TEAM COVID-19 — PANDEMIC POLICY ADVISORS MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Name: Dr David Russell-Weisz
Title: Director general, WA Department of Health
Role in responding to COVIID-19
Director General, WA Department of Health
Notable previous policy experience
Dr Russell-Weisz led the commissioning of Fiona Stanley Hospital between 2012 and 2015 and steered the public health system through a period of significant reform, including the commissioning and opening of Perth Children’s Hospital, overseeing new WA Health devolved governance arrangements and establishing Health Service Boards in 2016.
Notable achievements/contributions during this crisis
As Director General of WA’s Health Department, Dr Russell-Weisz leads the State’s designated Hazard Management Agency for human infectious diseases during a State of Emergency (declared on 15 March 2020) and a Public Health Emergency (declared under the Public Health Act on 17 March 2020).
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