Paid opportunity: Join WAPHA’s Consumer Advisory Panel
Help shape primary healthcare services across Western Australia by sharing your lived experience.
WA Primary Health Alliance, supported by Health Consumers’ Council WA, is inviting health consumers from across WA to express their interest in joining its Consumer Advisory Panel.
Panel members will provide advice and perspectives to help inform WA Primary Health Alliance projects, policies and primary healthcare services. Opportunities may include advising on services WAPHA commissions and joining tender evaluation panels.
You do not need previous advisory panel experience. Induction, support and payment will be provided.
Expressions of Interest close at COB on Wednesday 7 October 2026.
Apply to join the WAPHA Consumer Advisory Panel
Who can apply?
WAPHA welcomes Expressions of Interest from health consumers across Western Australia.
A health consumer may be someone with lived experience of a health issue as:
- a patient or client
- a current or former health service user
- a carer
- a family member
- a friend supporting someone through a health issue
Your experience with healthcare can provide valuable insight into what works, what creates barriers and what services could do better.
Previous experience on an advisory panel is not required.
What will Consumer Advisory Panel members do?
Consumer Advisory Panel members may be invited to contribute to WAPHA projects on an ad hoc basis.
This may include:
- sharing perspectives on primary healthcare needs and barriers
- advising on projects, policies and commissioned services
- contributing to the planning and evaluation of services
- joining tender evaluation panels
- helping WAPHA understand how decisions may affect health consumers, families and carers
Is this a paid opportunity?
Yes. Panel members will receive payment in line with WAPHA’s Paid Participation Policy.
WAPHA will also provide induction and support.
Why lived experience matters
People who use health services understand how healthcare decisions work in practice.
Consumers, carers, families and community members can identify barriers, gaps and priorities that may not be visible from within the health system. Their knowledge can help organisations plan primary healthcare services that respond more closely to community needs.
WAPHA values lived-experience expertise and aims to include it throughout the commissioning of primary healthcare services in WA.
About WA Primary Health Alliance
WA Primary Health Alliance operates Western Australia’s three Primary Health Networks.
WAPHA works to improve access to primary healthcare, particularly for communities and people at greater risk of poor health. Primary healthcare includes care delivered outside hospitals, such as general practice and locally commissioned health services.
WAPHA’s work includes:
- supporting general practices to provide high-quality patient care
- funding local primary healthcare services based on community needs
- connecting services to make the healthcare system easier to navigate
- working with health professionals, hospitals, service providers, governments and communities
How to apply
Complete the online Expression of Interest form by COB Wednesday 7 October 2026.
Submit your Expression of Interest
Know someone whose experience should be represented? Please share this opportunity with them.
Questions?
For questions about the Consumer Advisory Panel, contact communications@wapha.org.au.