DV training for WA’s first responders
St John WA’s First Responders across the State will benefit from vital family and domestic violence training to ensure they can better support victim-survivors. Read More...
Medical Forum Weekly
WA’s elective backlog revealed
The average wait time for elective surgery in WA was 51 days according to the latest data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, up from an average of 40.6 days before the pandemic. Read More...
Booze bans and WA’s drunk deliveries
As police call for a wider restriction on alcohol sales in WA, particularly in regional and northern towns, new research has emerged tracking the online purchasing behaviour of high-risk drinking West Australians. Read More...
WA docs demand climate action
On December 1, just before COP28 Health Day, a group of WA doctors gathered at 8am on the steps of Parliament House, calling on the WA Government to take urgent action on climate change and protect the health of West Australians. Read More...
Boost for elective surgeries
The WA Government has announced $40 million for WA Health to deliver the equivalent of 6,000 additional elective surgeries and procedures, with the WA public health system smashing all-time records for elective surgery in three out of the past six months. Read More...
Goldfields’ health hub a game-changer
Curtin University’s new Goldfields’ health hub plans to work closely with healthcare providers such as WACHS and the Royal Flying Doctor Service to deliver education, placements, research and local careers for the regional health workforce. Read More...
Cosmetic dentistry targeted
Practitioners performing and advertising non-surgical cosmetic procedures, including increasingly popular aesthetic dental procedures, could face a crackdown. Read More...
Former WA doc disqualified
A former WA doctor has been reprimanded and disqualified from applying for registration for four years, as well as ordered to pay $4000 in costs, after having an inappropriate relationship with a patient. Read More...