WA's health budget has tripled during the past 15 years, but there are concerns about patient outcomes amid workforce, bureaucracy and governance pressures.
The site selection process for a purpose-built quarantine facility near Perth Airport is expected to begin tomorrow, Premier Mark McGowan has confirmed.
The Australian Medical Association and Australian Nurses Federation are planning a rally outside Perth Children's Hospital to address "systemic problems".
Premier Mark McGowan has called for an easing of hostilities between health unions and executives as the fallout continues over the death of Aishwarya Aswath.
The state president of the Australian Medical Association says he is disappointed by recent commentary regarding the transmission of the UK strain of COVID-19 at a Perth hotel.
In today's COVID-19 wrap, WA records its third day of no new locally-acquired cases, disease experts review their transmission theory and the Liberals slam the state's hotel quarantine system.
UPDATED: A hotel quarantine security guard who roamed the streets of Perth while infected with COVID-19 "did everything right", a Western Australian health chief says.
Andrew Miller has sounded a note of caution after WA recorded no new cases of COVID-19 overnight, arguing the result was not evidence of no community transmission.
Private medical records have been intercepted and posted online in Western Australia, raising alarm about the use of "insecure" paging services by government agencies.
Some in WA's education sector remain at odds over how and when to reopen schools, as the state takes steps to relax its strict social distancing policies.
Australian Medical Association of WA president Andrew Miller and the teachers' union have called for personal protective equipment (PPE) to be provided for use in the classroom, in a message that runs counter to government advice.
The State School Teachers' Union of WA is encouraging parents to keep students home where possible, highlighting increasing divisions over the state government's plans to recommence face-to-face learning next week.
Andrew Forrest has run a nimble and remarkably successful campaign to procure medical equipment from China, while WA's healthcare community has rallied to prepare for the COVID-19 pandemic.
The state government has said that classes will embark on a soft reopening in Term 2, as government and schools continue to debate whether teachers should have access to PPE.
Australia's coronavirus restrictions will remain in place for four weeks. Health Minister Roger Cook has announced an expanded COVID-19 testing program in WA. The state has reported two new infections and an extra case from the Artania cruise ship.
The federal government has outlined seven principles for how public schools should respond to COVID-19, one day after Premier Mark McGowan reportedly began weighing whether to have classes return as normal in Term 2.
Western Australia is one of the best places in the world to be during the COVID-19 pandemic, AMA WA president Andrew Miller said today, after weeks of passionately advocating tightening restrictions.
Andrew and Nicola Forrest's Minderoo Foundation is flying in tonnes of medical supplies from China and increasing Western Australia's capacity to test for COVID-19, as part of a rescue package announced today.
The state government has announced new deregulated COVID-19 testing laws and a $1 billion economic health system stimulus package, while Health Minister Roger Cook revealed nine new coronavirus cases.
An 11th hour agreement has resulted in 29 passengers from the Artania cruise ship who have tested positive for COVID-19 being transferred to Joondalup Health Campus, after earlier proposals to shift them to Hollywood Private Hospital, the Mount Hospital and Bethesda Health Care were criticised.
