Armadale Health Service - Community Advisory Council

The Community Advisory Council (CAC) was established in 1997 to ensure community consultation in the planning and redevelopment of the new Armadale Health Campus. The role of the CAC has evolved and is in keeping with the Armadale Health Service (AHS) strategic plan, which identifies the importance of a consumer focus throughout AHS.

The role of the CAC is to provide information and to enhance the patient care services provided by the health service.

  • The CAC is to advise the AHS Management Team, via the Executive Director, on:

  • The health service’s performance in terms of patient care indicators.

  • The health service’s patient care policies and procedures.

  • The adequacy of response mechanisms to complaints.

  • Appropriate mechanisms to ensure broad community consultation/participation.

  • The development of consumer evaluation/patient satisfaction surveys.

  • A consumer perspective on activities, initiatives and projects that impact on the users of the health service.

  

Members of the Community Advisory Council

Contact telephone (08) 9391 2101

Community Advisory Council Members

Email ahs.cac@health.wa.gov.au

In particular, the Council is to:

  • Emphasise patients’ and the Health Service’s rights and responsibilities.

  • Provide a forum for community input into the provision of patient focused services at AHS.

  • Provide a forum to raise and examine suggested changes to the systems surrounding care provision.

  • Encourage communication to maximise the coordination between all care providers both internally and externally.

  • Provide feedback and advice to departments to enhance the patient focus of their services.

The membership of the Community Advisory Council being:

  • Seven (7) Community Members (representing all catchment areas including at least one Indigenous Representative)

  • Three (3) Local Government Representatives one from each of the City of Gosnells, City of Armadale and Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale

  • One (1) Hospital Auxiliary Representative

  • One (1) RSL Representative

  • Two (2) Health Service Executive Members, on a rotational basis representing all services

  • One (1) Consumer Representative from Mental Health

The Community Advisory Council may also invite other members of the Health Service staff to aid in the development and implementation of recommendations. You can contact the Council Members with any matters relating to the Armadale Health Service on Email - ahs.cac@health.wa.gov.au or telephone (08) 9391 2101 during office hours Monday to Friday.