The state government will spend $1.5 billion to bring three public hospital projects into the system, including a move to purchase St John of God Mt Lawley for public use from next year.
Perth consulting firm Ralph Beattie Bosworth has been awarded a contract to provide cost planning services for the proposed Women and Babies Hospital at Murdoch.
A Broome prison and emissions reduction reporting implementation are among 10 key projects the state has fallen behind on over the last year, a new progress report has revealed.
WA Liberal leader Libby Mettam has slammed the state government for inaction on potentially flammable cladding at Fiona Stanley Hospital identified five years ago.
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.
Western Australia's auditor general has highlighted concerns over the state government's $580 million spending during the pandemic, with millions of rapid antigen tests remaining unused.
The state government has reached across the aisle and named a former Liberal government health minister to help assess WA's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A report into 123 state government entities' financial audits has raised concerns about serious deficiencies and greater exposure to fraud, the Auditor General says.
A report says hundreds of hospital patients are occupying much-needed beds for thousands of days because there are no community facilities to release them into.
St John WA could take up to six weeks to respond to a report which recommended the state government bring ambulance services in-house if the non-profit could not improve operations within five years.
The state's auditor-general has found "significant weaknesses" in the COVID-19 contact tracing system, including allowing unnecessary and excessive access to personal information.
More than half-a-billion dollars of COVID-related government expenses were incurred in the year to June 2021, according to the state's auditor general.
Western Australia recorded 8,144 COVID cases overnight, with 200 people in hospital; as Mark McGowan reaffirms he will ease further restrictions as soon as it is safe to do so.
The state government's $13.5 million proposal for a new COVID-19 patient facility in Perth's south has been approved in a swift decision by its own development panel.
The Department of Health is stepping up its investment in human resources management, awarding two contracts worth a combined $220 million to Deloitte and SAP Australia.
A panel to review governance in the state's health system will include the premier's former deputy chief of staff and the former head of Victorian health who resigned weeks after a hotel quarantine inquiry.
The state government has awarded $58 million worth of COVID-19 management contracts ahead of next month's border reopening, including to Calvary, Medibank and Western Pathology.
Big Start Capital, headed by the son of Attorney General John Quigley, is suing the state government for damages for allegedly breaching a personal protective equipment supply deal.
A 'robotic arm' to assist in surgeries will be rolled out at Fremantle Hospital, after its developer secured a $10.3 million contract through the state's market-led proposal system.
Pierre Yang is facing calls to resign as chair of a parliamentary committee reviewing WA's ambulance services, following reports one of the state's largest unions supports renationalisation of those works.
A Western Australian woman who visited Sydney and returned home has contracted COVID-19, prompting increased restrictions including mask wearing indoors.
Rosanna Capolingua, a former president of the state and federal branches of the AMA, has been appointed chair of the health department's child and adolescent health services.
