Health

A $26.8 million MSWA care facility replacing the old Quadriplegic Centre in Shenton Park has officially opened, following a lengthy battle with construction costs.

Department of Health director general Shirley Bowen will retire in February after almost three years in the role, with the state on the hunt again to fill the critical role.

Research by the Perron Institute has found that the flagship product of Perth-based neurological drug developer Argenica Therapeutics, which protects brain tissue from dying immediately after a stroke, may also help treat Alzheimer's disease.

Twenty-eight workers lost their lives on the job across Western Australia in 2025, pushing the state's workplace fatality rate above the national average during the deadliest year for Australian workplaces in more than a decade.

Administrators of a western suburbs' pharmacy have stopped the company's directors from backing out of a deed associated with a funding arrangement of $2.8 million.

The search for better patient outcomes has delivered a new venture for a Perth doctor.

National healthcare wholesaler Symbion has sold its only Western Australian warehouse – located on an 18,700-square metre site in Kewdale – to Harmony Property Investments.

Former AMA WA president David Mountain has warned the aged care sector would be decimated because of the federal government's migration changes, speaking at a Business News event.

The new chief executive at health fund HIF is shifting its strategy and financial management.

The private healthcare provider is set to formally acquire Healthscope's Mount Hospital on Thursday, after the state government and Bethesda struck a deal earlier this year to ensure the facility's viability.

Perth medtech company Lubdub Technologies, which is developing a holistic 'heart health in a box' technology, has closed an oversubscribed $6 million seed financing round, doubling its initial target.

A state planning authority has approved the second stage of the $807 million redevelopment of Royal Perth Hospital to go ahead.

The state's peak body for epilepsy has continued its push for better epilepsy care, after telling a Senate inquiry last month that some Western Australians could face wait times of up to five years for the assessment process.

Administrative staff are set to relocate from Perth Children's Hospital to make way for 19 new neonatal beds and two specialised patient rooms, as the state government urgently expands clinical capacity.

Fair Work Ombudsman data shows aged care providers paid back $5.3 million to workers in just over a year, excluding the $5.38 million that was to be paid solely by Southern Cross Care WA.

The state's Department of Health and some of its largest aged care providers have weighed in on the Senate inquiry into the federal government's controversial Support At Home program.

Disability support services provider 4lifeskills has emerged from administration with industry peer St Jude's Health Care Services reaching a deal to acquire the organisation.

The state's auditor-general has slammed WA Health for poor management over almost $1 billion of payments, tabling a report to parliament.

A non-invasive test for Endometriosis developed by a Perth company, which can detect the disease with 99.7 per cent accuracy, has been granted an Australian patent.

The disability support provider has officially relocated its head office to the former Alcoa home in Booragoon, after Rocky Bay divested its Mosman Park headquarters for $56 million last year.

Aged care and disability support provider Brightwater Care Group has received a Lotterywest grant of almost $1 million for two WA-first projects to improve the lives of those experiencing dementia.

Construction of a $23 million day hospital is one step closer to fruition after a development assessment panel greenlit the Mount Hawthorn project.

A WA court has lifted a ban on a gym operation, against the wishes of Perth Day Hospital which alleged the 24-hour business impacted the $16 million premises.

Perth disability support services provider 4lifeskills has called in administrators amid NDIS sector headwinds, with a potential sale of the not-for-profit being assessed.

A Perth-based clinical workforce provider has secured a multi-million-dollar contract with ASX-listed Ramsay Health Care to supply staff across hospital facilities in Western Australia and Victoria.

Partnered Health, the GP network at the centre of a cyber breach which allegedly exposed thousands of Australians' health records, says it's aware of claims being made online that some stolen data had been published.

Regis Aged Care has submitted a plan to build a facility in Shenton Park's Montario Quarter precinct, estimated to cost $50 million.

Seven of some of Western Australia's largest aged care providers have released a plan aiming to strengthen the state's increasingly strained aged care system.

The aged care and disability support provider has taken over ASX-listed Ramsay Health Care's Attadale Rehabilitation Hospital, with plans to transform the asset by adding 39 aged care beds.

Australians have been warned against panic buying eggs and other poultry products as preliminary testing detects a case of avian flu in a third state.

The Murdoch-based regenerative medicine company is shipping another 200 nerve repair products to assist injured Ukrainians with the backing of big Perth funders.