The state government has pledged $96 million to expand Joondalup Health Campus, with Health Minister Roger Cook repudiating assertions the amount falls short of election commitments.
OPINION: Premier Mark McGowan, most Labor Party MPs, and many Liberals as well, are keen for the contentious voluntary assisted dying (VAD) legislation to be passed within the next fortnight, but for significantly different reasons.
The state government has started the expressions of interest process for the Osborne Park Hospital expansion, which includes a new neonatal nursery, a maternity assessment unit and a 16-bed rehabilitation unit.
Aboriginal-owned Redspear Safety and UK-based Safehouse launched new business called Safespear on Tuesday night, a safety services company chaired by Redspear's Barry McGuire.
The state government has outlined a major shift in the delivery of health services, with planning to get under way for a new maternity hospital and a greater focus on prevention, primary care, home care and telehealth.
Opposition leader Bill Shorten has pledged an additional $110 million in new healthcare projects in Western Australia, adding to a string of spending promises ahead of the federal election due in May.
After a turbulent year shifting from a national partnership, Alzheimer's WA is leading the charge to help WA communities deal with the growing number of dementia sufferers.
A state government report released today on Fifo mental health has prompted an immediate response, with the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of WA and mental health organisation Lifeline WA announcing a new partnership.
The state government has today announced the appointment of chief scientist Peter Klinken as chair of both Lotterywest and Healthway, continuing the gradual integration of the two organisations.
Strawberry tampering did not happen in Western Australia despite the discovery of sewing needles secreted inside a punnet grown in the state and exported to South Australia, according to Health Minister Roger Cook.
The state government has selected Department of Health executive Rebecca Brown as the new director general of its industry and tourism mega department – making her the third woman picked this year to head a major government agency.
The state government today announced a further aligning of Healthway and Lotterywest through the appointment of common board members, including former Labor health minister Jim McGinty.
A Perth expo has showcased the technology innovations local and national companies are bringing to WA's health sector, but nothing like Mercy Virtual, a four-storey hospital in the US with 700 doctors and nurses and no patients.
The state government will transfer land in Westonia to the Central East Aged Care Alliance as part of its initiative to boost seniors' accommodation across the Wheatbelt region, with Pindan awarded the tender for the design and construction of 72 new dwellings.
St John Ambulance WA, which is one of the state's largest not-for-profit businesses with annual revenue of $280.6 million, has been awarded a two-year contract extension by the state government while a broad review of its service is undertaken.
Health Minister Roger Cook says Western Australia is missing out on $1 billion in health funding, and is calling on the federal government to increase the state's share to reflect its unique challenge of isolation.
The Perth's Children Hospital is on track to receive its first patients in May after the chief health officer today gave the facility's water quality the green light.
The 2018 Hawaiian Ride for Youth continues to be one of the state's most successful fundraisers, raising $2.2 million for mental health prevention with 170 riders.
SPECIAL REPORT: Our annual analysis of the state's movers and shakers shows that sometimes the best examples of influence are demonstrated not by what change an influencer starts, but rather what they can stop.
A review of Western Australia's health sector has found an increased spend in preventive measures and an expansion of telehealth technology would be among several changes needed to ensure a sustainable system.
Indonesian businessman Eddy Sariaatmadja has donated specialist medical equipment that is expected to form the cornerstone of an emerging clinical innovation, skills and training hub being planned by Perth business executive Michael Henderson.
The trouble-plagued and long-delayed Perth Children's Hospital will be ready for its first patients in May, more than two years after its intended opening date.
SPECIAL REPORT: The state government has rejected criticism of the cost and projected savings of its flagship medihotel healthcare policy, after work began on the construction of the first facility earlier this month.
The state government has committed funds to the University of Western Australia for research into the mental health and wellbeing impact of the fly-in, fly-out working lifestyle.
The state government is considering enforcing a floor price on takeaway booze to stop people getting drunk on cheap alcohol, but the opposition says it is a cost impost on households and red tape burden on businesses.
The state government plans to replace multiple valves in the new Perth Children's Hospital after a report confirmed the cause of ongoing lead contamination at the trouble-plagued project, wth the extra work to push the hospital's opening date beyond this year.
The state government has warned police the public expects them to do their job, as new industrial action started, including officers issuing cautions for minor offences instead of fines.
Perth's next apartments and employment hub will be created at Murdoch, with Fini Group selected to deliver the $200 million first stage of LandCorp's Murdoch Health and Knowledge Precinct.
The Perth Children's Hospital is unlikely to open by the new September deadline but progress is being made treating lead contamination at the facility, the state's health minister says.
Five bidders have been shortlisted to build the state's first Medihotel at the planned Murdoch Health and Knowledge Precinct, with the successful tenderer to be announced mid-year.
The state government has taken control of the trouble-plagued Perth Children's Hospital to solve what it believes is the cause of the ongoing lead contamination problem.
Perth Children's Hospital is unlikely to open before the second half of the year, the new Labor state government says, as work continues to find the source of lead in drinking water.
ANALYSIS: Freshly recycled Labor MP Alannah MacTiernan has been fast tracked into Premier-elect Mark McGowan's new cabinet, even though she will not formally start her term in the Legislative Council until mid-May.
Kwinana Mayor Carol Adams has announced her third tilt at state parliament, nominating as an independent for the South Metropolitan region in the Legislative Council, while the WA Liberals remain tight lipped about a potential preference deal with Pauline Hanson's One Nation.
