Health

Resonance Health has acquired TrialsWest in a consideration package worth up to $8 million.

The state government has signed a three-year lease to operate the shuttered Bethesda mental health clinic in Cockburn.

St John of God Health Care will expand its Murdoch hospital to include a five-storey mental health facility, after the state’s peak planning body greenlit its $98.6 million proposal.

PYC Therapeutics is rattling the tin for up to $74.6 million to fund the progress of its medical drug trials, including for blinding eye and polycystic kidney diseases.

Major health fund HBF is preparing to hike its insurance premiums by 3.95 per cent, after the federal government signed off on an industry average increase of 3.03 per cent.

Perth biotech company Argenica Therapeutics’ drug, which is designed to reduce brain tissue death following a stroke, will be administrated at two local hospitals in a nationwide trial.

APM Human Services International's board has recommended that its shareholders support a revised conditional, non-binding offer of $2 per share from CVC Asia Pacific in a bid to take over the company, according to chief executive officer Michael Anghie.

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.

APM Human Services International's board has unanimously rejected a takeover bid from CVC Asia Pacific Limited, saying the offer didn't reflect the company's true value.

Perth-based medical technology company Avicena Systems has won a $3 million grant from the federal Department of Industry, Science and Resources for a collaborative research partnership with the University of New South Wales.

Former federal minister Ben Morton has added another board role to his portfolio, joining the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research.

Mining industry executive Rebecca Tomkinson has taken on a new role as chair of the Future Health Research and Innovation Fund, replacing John Van Der Wielen.

Subiaco-based Singular Health has appointed Martina Mariano as its chief commercial officer.

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.

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.

Hesperia has submitted an application for a four-storey development in the Murdoch Health and Knowledge precinct, estimated to cost $68.7 million.

Bethesda Health Care’s $60 million mental health clinic in Cockburn will suspend its services for the foreseeable future, less than twelve months after the private centre opened.

Rio Tinto and Lifeline WA have entered a two-year partnership valued at $860,000 to expand the service provider’s mental health crisis support.

Shares in Subiaco-based Singular Health rose up to 17.5 cents a share on Thursday, following a landmark deal with Roseman University of Health Sciences in the US.

Plans to establish a children’s mental health and wellbeing centre in the City of Swan are under way, with the Mental Health Commission seeking out a service provider for the job.

RAAFA WA has announced two new executives as part of its refreshed leadership model, appointing Aaron Crowther as chief customer and community officer and Gloria Davis as chief information officer.

HBF has announced it will close one-third of its Western Australian branches in a bid to reduce costs, reporting 80 per cent of its member interactions were through digital platforms.

St John of God Health Care announced a return to profitability, generating a net operating surplus of $13 million in the year to November 2023, up $24 million from the previous period.

APM Human Services International shares plunged more than 40 per cent today, substantially eroding the net worth of rich list founder Megan Wynne, as the market reacted to a forecast half year profit fall.

APM Human Services has predicted its underlying net profit after tax for the first half of the 2024 financial year will hit $55 million - down 35.5 per cent, from $85.4 million during H1, FY23.

Home care provider Silverchain and pathology services company Australian Clinical Labs have inked a partnership to launch an at-home testing service.

Former Western Australian governor Kim Beazley has joined the board of Murdoch-based biotechnology company Orthocell, chaired by John Van Der Wielen.

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.

Western Australia’s nursing union has backed a 3 per cent pay rise, bringing an end to the longest-running pay dispute in the organisation’s 100-year history.

Perth biotechnology company PYC Therapeutics will collaborate with Google to develop and host an artificial intelligence platform for precision medicines.

The Western Australian Planning Commission has approved Hall & Prior’s $90 million application to build an aged care facility on the former Woodside Hospital site.