WA Country Health service chair Neale Fong has called for primary care to be returned to state government's hands and out of its federal counterpart's jurisdiction.
WA Country Health Service has awarded almost $300 million in contract work to more than a dozen contractors in the state, over regular and short-term security services.
Our weekly appointments wrap includes John Burger, David Sierakowski, David van Ooran, Claire Wright, Julia Meldrum, Michelle Munns, Catrin Allsop, Samantha Martella, William Yoo and Wes Stansfield.
The Child Development Service will go through an expansion and staff increase as part of a $39 million funding boost to ease “unprecedented” demand for the service.
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.
Two Western Australia health projects are among 19 national recipients sharing $12 million in commercial acceleration funding from a CSIRO-backed fund.
WA's health budget has tripled during the past 15 years, but there are concerns about patient outcomes amid workforce, bureaucracy and governance pressures.
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's health department has launched a review of protocols at all major regional hospitals, as Mark McGowan urges New South Wales to get its COVID-19 outbreak under control.
The Lateral INCITE Awards has shortlisted 26 entrants for this year's program, with Leederville-based startup InteliCare and IT consultancy firm Modis Australia among those advancing to the second round of judging.
The state government awarded 4.77 per cent of its contracts to Aboriginal businesses in the 2018-19 financial year, substantially exceeding its own target, although the contribution of government agencies was highly variable.
Synergy has secured a substantial electricity supply deal with the North Metropolitan Health Service, one of several electricity contracts awarded by government agencies in the health and education sectors in recent months.
