The state government has announced a $420 million budget commitment to boost mental health initiatives, including an upgrade of Graylands Hospital in Mount Claremont.
The state government plans to reduce waiting times in emergency departments by introducing targets described as “stretched but realistic” in a bid to ease pressure on the health system.
Perth’s new Women and Babies Hospital will be shifted from Nedlands to the southern suburbs, in part because of planning issues highlighted one year ago by Business News.
Janet Reah holds no regrets about calling for the ANF to strike over the objections of the state's industrial relations watchdog, despite the union now facing fines worth a cumulative $27 million.
Mining equipment provider WesTrac has partnered with Lifeline WA to launch a peer-led health and wellbeing program to support staff struggling with their mental health.
Ramsay Health Care has flagged a $77 million revamp of the private hospital at its Joondalup Health Campus site, which includes a seven-storey expansion.
A subsidiary of medicinal cannabis company Little Green Pharma has partnered with Health Insurance Fund of Australia to develop a Perth-based mental health treatment facility.
A Corruption and Crime Commission investigation has found there was no serious misconduct involved in the death certification process of a man who died at Rockingham General Hospital last year.
A proposed $99 million expansion of St John of God Murdoch Hospital includes construction of a five-storey mental health facility and a seven-level car park.
St John WA's executive team will be halved under a new group model that recently installed chief Kevin Brown has conceded ‘may feel disruptive’ in the months ahead.
Major aged care, retirement and veterans organisation RAAFA has appointed former St John WA boss Michelle Fyfe chief executive as it embarks on a big development phase.
It took less than 10 minutes on average for Perth ambulances to respond to emergencies in the year to June 2022, the second best performance in the country.