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.
About 500 clients of Perth Pregnancy Centre will be forced to find alternative care services after the company collapsed with liquidators from WA Insolvency Solutions appointed.
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.
Medical research could be worth more than $2.1 billion per year to the WA economy by 2045, according to fresh research crunching the industry’s numbers for the first time.
MSWA and the state government have both committed additional funds to meet significantly increased construction costs for the long-awaited 24-hour care facility in Shenton Park.
The state government has committed $47.2 million towards a health centre offering multiple medical services in a bid to reduce emergency department visits.
Perth’s public hospitals are bringing back mask wearing requirements in response to surging COVID-19 cases, with the private health sector recommended to follow suit.
A medical manufacturing facility formerly run by COVID vaccine producer Pfizer has received a $2 million state government cash injection to expand WA’s pharmaceutical capabilities.
Perth-based startup fund Purpose Ventures has maintained its local focus, with its first $3 million fully invested in WA companies, the latest being pharmacogenomics company Gene S.
A multi-storey commercial centre has been approved after a four-hour meeting despite concerns from Dalkeith residents, including Kerry Stokes’ right-hand man Brian O’Donnell.
Perth-based Healthengine has dipped further into the red, with its annual report revealing an operational restructure as well as a significant board overhaul over the past year.
The WA government is standing by its controversial decision to relocate the $1.8bn maternity hospital to Murdoch despite strong condemnation by WA’s most experienced clinicians.
The state government has awarded $4.3 million to nine health and medical projects, including developing new therapy for liver cancer and delaying Alzheimer’s disease progression.