The state government moved to lock in contractors for the $1.8 billion Women and Babies' Hospital in December, as it pushes to begin the project before the March election.
A long-running tiff over Ruah Community Services' bid to revive the Safe Night Space operation in Northbridge has ended after a state government review.
A new co-ordinated emergency and medical care operations centre will be established in the old Telstra Exchange tower, to be operational by the end of the year.
A joint venture between Multiplex Constructions and Perkins Builders has been contracted for main works of the Bunbury Regional Hospital's redevelopment project.
WA Liberal leader Libby Mettam has slammed the state government for inaction on potentially flammable cladding at Fiona Stanley Hospital identified five years ago.
The Child Development Service will go through an expansion and staff increase as part of a $39 million funding boost to ease “unprecedented” demand for the service.
Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson is hopeful a new $11 million child vaccine program targeting respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) will ease the strain on the Perth Children's Hospital.
Three years after the state government said the project was “fully funded” and likely to break ground soon, work is yet to begin on a new hospital in Tom Price
The state government has entered leasing negotiations for the shuttered Bethesda Clinic after the $60 million private mental health centre closed its doors on Friday.
A Telethon Kids Institute program supporting about 700 Western Australian families is set to receive three years of funding valued at $13.8m from the National Disability Insurance Agency.
Construction has started on the $34 million children's hospice in Swanbourne, which was previously at the centre of a tug-of-war between state and local governments.
Health Minister Amber Jade Sanderson says the planned closure of a mental health clinic after less than a year of operation shows the private health funding model needs to change.
The state's long-awaited redevelopment of the V Block at Fremantle Hospital is under construction, with ground broken after the project's initial 2023 forecast completion date.
Long-serving WA Health director general David Russell-Weisz will step down from the role after more than eight years at the top of the state's largest government department.
Contractor Multiplex has secured the tender for the long-delayed Geraldton Health Campus redevelopment, with work to begin two years after the initial completion date.
The state government has committed $47.2 million towards a health centre offering multiple medical services in a bid to reduce emergency department visits.
The WA Liberals have committed to beginning construction of a new maternity hospital in Nedlands in its first term should the party win government in 2025.
The state government's top infrastructure adviser has provided heavily qualified support for the surprise relocation of the $1.8 billion Women and Babies Hospital to a site in Murdoch.
Digital health services in Western Australia have received a boost after Silverchain and the state government made moves to expand telehealth initiatives.
WA's peak medical body has called for a major rethink on the proposed Women and Babies Hospital, saying it needs to be co-located with adult and children's hospitals.
The state government has spent just $16,500 on a feasibility analysis to support shifting the $1.8 billion Women and Babies Hospital to Murdoch, Business News has learned.
Ministers Rita Saffioti, Paul Papalia, Bill Johnston and Balcatta MP David Michael were the major movers as Roger Cook unveiled his refreshed cabinet at Dumas House this morning.
Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson and premier-elect Roger Cook's nominated deputy, Rita Saffioti, have dismissed suggestions of hard feelings following the battle for WA Labor leadership this week.
ANALYSIS: The factional rift that enabled Roger Cook to become Labor leader has parallels with a famous preselection battle during which a young Ben Wyatt defeated union heavyweight Helen Creed.
UPDATED: Roger Cook is poised to become Western Australia's next premier with Rita Saffioti as deputy premier after Amber-Jade Sanderson withdrew from the leadership race.
Less than 24 hours have passed since the shock resignation of Premier Mark McGowan, but attention is already focused on who will lead the party into the 2025 state election.
ANALYSIS: Roger Cook, Rita Saffioti and Amber-Jade Sanderson are the contenders to become WA's next premier, with Labor's powerful left faction set to play a key role.
Mark McGowan will resign as the premier of Western Australia by the end of the week, after revealing he does not have the energy and drive to continue in the role.
