Ambulances were stuck ramping for more than 200 hours last month at WA’s largest regional hospital, the highest on record for 2026.
Craig Duncan
John Carey has vowed there is always more room in the State’s budget for health, as he confirmed the total pricetag for a new Mandurah hospital will exceed $1 billion.
Jessica Page
Membership numbers keep inching higher, new figures by the regulator reveal. But next year’s results could show a mass exodus, the sector’s peak body warns.
Rebecca Le May
The $572 million redevelopment of the State’s future largest regional hospital has reached a construction milestone, with the completion of a new Mental Health Observation Area and upgraded fast-track area.
AI is transforming the Australian medical industry but regulators are struggling to ensure accuracy and protect patient privacy, a report says.
Annabelle Banfield
It’s the radical ‘Barbie waist’ cosmetic surgery that’s all the rage with beauty-conscious social media influencers.
Brooke Rolfe
The two vital WA not-for-profits have melded to create a stronger entity, saying they are getting on the front foot rather than responding to a financial crisis.
Multiple Perth GPs managed by Partnered Health have been caught up in a major cyberattack, with patients only been told their private information may have been stolen three weeks after the breach occurred.
Cheyanne Enciso
Another giant petrel found dead on a WA beach has been confirmed as the State’s eighth case of H5 bird flu.
Bethany Hiatt
New nurses are set to begin their healthcare careers after graduating from the South Regional TAFE campus in Albany with a Diploma of Nursing.
Amy Towers
Regenerative medicine manufacturer Orthocell has booked its best revenue results on the back of rising adoption of its flagship product, a collagen wrap used in nerve repair.
Two more wild seabirds found in WA are suspected to be positive for H5 bird flu with one found as far north as Northampton in the Mid West.
Claire Sadler
The sleep health device manufacturer is selling its MatrixCare business to a US-based private equity firm for $707 million - 34 per cent less than what it paid eight years ago.
Brightwater has acquired a small hopsital in Perth’s southern suburbs from Ramsay Health with plans to convert the site into an aged care facility.
Matt Mckenzie
Neuromuscular WA’s VIP supporters and community members banded together to help raise more than $100k at the organisation’s largest annual fundraising event on June 26.
Zach Margolius
Urgency is desperately needed as Australia’s residential aged care facilities burst at the seams and massive bed shortfalls face the nation’s greying population, sector leaders warn.
WA’s worst diphtheria outbreak on record has exploded as a national health alert has been issued and a $7.2 million package announced to contain the potentially deadly bacteria.
Charlton Hart
A report kept secret from heartbroken parents has detailed missed medical red flags and transport delays preceded the tragic death of eight-month-old baby at a WA hospital.
Busselton Hospice Care Inc. is helping make patients and their loved ones more comfortable thanks to a generous donation from a community organisation.
ASIC rebuked after losing an appeal over pre-existing condition wording used by HCF Life, in a ruling that gives insurers a clearer line between misleading policy terms and unfair contract terms.
Ryan Johnson
The State Government has committed $2.6 million to improving access to child development services for Aboriginal children and families.
Rhianna Mitchell
A new report has blasted ‘gaps’ and found reform that was promised has stalled, years after warnings that the State’s mental health system was failing children and adolescents and costing lives.
A Perth nurse who showed ‘no remorse’ for stealing items from an elderly couple’s home while providing care for their two disabled children could be back working in little more than over a year.
Sophie Gannon
Australian retail pharmacy franchisor Sigma Healthcare has withdrawn from discussions to buy the well-known British chain in a multi billion dollar deal.
Karen Leigh
