WESTERN AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S
HEALTH STRATEGY
711. Hon DONNA FARAGHER to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the draft Western Australian
women's health strategy 2018–2023.
(1) Has the
consultation on the draft strategy been completed; and, if yes, when; and, if
not, when will it be completed?
(2) Will the
minister list the stakeholders who have provided feedback on the draft
strategy; and, if not, why not?
(3) When will the final strategy be
publicly released?
Hon ALANNA
CLOHESY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1)–(3) Initial
consultation on the first draft developed by the Women and Newborn Health
Service commenced with key stakeholders such as the women's community
health organisations, sexual assault resource centres and the peak organisation
for women's health in August 2017. This was followed by a period of
public consultation between 16 November and 8 December. Statewide policies are
developed and released by the Department of Health as the system manager. The
Department of Health is undertaking further consultation. An overview of
stakeholder engagement will be released once consultation is finalised. Further
to the extra work being undertaken by Department of Health, it is understood
that a whole-of-government approach to women's policy is proposed to
empower all women and girls, including developing a long-term plan to address
gender equity and the importance of the status of women. It is intended that a new
women's health strategy should be broadly aligned with, and be informed
by, this larger body of work to be undertaken. A public release date has not
been scheduled.