Health

The revolutionary spray-on skin treatment developed in Perth by burns surgeon Fiona Wood is being reintroduced to the Australian market by Avita Medical.

West to West Group has been appointed to construct the project, despite a sod turning ceremony occurring at the site nine months ago.

Revo Fitness and Lifeline WA have teamed up to raise $77,430 for Lifeline WA’s 24-hour crisis support and suicide prevention services.

The country’s inflation rate could be reduced by at least 2 per cent if Australia had an adequate COVID-19 response, a federal government-commissioned inquiry found.

Life insurance provider HCF Life could be set for penalties after the Federal Court found its ‘recover’ range of products was liable to mislead customers.

Perth-based biotechnology firm Orthocell has raised $17 million to take its Remplir nerve regeneration product to the world's biggest healthcare market.

WA’s fourth-largest health insurance player has taken some unusual and innovative steps to give its members more choice.

While networking at a Business News function last year, Revo Fitness founder Andrew Holder struck up a conversation with Lifeline WA chief executive officer Lorna MacGregor.

Western Australia now accounts for more than two thirds of St John of God Health Care revenue, up nine per cent this year alone to see total revenue hit $2.2 billion.

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St John WA will build a three-storey car park at its office site on Great Eastern Highway, with the project estimated to cost $7 million.

A not-for-profit investment vehicle aims to build a $100 million fund for WA investment.

Australian Nursing Federation WA vice-president Romina Raschilla has replaced Mark Olson as state secretary of the union, after the latter was ruled ineligible for the role.

Mark Olson announced he would not appeal the Industrial Relations Commission's decision to oust him as the Australian Nursing Federation state secretary after only six weeks in the role.

Murdoch-based Orthocell has received regulatory approval to commence sales of Remplir in Singapore, as the listed biotech company posts a second consecutive quarter of record revenue.

A WA nursing school has welcomed its first set of graduates and is gearing up to expand its student pool.

A western suburbs research precinct will be turned into WA’s biomedical hub in a move the state government hopes will enable more local manufacturing

Aged care leader Aegis Care Group will further diversify into the health sector, with its second integrated facility after a consolidation of the business's ownership.

Perth-based Cosmetique Clinic owner Stormeur has gone to the market to raise up to $7 million to fund the expansion of its non-surgical services network.

A partnership between two influential Indian businessmen has its sights on WA’s healthcare squeeze.

John Poynton has been appointed to the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia’s Prostate Cancer Future Fund committee, and revealed his own battle with the disease.

After a four-fold expansion during COVID, the Perth business expects increasing support for home care in the health sector.

Australian Nursing Federation WA state secretary Janet Reah has quit the organisation, handing in her resignation effective immediately.

Megan Wynne-chaired APM Human Services International has posted an underlying net profit after tax of $95.1 million for the financial year.

Nedlands-based Proteomics has hit a milestone, with results showing its PromarkerD device can predict renal decline in type 1 diabetes patients.

Perth biotech company PYC Therapeutics has hit another major milestone, gaining approval to move its first-in-class PYC-001 drug to human trials.

Peel Health Campus officially transitioned from a private to publicly owned and operated facility on Tuesday.

Burswood-based Resonance Health has announced it will open a second TrialsWest facility in WA to provide better access to clinic trials, after acquiring the company in April.

A new medical manufacturing facility has been launched in Western Australia to combat antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

A new Baxter Healthcare facility will soon start production in Canning Vale, with the state government chipping in $4 million towards the build.

The RFDS plans to invest in remote clinics and build an advocacy platform ahead of its 100th anniversary in 2028.

Megan Wynne-chaired APM Human Services has disclosed a major write-down in the value of goodwill from its prior acquisitions in a draft scheme submitted with financial regulators.