Health Services Act 2016

The functions of the Department CEO include the following —

advising and assisting the Minister in the development and implementation of WA health system‑wide planning;

notifying the Minister of the amounts allocated to a health service provider under a service agreement;

promoting the effective and efficient use of available resources in the provision of public health services in the State;

carrying out certain functions of health service providers as specified in service agreements pursuant to section 51;

managing WA health system‑wide industrial relations on behalf of the State, including the negotiation of industrial agreements, and making applications to make or vary awards;

in accordance with regulations (if any) prescribed for this paragraph —

classifying and determining the remuneration of an office of health executive; and

varying an office of health executive’s classification or remuneration;

establishing the conditions of employment for employees in health service providers in accordance with the requirements of any binding industrial instrument;

arranging for the provision of health services by contracted health entities;

providing support services to health service providers;

overseeing, monitoring and promoting improvements in the safety and quality of health services provided by health service providers;

monitoring the performance of health service providers, and taking remedial action when performance does not meet the expected standard;

receiving and validating performance data and other data provided by health service providers;

collecting performance data and any other information from health service providers;

other functions given to the Department CEO under this or another Act.

The conferral of a function on the Department CEO does not override any other written law that relates to or affects the function.