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.
ASX-listed medical and cosmetic cannabis company MGC Pharmaceuticals has sacked a senior manager after discovering they breached the company’s trading policy.
One of Perth’s oldest and most respected medical research institutes has launched a new South Australian operation, as part of a broader planned expansion.
The head of Australia’s largest private hospital operator says a recently approved expansion is just the start of its envisioned growth for healthcare in Joondalup.
Disability services provider Rocky Bay will move into a three-storey Belmont hub after a development assessment panel unanimously approved its $78 million proposal.
Former Joondalup Health Campus boss Kempton Cowan has pleaded guilty to charges relating to child abuse material found after a police raid on his Mosman Park home.
Less than six months into his new gig as St John WA chief executive, Kevin Brown has made good on his plan to deliver a shakeup of the organisation’s leadership team.
Murdoch University's research into the long-term effects of Covid-19 has received $3.4 million from state government to study the disease’s ongoing impact, including cardiovascular threats.
New St John of God Health Care chief executive Bryan Pyne has announced a major review of the organisation, including staffing levels, his first big move since taking the helm last month.
The federal budget has significantly expanded a Telethon Kids Institute-led early intervention scheme to treat autism, devoting more than $22 million to boost the pilot program.
Western Australia is expected to have its first private sector cyclotron operating by the end of the year following the opening of new facility to produce radioisotopes for medicine in Bayswater.
The state government has revealed a record $1.2 billion commitment to public hospital infrastructure projects ahead of next week’s state budget - but not all are praising the spend.
