Fighting for lives: Elijah Murray’s Fitzroy Cross…
Elijah Murray can name friends from the Fitzroy Valley in Western Australia’s Kimberley region who he believes should…
Medical imaging provider to investigate improper Medicare billing allegations
One of Australia’s largest medical imaging providers says it will investigate allegations of improper Medicare billing at a…
Authorities ‘deeply sorry’ for teenager let down by WA’s mental health system
The West Australian health minister and a director of the country health service have apologised to a teen…
Vaccination ‘not enough’ to contain diphtheria spread in remote WA, disease official says
Vaccination alone will not be enough to stop the “rare outbreak” of diphtheria from spreading in Western Australia,…
Perth mother blames WA’s mental health systemic failures for her teen daughter’s death
WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. The mother of an 18-year-old girl who died…
WA government announces $140m plan to prevent repeat of record-breaking flu season
Creating more hospital beds and boosting immunisation will be key features of a $140 million “winter strategy” aimed…
WA health infrastructure audit delivers scathing assessment of hospital maintenance
Western Australia’s aging public hospitals are too reliant on reactive maintenance, with no dedicated funding to keep them…
AI to be trialled at Royal Perth Hospital in bid to reduce pressure on WA health system
Western Australia’s ailing health system is turning to AI to try and help free up doctors and nurses…
WA doctor Peter Allely says hospital emergency departments being run as though in ‘disaster situation’
A senior WA emergency department doctor has described his workplace as running in a “disaster situation”, struggling within…
Christine Mulhall among dozens of elective surgery patients caught up in WA hospital crisis
A patient who waited nearly a year for complex elective surgery, only to have it cancelled the day…