- HBF CEO Mr Rob Bransby has been appointed to the board of the newly created Australian Digital Health Agency which will replace NEHTA on July 1. The agency will oversee the rollout of the My Heath Record.
- The five WA health services will launch on July 1. The Minister for Health, Mr John Day, has announced the boards. They are:
NMHS: Prof Bryant Stokes (chair), Dr Rosanna Capolingua, Dr Margaret Crowley, Dr Felicity Jefferies, Ms Michele Kosky, Mr Graham McHarrie, Ms Maria Saraceni, Dr Simon Towler, Prof Grant Waterer
SMHS: Mr Robert McDonald (chair), Adj A/Prof Robyn Collins, Adj A/Prof Kim Gibson, Prof Julie Quinlivan, Ms Fiona Stanton, Mr David Rowe, Ms Michelle Manook, Ms Yvonne Parnell, Mr Julian Henderson, C/Prof Mark Khangure
East MHS: Mr Ian Smith (chair), Mrs Suzie May, Mr Peter Forbes, Mr Ross Keesing, Mr Richard Guit, Ms Debra Zanella, Prof Kingsley Faulkner, Dr Hannah Seymour, Dr Stephanie Trust
CAHS: Ms Deborah Karasinski (chair), Prof Geoffrey Dobb, Dr Daniel McAullay, Mr Brendan Ashdown, Ms Kathleen Bozanic, Ms Anne Donaldson, Mr Peter Mott, Mr Andrew Thompson, Dr Alexius Julian
WACHS: Dr Neale Fong (chair), Ms Wendy Newman, Mr Michael Hardy, Dr Daniel Heredia, Dr Kim Isaacs, Mr Joshua Nisbet, Mrs Mary Anne Stephens
- Prof Geoff Riley has been appointed as a new Medical Advisor for Rural Health West. The former head of the Rural Clinical School and Dean of the UWA medical school started his role in May.
- Dr Damien Zilm returns to the role of WAGPET chair after 12 months’ break. Former chair Dr Peter Maguire remains on the board.
- Ms Danielle Newport is the new CEO of Activ replacing the long-serving Mr Tony Vis.
- Prof Merrilee Needham (Head of Neurology at Fiona Stanley Hospital and Consultant Psychiatrist) has been appointed Foundation Chair in Neurology at Murdoch University. Prof Megan Galbally (Head of Unit, Perinatal Mental Health, at Mercy Hospital for Women in Heidelberg, Victoria) has been appointed Foundation Chair in Perinatal Psychiatry. The appointments are made in partnership with the University of Notre Dame and FSH. Murdoch University will fund the professorial medical researcher practitioner appointments.