Current engagement opportunities
You can apply for one or more of the below opportunities.
Project Consumer Advisory Groups
We are establishing Project Community Advisory Groups (PCAGs) to help make our new facilities welcoming, inclusive, safe, and appropriate for everyone who uses them.
PCAGs will share their experience on a broad range of topics, including whole-of-facility aspects like the overall look and feel, outdoor and communal spaces, wayfinding, accessibility, and culturally safe spaces.
These groups will meet at regular intervals throughout the life of the New Women and Babies Hospital Project (NWBHP).
A minimum of 3 PCAGs will be formed and will include:
- A general community group, people/families using the public health system who have given birth or are due to give birth, women whose babies require neonatal care and those accessing gynaecology services.
- A specialist Aboriginal advisory group to understand how we can identify and respond to the cultural needs of Aboriginal people reflecting on the importance of connection to Country, culture, family and community.
- A universal access and inclusion group including people’s unique lived experiences and contexts which impact their experience of health facilities, including people who are living with a disability, are neurodiverse, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and a wide range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
Applications for the general and universal access and inclusion groups are now closed. An independent panel will run the selection process.
We are still seeking Aboriginal people with experience using women and newborn health services to join a specialist advisory group. Please email womenandbabies@health.wa.gov.au for further information.
User groups
User groups are work-based groups who work collaboratively on key planning documents.
The membership is representative of the staff and consumers of a service or facility, to help inform design – this may include:
- medical staff
- nursing and midwifery staff
- allied health staff
- support staff
- consumer representatives.
These groups are stood up at specific times throughout the life of the project. You can register now (link is external) for future opportunities.
About our community engagement
We are committed to engaging with patients, family members, carers, visitors, staff and the community to deliver facilities and services that meet the needs of all Western Australians.
We will be seeking community input relating to the new facilities over the life of this project, including:
- development of new models of care
- how the design and fit-out elements, such as lighting and furniture, can enhance and improve the patient, family and visitor experience
- how we ensure the hospital is accessible to everyone in the community, including wayfinding signage, amenities, naming of wards/areas
- what public spaces look and feel like, such as outdoor spaces, areas for rest and contemplation, places for spiritual and / or religious worship, landscaping
- sustainability initiatives.
There will be many opportunities for you to get involved and help shape the new facilities and services, including through workshops, focus groups and surveys.
Aboriginal engagement
We are committed to providing culturally secure and appropriate health services for Aboriginal women, newborns and their families.
Aboriginal people and organisations will be engaged to help inform and shape the new facilities being delivered in a way that is meaningful and culturally appropriate for them.
An Aboriginal Health Project Consultant role has been created to identify the needs of Aboriginal people through engagement. Their work will help to inform and shape new health facilities and services for the NWBHP.
Clinical consultation
In mid-2023 around 140 clinical staff members participated in consultation sessions. This included staff from King Edward Memorial Hospital, Osborne Park Hospital, Perth Children’s Hospital and Fiona Stanley Hospital.
These sessions invited staff to share their views and discuss the key opportunities and challenges with the Murdoch location.
The resulting Clinical Consultation Report, which contains 19 key findings is now available.
