PathWest has awarded several companies contracts, worth $219 million in total, over the automation of laboratory medicine and pathology services across Western Australia.
Lifeline WA is well known for helping people in their hour of need, but for Tammey Candeloro it wasn’t the organisation’s crisis support line that came to her rescue.
NIB Holdings boss Ed Close is confident the private health insurer will finish the 2025 financial year strongly, despite its profits taking a hit during the first half.
Both WA Labor and the WA Liberals have pledged to spend tens of millions of dollars on significant healthcare upgrades in an effort to reduce emergency department pressure.
The state government has awarded a contract for the first of two multi-storey car parks at the proposed Women and Babies Hospital while also acknowledging issues with congestion.
Kim Beazley-backed medtech company Orthocell has flagged an expedited expansion into several jurisdictions after strong early sales of its Remplir nerve repair technology.
The emergency department at St John of God Subiaco could be delayed up to two years after an application to extend the project’s stage three start deadline was submitted.
Bulk billing availability in WA has again declined, with a mere one in 16 WA GP clinics offering bulk billing in 2025, down from one in 10 last year, and one in five the year prior.
The time it takes to correctly diagnose endometriosis could be slashed from seven years to just a few weeks with a new, non-invasive test from Nedlands-based Proteomics International.
The state government moved to lock in contractors for the $1.8 billion Women and Babies’ Hospital in December, as it pushes to begin the project before the March election.
ASX-listed Botanix has shipped the first batch of Sofdra prescriptions, marking a milestone moment as it shifts towards becoming a revenue generating pharmaceuticals company.
A novel skin cancer diagnosis tool which was a finalist in Pilbara Health Challenge has been validated for the first time in humans, meaning skin biopsies could become a thing of the past.
A slew of reforms to the private health sector, including expanding access for maternity cover, have been floated today as part of a push to make private hospitals more viable.
Former 40under40 winner Angus Turner has been appointed to the FHRI advisory council, and a new $50 million funding commitment has been announced by the state.
WA-founded telehealth platform Hola Health has been named the state’s fastest growing tech company, with revenue growth of 1,521 per cent over the past three years.
One of Australia’s largest private hospital owners has announced it will terminate contracts with some of the country’s largest insurers, including HBF, after failing to agree to a rise in fees.
The state’s auditor general has recommended the Department of Health start a refresh of its digital strategy to tackle weaknesses in its management of emergency department data.
A promising new drug invented at UWA is set to begin clinical trials, which will observe whether, when paired with antibiotics, it can help treat chronic bacterial lung infections.
