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.
Major health fund HBF is preparing to hike its insurance premiums by 3.95 per cent, after the federal government signed off on an industry average increase of 3.03 per cent.
HBF has announced it will close one-third of its Western Australian branches in a bid to reduce costs, reporting 80 per cent of its member interactions were through digital platforms.
Construction of the $360 million St John of God Midland Public Hospital has been completed on time and on budget, with Brookfield Multiplex handing the keys to the state government and the hospital operator today.
St John of God Health Care has appointed Lachlan Henderson as executive director Perth Northern hospitals, including CEO St John of God Subiaco Hospital, from 17 June.
