Partners
Collaborating in Care
Collaborative working partnerships across the ear health system are key to ensuring positive change and encouraging interdisciplinary practice to build stronger healthier communities throughout Western Australia.
Rural Health West and the Aboriginal Health Council of WA (AHCWA) administer the Ear Health Coordination Program in WA. Our teams work collaboratively with primary health care clinics and other stakeholders to identify and support activity needed to improve WA ear health.
WA Child Ear Health Strategy
The WA Child Ear Health Strategy has been developed to tackle ear disease amongst children, particularly in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Western Australia.
It provides a road map for better care through multi-agency service planning, strengthened community focused partnerships, alignment of funding, and better coordinator. Click here for the WA Child Ear Strategy.
Please note the current WA Child Ear Health Strategy has expired. The WA Child Ear Health Strategy remains committed and is currently reviewing the future direction of the strategic priority areas to ensure WA children, families and their communities are best supported in ear and hearing health outcomes.
This Forum has been developed in collaboration with the WA Child Ear Health Strategy partners to explore how the priorities of the Strategy can be implemented to improve ear and hearing outcomes across WA.
The WA Child Ear Health Strategy has been developed through a collaborative partnership between the following organisations: