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Find out about the latest news and developments from around our health service.

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  • Country health preparing for 2026 South West Leavers 09 November 2026 Leavers is just around the corner and soon many graduates will gather to celebrate in the South West.
  • The Broome Perioperative Nurses team smile for the camera
    Celebrating our B.R.A.V.E. Nurses this Perioperative Nurses Week. 09 November 2026 This Perioperative Nurses Week (8 – 14 November 2026) we’re celebrating the incredible perioperative nursing teams right across country WA
  • A yellow image with a heatwave warning informing those living in the area that the threat id reduced
    HEALTH ALERT: Protect yourself against extreme heat 03 November 2026 Update as at: 14:27pm, Friday 6 November 2026. Heatwave ADVICE – THREAT IS REDUCED – Locations between Roebourne and Wickham, to Karratha and Dampier. Heatwave conditions have improved.
  • Country PatHS expands to support more regional patients 02 November 2026 The State Government is expanding Country Patient Health Support (Country PatHS), a comprehensive journey and care co-ordination service that supports at-risk patients travelling to Perth for specialist healthcare.
  • A young woman bandages the arm of a small boy facing away from the camera, with another woman visible on screen behind providing clinical support
    Innovative country health program puts virtual care in regional hands 29 October 2026 Kalgoorlie-based Occupational Therapist Grace Fox can confidently provide complex hand therapy closer to home for Goldfields patients, thanks to WA Country Health Service's innovative Telehands Program.

More WACHS News

  • Broome Regional Hospital delivers outstanding care 17 January 2024 As a hospital wellbeing volunteer, Dr Mark Copland knows the importance of compassion and teamwork – something he says the team at Broome Regional Hospital have in bucket loads.
  • Country health welcomes homegrown psychiatry fellow 17 January 2024 WA Country Health Service’s ground-breaking Rural Psychiatry Training WA (RPTWA) program has reached another impressive milestone, with the first rural trainee achieving fellowship.
  • Medical admin Teghan turns healthcare worker 11 January 2024 WA Country Health Service’s Teghan Russell switched the screens for scrubs when she joined the record intake of newly graduated nurses and midwives in 2023.
  • Country WA boosted with record number of medical interns 09 January 2024 WA Country Health Service will welcome 30 new medical interns this year – a new record.
  • HEALTH ALERT: Protect yourself against extreme heat 05 January 2024 WA Country Health Service is advising people in parts of the Kimberley – including West Kimberley, Dampier Peninsula and those travelling inland between Broome and Derby - to prepare for extreme heat.
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Last Updated: 17/04/2026
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