Healthcare challenge

BY any objective standards, the nation's demand for healthcare services is growing rapidly.

Privately owned Bethesda Hospital is starting to plan for its next expansion, after regaining outright ownership of its Claremont property and overcoming a period of financial challenges.

THE Department of Health says its rollout of a modernised patient administration system is on track, four years after the upgrade was given the green light.

AN integrated business embracing public and private health-care services has doubled the availability of cancer treatment in Western Australia.