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Our Mission

To deliver and advance high quality care for country WA communities.

We are here to improve country people’s health and wellbeing, to care for the sick and to ensure that country communities can access high quality healthcare.

Although Western Australians generally benefit from exceptional health outcomes, we acknowledge that parts of the WA country community continue to face inequity and disadvantage.

We are committed to creating a more inclusive, accessible and equitable health system. We are at a pivotal time in our organisation’s history. Service pressures are constantly increasing, as more people in country communities are managing with a chronic disease or living with a mental health condition. Despite this, we are entering one of the most exciting periods in healthcare for generations.

New technologies, rapid advances in medical practice and the ability to connect with consumers and communities at scale bring a wealth of new opportunities for us. For example, through our roll out of the Emergency Telehealth Service (ETS) we can now connect staff and patients in facilities across regional WA to specialised emergency doctors based in Perth, supporting local staff to provide life-saving care from thousands of kilometres away… and this is just the start.

Our Vision

To be a global leader in rural and remote healthcare.

We aim to deliver services that meet or exceed standards and advance health outcomes for country communities. While we are proud of the services staff deliver, we know that there is scope for us to grow and improve. We want and expect WACHS to be at the forefront of the new wave of healthcare, establishing WA as a global leader in regional and remote healthcare in the 21st century.

Our vision is to enable:

• Country people to have a genuine say in the delivery and design of services for their community, so that healthcare is targeted at the areas of greatest need and delivered with cultural sensitivity.
• Country people to have the information and support they need to make healthy choices, so they are empowered to lead healthier lives.
• Services to be integrated and easy to navigate, so that any country person who is unwell knows how and where to get the support and treatment they need.
• Services to be provided on site or through virtual care to enable country people to receive care closer to home.
• WACHS to be an employer of choice in country communities, so that young people are inspired to work in the health system and the WACHS workforce reflects the diversity of its local communities.
• WACHS to be at the forefront of innovation for rural and remote healthcare, so that country Western Australians benefit from access to contemporary services, informed by the latest research and enabled by the latest technologies.
• Collaboration and commitment to address major public health issues through extensive partnerships, target setting and measurement.