Doctors' Health Advisory Service Wa

The purpose of DHASWA is to improve “the health and wellbeing of the medical profession in the public interest for the benefit of the community”. The Doctors’ Health Advisory Service of Western Australia (DHASWA) became a formal Association in November 2016. Formally, “Colleague of First Contact” established in the 1980s with the assistance of the Australian Medical Association of WA (AMA WA), and renamed DHAS WA in 2011. Our main services are the 24/7 DHASWA Advice Line for doctors & medical students, staffed by a panel of experienced GPs. DHASWA also provides a "Drs for Drs" list of GPs, Psychiatrists and Psychologists who are interested in managing doctor-patients. Since 2016 DHASWA has received funding from the Medical Board of Australia (MBA), to help support & expand its services. Rural Health West has been subcontracted to provide secretarial support to DHASWA. Importantly, DHASWA is a wholly independent entity separate from any other organisation including the AMA, & is exempt from the Mandatory Reporting requirements. Objectives - Providing confidential support to medical practitioners including medical students concerning their personal health problems - Promoting health education & training of medical practitioners to the medical profession including the promotion of self-care - Promoting the education & training of medical practitioners who treat medical practitioners - Promoting the development of resources to assist in the development, implementation & promotion of medical practitioner’s health services - Promoting, in the public interest, measures to assist medical practitioners in maintaining their health and wellbeing - Promoting a healthy lifestyle & healthy workplace for medical practitioners - Establishing and promoting dedicated health networks to support medical practitioners - Promoting research into medical practitioners health and cooperate with learned colleges, universities, professional and training organisations