Health

St John of God has proposed to build a five-storey private hospital in its Midland precinct, estimated to cost almost $160 million, to replace the services acquired by the state government.

Hesperia will start construction of a four-storey orthopaedic hospital, estimated to cost $69 million, by the end of the year after receiving unanimous support from a development panel.

PharmAust’s chief executive Michael Thurn has resigned from the Perth biotech company, triggering a drop in its share price.

Nedlands-based Neurotech International has announced it will raise $10 million in a bid to primarily further its clinical trials.

A new co-ordinated emergency and medical care operations centre will be established in the old Telstra Exchange tower, to be operational by the end of the year.

Shares in Argenica Therapeutics were down by 13 per cent on Friday morning, despite the biotechnology technology announcing it would raise $12 million in order to complete its second phase trial of its ARG 007 drug in ischaemic stroke patients.

A joint venture between Multiplex Constructions and Perkins Builders has been contracted for main works of the Bunbury Regional Hospital's redevelopment project.

WA Liberal leader Libby Mettam has slammed the state government for inaction on potentially flammable cladding at Fiona Stanley Hospital identified five years ago.

The Child Development Service will go through an expansion and staff increase as part of a $39 million funding boost to ease “unprecedented” demand for the service.

BlinkLab shares have surged more than 30 per cent on its debut listing on the Australian Securities Exchange.

Resonance Health has acquired TrialsWest in a consideration package worth up to $8 million.

The state government has signed a three-year lease to operate the shuttered Bethesda mental health clinic in Cockburn.

St John of God Health Care will expand its Murdoch hospital to include a five-storey mental health facility, after the state’s peak planning body greenlit its $98.6 million proposal.

PYC Therapeutics is rattling the tin for up to $74.6 million to fund the progress of its medical drug trials, including for blinding eye and polycystic kidney diseases.

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.

Perth biotech company Argenica Therapeutics’ drug, which is designed to reduce brain tissue death following a stroke, will be administrated at two local hospitals in a nationwide trial.

APM Human Services International's board has recommended that its shareholders support a revised conditional, non-binding offer of $2 per share from CVC Asia Pacific in a bid to take over the company, according to chief executive officer Michael Anghie.

The state government has entered leasing negotiations for the shuttered Bethesda Clinic after the $60 million private mental health centre closed its doors on Friday.

A Telethon Kids Institute program supporting about 700 Western Australian families is set to receive three years of funding valued at $13.8m from the National Disability Insurance Agency.

APM Human Services International's board has unanimously rejected a takeover bid from CVC Asia Pacific Limited, saying the offer didn't reflect the company's true value.

Perth-based medical technology company Avicena Systems has won a $3 million grant from the federal Department of Industry, Science and Resources for a collaborative research partnership with the University of New South Wales.

Former federal minister Ben Morton has added another board role to his portfolio, joining the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research.

Mining industry executive Rebecca Tomkinson has taken on a new role as chair of the Future Health Research and Innovation Fund, replacing John Van Der Wielen.

Subiaco-based Singular Health has appointed Martina Mariano as its chief commercial officer.

Construction has started on the $34 million children’s hospice in Swanbourne, which was previously at the centre of a tug-of-war between state and local governments.

Health Minister Amber Jade Sanderson says the planned closure of a mental health clinic after less than a year of operation shows the private health funding model needs to change.

Hesperia has submitted an application for a four-storey development in the Murdoch Health and Knowledge precinct, estimated to cost $68.7 million.

Bethesda Health Care’s $60 million mental health clinic in Cockburn will suspend its services for the foreseeable future, less than twelve months after the private centre opened.

Rio Tinto and Lifeline WA have entered a two-year partnership valued at $860,000 to expand the service provider’s mental health crisis support.

Shares in Subiaco-based Singular Health rose up to 17.5 cents a share on Thursday, following a landmark deal with Roseman University of Health Sciences in the US.

Plans to establish a children’s mental health and wellbeing centre in the City of Swan are under way, with the Mental Health Commission seeking out a service provider for the job.

RAAFA WA has announced two new executives as part of its refreshed leadership model, appointing Aaron Crowther as chief customer and community officer and Gloria Davis as chief information officer.