Western Australia’s five inaugural governing councils for the State’s public health system have come into effect. The councils will see 45 high-level clinical, corporate, government and community representatives aim to streamline communications between the state government and local hospital needs.

 

The inaugural Health Service Governing Council chairs are:

  • Professor Bryant Stokes (South Metropolitan Health Service), a highly distinguished neurosurgeon with three professorships at WA universities
  • Rob McDonald (North Metropolitan Health Service), a former senior public servant who has held leadership roles with WA Police and the State Supply Commission
  • Professor Geoffrey Dobb (Southern Country Health Service), director of the Critical Care Division and Head of Intensive Care at Royal Perth Hospital, and Clinical Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology at UWA
  • Nola Wolksi (Northern and Remote Country Health Service), a businesswoman who has also been a former Kalgoorlie-Boulder deputy mayor and community nurse
  • Dr Rosanna Capolingua (Child and Adolescent Area Health Service), a respected GP with extensive experience in health management, education, research and corporate governance.

 

More information can be found here