Medical research could be worth more than $2.1 billion per year to the WA economy by 2045, according to fresh research crunching the industry’s numbers for the first time.
MSWA and the state government have both committed additional funds to meet significantly increased construction costs for the long-awaited 24-hour care facility in Shenton Park.
The state government has committed $47.2 million towards a health centre offering multiple medical services in a bid to reduce emergency department visits.
Perth’s public hospitals are bringing back mask wearing requirements in response to surging COVID-19 cases, with the private health sector recommended to follow suit.
A medical manufacturing facility formerly run by COVID vaccine producer Pfizer has received a $2 million state government cash injection to expand WA’s pharmaceutical capabilities.
Perth-based startup fund Purpose Ventures has maintained its local focus, with its first $3 million fully invested in WA companies, the latest being pharmacogenomics company Gene S.
A multi-storey commercial centre has been approved after a four-hour meeting despite concerns from Dalkeith residents, including Kerry Stokes’ right-hand man Brian O’Donnell.
Perth-based Healthengine has dipped further into the red, with its annual report revealing an operational restructure as well as a significant board overhaul over the past year.
The WA government is standing by its controversial decision to relocate the $1.8bn maternity hospital to Murdoch despite strong condemnation by WA’s most experienced clinicians.
The state government has awarded $4.3 million to nine health and medical projects, including developing new therapy for liver cancer and delaying Alzheimer’s disease progression.
Global services provider APM Human Services has generated net profit after tax of $178 million after anticipating its earnings were going to take a hit earlier this year.
Medical cannabis company Little Green Pharma's founder Fleta Solomon has stepped down as chief executive to reduce her workload and focus on other divisions of the business.
A development assessment panel has approved a six-storey public ward and a two-storey theatre expansion at Joondalup Health Campus, estimated to cost $67.2 million.
Western Australian nurses and midwives are overwhelmingly backing plans to form a state political party in the latest escalation of a bitter wages feud between their union and the WA government.
The state government’s top infrastructure adviser has provided heavily qualified support for the surprise relocation of the $1.8 billion Women and Babies Hospital to a site in Murdoch.
Local scientists have won significant funding from the US military because its veterans are more likely to suffer from a debilitating motor neurone disease they are researching.
St John of God Health Care will cut 200 positions and make 160 workers redundant after grappling with higher operating costs, following a review triggered by its chief executive.
Digital health services in Western Australia have received a boost after Silverchain and the state government made moves to expand telehealth initiatives.
WA’s peak medical body has called for a major rethink on the proposed Women and Babies Hospital, saying it needs to be co-located with adult and children’s hospitals.
Hall & Prior has relodged its proposal to build a $90 million aged care facility in East Fremantle, months after withdrawing the application from a development assessment panel.
A skin cancer test has entered the clinical trial phase in Karratha as part of a global search for innovations to fix acute health issues in the Pilbara.
The state government has spent just $16,500 on a feasibility analysis to support shifting the $1.8 billion Women and Babies Hospital to Murdoch, Business News has learned.
