Health Networks

Consumers and carers play an important role in shaping our health services. Health Networks recognise this and actively encourage consumers and carers to be involved in every Health Network project. 

We connect with individuals, peak bodies Health Consumers Council (external site) and Carers WA (external site), and consumer and carer advocacy groups to ensure an active consumer and carer voice in the work we do, and to help guide the direction of our Health Networks. With this input we are able to provide holistic and practical advice to the health system which consistently places the individual and their support network at the centre of change and service improvement.

Consumers and carers have been integral to the development of many of our key projects including the Youth Health Policy, WA Disability Health Framework 2015 - 2025, WA Framework for Persistent Pain 2016-2021, Models of Care, and many more.

If you are interested in becoming a consumer or carer representative, please contact us on 9200 0200 or via email: healthpolicy@health.wa.gov.au.

• Cancer and Palliative Care Network
• Cardiovascular Health Network
• Child and Youth Health Network
• Diabetes and Endocrine Health Network
• Disability Health Network
• Falls Prevention Health Network
• Musculoskeletal Health Network
• Neurosciences and the Senses Health Network
• Respiratory Health Network
• Women and Newborn Health Network

• Western Australian Men's Health and Wellbeing Policy
• WA Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex (LGBTI) Health Strategy 2019 – 2024
• Western Australian Women’s Health and Wellbeing Policy
• WA Healthy Weight Action Plan 2019-2024

Health Networks provides funding for a number of ongoing programs as well as pilot programs to support continual improvement in health care across WA. Our programs are evidence based and cover a wide variety of areas.

Health Networks supports evidence based pilot programs to provide the opportunity to assess innovative service delivery models before they are taken up by Health Service Providers for roll out across WA. All of the ongoing Health Networks programs began as highly successful pilot programs.

See our Health Networks Supported Programs page for more information on the programs we are currently funding.

Health Networks is governed by the Health Networks Strategic Direction 2015-2020 (PDF 1.01KB), which outlines its visions, mission and priorities for the next five years, as well as detailing the principles and values under which it operates. This document is summarised in the Strategic Direction Snapshot (PDF 405KB) and was developed via a large consultation process, conducted in two phases (Phase 1 consultation report (PDF 333 KB); Phase 2 consultation report (PDF 1.59 KB).

• Health Networks COVID-19 Response Report (PDF 5MB)
• Health Networks Quarterly Report July – September 2020 (PDF 5MB)
• Health Networks Quarterly Report October – December 2019 (PDF 5MB)
• Health Networks Quarterly Report July – September 2019 (PDF 4835KB)
• Health Networks Quarterly Report April – June 2019 (PDF 2180KB)
• Health Networks Quarterly Report January –2019 (PDF 811KB)
• Health Networks Quarterly Report – December 2018 (PDF 1823KB)
• Health Networks Quarterly Report July –2018 (PDF 210KB)
• Health Networks Quarterly Report April –2018 (PDF 355KB)
• Health Networks Quarterly Report January – March 2018 (PDF 590KB)