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

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  • New Kimberley Mental Health Clinical Director brings passion for working with regional communities 16 December 2024 As the new Kimberley Director of Clinical Services Mental Health, Dr Huw Raggatt is focussing on the unique challenges of mental health service delivery in a region that spans almost half a million square kilometres.
  • Development of the WA Country Health Service Strategic Plan 2025-30 13 December 2024 Our Strategic Plan 2019-24 has guided us through the last five years to achieve our vision as a global leader in rural and remote healthcare. Building on our solid foundation, the WA Country Health Service Strategic Plan 2025-30 will set the future course for our organisation.
  • A small change making a big impact 12 December 2024 Thanks to the generous support of the hospital auxiliary, Northam Health Service recently installed new Sintek Stock Flow Shelving.
  • WA Country Health Service Disability Access and Inclusion Plan 2024-2027 03 December 2024 We are proud to announce the launch of our new Disability Access and Inclusion Plan (DAIP) 2024-2027.
  • Renovated Bruce Rock nurses accommodation a welcome addition 29 November 2024 Nurses working at WA Country Health Service’s (WACHS) Bruce Rock Memorial Health Service have a fresh new space to call a home away from home with the organisation welcoming the first occupants of newly renovated staff quarters earlier this month.

More WACHS News

  • WA Country Health Service Mental Health Emergency Telehealth Service team.
    Mental Health Emergency Telehealth Service celebrates two years of successful operation 20 July 2021 Since its milestone first anniversary one year ago, the WA Country Health Service’s (WACHS) Mental Health Emergency Telehealth Service has expanded to provide support to additional sites across regional and remote WA and helped more country people receive care closer to home.
  • Dr Juliette Blackburn
    South West's first Emergency Medicine Diploma graduate bolstering other doctors' educations 20 July 2021 WA Country Health Service (WACHS) South West Dr Juliette Blackburn’s love of medicine and expanding her knowledge has spanned years and crossed continents and led her to become the first doctor in the South West to achieve a coveted Emergency Medicine Diploma (EMD).
  • Photographs of Albany Health Campus and Geraldton Health Campus side by side
    Improving aftercare for young regional people at risk of suicide 15 July 2021 WACHS Psychiatrist and clinical academic, Associate Professor Mathew Coleman has received funding from Suicide Prevention Australia as part of a collaborative effort to investigate how young people at risk of suicide can be better supported following contact with Emergency Departments.
  • Boddington Hospital Ladies Auxiliary members with new palliative care bed.
    Boddington Hospital's palliative care boost from the Ladies Auxiliary 12 July 2021 Boddington Hospital has been gratefully receiving the fruits of the Boddington Hospital Ladies Auxiliary’s fundraising efforts since they began their charitable service in the 1950s – the latest gift being a specialised palliative care bed.
  • Photograph of Dr Kelly Ridley
    GP Psychiatry Support Line is here to help Great Southern doctors managing mental health patients 07 July 2021 WACHS and WA Primary Health Alliance have collaborated on the new GP Psychiatry Support Line, which provides Great Southern GPs support from mental health specialists.
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Last Updated: 24/01/2024
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