News Articles for Fiona Stanley Hospital

Work is expected to start later this year on Western Australia's first dedicated health and knowledge precinct in Murdoch, with developers sought to deliver up to 400 homes, 33,000 square metres of office space and more than 80 short-stay apartments.

The GST's corrective measures will boost WA's financial position in coming years, if the current system remains unchanged.

The imminent departure of four heavy hitters in the public service couldn't have come at a worse time for the state government.

SPECIAL REPORT: WA's big construction companies are going through a transition phase, following the end of a major building boom.

Southern Cross Care's plans to create an aged care facility at the old Kaleeya Hospital have potentially hit a stumbling block, with the proposal considered to be against Town of East Fremantle pla

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Transport Minister Dean Nalder has highlighted the social benefits of Roe 8 and touted the minimal environmental impact of the project at a lunch today, adding that the link would need to be built regardless of any move to an outer harbour.

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Murdoch University is seeking to capitalise on WA's growing health industry with a new course aimed at creating better management and leaders.

Western Australia's largest private health facility is preparing for major growth during the coming decade amid forecast cuts to public health.

Health and community care organisation Silver Chain's 2014-15 surplus has slipped following increased investment in new client offerings and service delivery methods.

The opening of Fiona Stanley Hospital has enabled two suburban hospitals within five kilometres of one another to completely change their services, dropping gynaecological and maternity offerings to focus separately on aged care and rehabilitation.

SPECIAL REPORT: Hospital and aged care industry professionals have given WA's health care system a mixed review, with some aspects applauded and others in need of improvement.

The Fiona Stanley Hospital has won the top prize at this year's WA Architecture Awards, with Hassell, Hames Sharley and Silver Thomas Hanley commended for their design efforts.

The need for new infrastructure is there, but the state isn't in a financial position to drive development.

Contractor Serco has had to pay about $1 million in penalties for failing to achieve certain performance targets at Fiona Stanley Hospital.

Treasurer Mike Nahan has defended legislation he introduced to end the long-running $1.7 billion Bell Group legal story after it was criticised by the Australian and Western Australian bar associations.

Michael Barnes had been appointed the new under-treasurer for Western Australia with immediate effect.

Despite the deteriorating budget position, WA's Nationals won't hear of a review of their signature policy.

Fiona Stanley Hospital chief executive David Russell-Weisz has been appointed director general of the Western Australian Department of Health.

While acknowledging the issue of patient safety, Labor's attack on delays at Fiona Stanley Hospital are equally concerned with the privatisation of services.

Asset sales, cost cutting and restructuring are under way across WA, creating opportunities for professional services firms. Click through to see details of more than 30 privatisation deals in WA, from 1961 to the present day.

Southern Cross Care WA has purchased the state government-owned Kaleeya Hospital in East Fremantle for $17.5 million, which is the first property sold under the state government's asset sales progr

Securing support for startup ventures is no easy feat, but David Rowe has had an early win.

The state's healthcare and social services sectors are in for another decade of rapid change, industry leaders say, after growing employee numbers by more than 60,000 during the past 10 years.

The foreign affairs minister must be thankful she didn't take up Richard Court's offer of the state Liberal leadership in 2001.

Premier Colin Barnett has sought to end criticism of delays and budget blowouts at the new $2 billion Fiona Stanley Hospital, saying it's time the state's greatest achievement was recognised.

As Fiona Stanley hospital opens the Department of Health has launched an international recruitment drive, despite indications that some existing staff are losing their jobs.

Potential buyers are already keenly looking to snare East Fremantle's Kaleeya Health Campus, the first state government asset to hit the market from a large portfolio flagged for sale last week.

Experts argue Fiona Stanley's ‘paperless hospital' plan could have been achievable under a government-wide IT strategy.

The state government has a lot of political capital invested in a successful build of its Burswood stadium.

The Department of Health's $6 million bungle at Fiona Stanley Hospital is just one example of government agencies dropping the ball on information technology projects.

The auditor general has indicated the complex Fiona Stanley project could have been a breeding ground for mismanaged taxpayer funds and has issued a warning that governance needs to be improved.

An investigation by the auditor general has found that the WA Department of Health wasted $6 million of taxpayer funds through inadequate management of information technology projects at the Fiona Stanley Hospital.

Premier and Science Minister Colin Barnett has appointed Peter Klinken as the new chief scientist of Western Australia.

St John of God Health Care is on the way to becoming Western Australia's largest private hospital group, despite rival operator Ramsay Health Care recently starting another expansion of its own.

The Department of Health failed to properly assess its ability to commission Fiona Stanley Hospital on time prior to signing a $4.3 billion facilities management contract with Serco, according to a report by a parliamentary committee.

The construction union and its militant leader Joe McDonald have been hit with their second hefty fine in one week, after being penalised for their role in unlawful industrial action at CITIC Pacific's Sino Iron project in the Pilbara.

The state government has postponed some of its big transport infrastructure projects in order to reduce the projected increase in state debt, as it strives to regain its AAA credit rating.

The $2 billion Fiona Stanley Hospital will open in October 2014, half a year later than originally scheduled, a delay the state government has blamed on the scale and complexity of the project's in