in ART.
Providers of ART in WA will continue to be regulated under a
licensing framework with a safety and quality focus. The department
will continue to develop policy positions and undertake further activities to
support the development of the new legislation.
In March 2023, ScriptCheck WA was rolled out to general practitioners,
prescribers, and pharmacists across WA. ScriptCheck WA provides
secure access, in real time, to information on the prescribing and
dispensing of controlled drugs. The system is a major technological
advance in the existing prescription monitoring program and supports
practitioners to make well informed and safer decisions at the point of care.
ScriptCheck WA is expected to have a significant impact on patient doctor
shopping and prescription drug overdose. Any prescriber or pharmacist is eligible
to register, and training packages for professionals have been released.
The implementation of ScriptCheck WA provided the opportunity to reassess
the adequacy of the existing regulatory framework for controlled drugs. Between
August and October 2022, the department conducted a major online consultation
process on the Medicines and Poisons Regulations, which govern prescribing
and supply. The review sought input from health practitioners and consumers
on changes to reduce red tape, bring the rules up-to-date and enhance public
protection. The results will be used to design new laws for stimulants, opioids,
medicinal cannabis, and other related drugs.
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