About us
The Western Australian government is spending $6.6 million over the next four years to manage anaphylaxis.
The anaphylaxis management implementation group will lead the project and includes representatives from:
- WA Health
- Department for Communities
- Department of Education and Training
- Department for Child Protection
- Anaphylaxis Australia
- Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy
- Catholic Education
- Association of Independent Schools
- dietitians
- general practitioners
The plan
Our purpose is to implement the recommendations of the report:
» Anaphylaxis: meeting the challenge for Western Australian children (PDF 1MB)
Our plan to manage anaphylaxis in Western Australian schools and child care services includes:
- raising the awareness of anaphylaxis and its health impact on parents and carers, the community, school and child care services
- planning legislation to govern the safe and secure emergency management of anaphylaxis by teachers and carers
- reviewing first aid and anaphylaxis risk policies in schools and child care services
- setting up a standardised and certified education program for teachers, child care workers and carers
- improving the knowledge base of health professionals
- establishing a specialised paediatric anaphylaxis service