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  • Dr Jaye Martin accepting award.
    Dr Jaye Martin awarded RACP Medal for Clinical Service in Rural and Remote Areas 18 December 2025 Kununurra-based Consultant Physician Dr Jaye Martin has been honoured by her peers with a prestigious award for decades of outstanding service in country WA.
  • Celebrating 50 years of Mullewa’s Bev Crudeli 16 December 2025 Mullewa Health Centre recently celebrated Registered Nurse Beverley (Bev) Crudeli reaching an impressive milestone - 50 years working at WA Country Health Service.
  • Broome work experience staff
    Broome Health Campus welcomes record intake of work experience students 12 December 2025 Broome Health Campus staff are inspiring the next generation of country health professionals, with a record number of local students kicking off a multidisciplinary work experience program this week
  • Rural Health West extends Live and Work in Rural WA competition 12 December 2025 Calling all country health professionals and students—Rural Health West has extended its Live and Work in Rural WA video competition, with more cash up for grabs and extra time to get your entries in.
  • A dark haired woman smiles, stanidng in a busy hospital corridor
    Innovative swallowing diagnostic service now available for Midwest residents 11 December 2025 Midwest residents living with dysphagia (swallowing difficulties) can now access advanced diagnostic assessments thanks to an innovative partnership made possible through virtual care technology.

More WACHS News

  • Dr Paddy Glackin on red outback road with 4WD
    Dr Paddy Glackin experiences rural practice in outback WA 03 November 2021 Dr Paddy Glackin worked as an inner-city GP in London for 20 years before he decided to take the plunge and relocate to Esperance in the Goldfields region of Western Australia to work for WA Country Health Service
  • Dr Peter Smith with rural health award at hospital entrance
    A 20-year career with the WA Country Health Service 02 November 2021 Having worked with the WA Country Health Service for 20 years, there are few people more qualified to speak about the joys of living and working in country WA than Dr Peter Smith.
  • Dr Jared Watts in plane, rocky landscape visible from window
    The sky's the limit for this Kimberley doctor 02 November 2021 Based in the Kimberley, Dr Jared Watts is Head of Obstetrics and Gynaecology for the WA Country Health Service (WACHS).
  • Primary school student Jimmy Kearney with his grandmother Jenny Caunt and Great Grandmother Lyn Price who has moved into Gnullingoo Mia Residential Care
    Moving day for residents calling Gnullingoo Mia Residential Care home 28 October 2021 Tuesday was moving day for the new residents at Gnullingoo Mia Residential Care, Carnarvon’s brand new aged and palliative care facility.
  • Doctor with vaccinated elderly community member, mother and child
    Milestone reached with 200,000 COVID-19 vaccines administered 27 October 2021 The WA Country Health Service (WACHS) has now administered over 200,000 vaccines to residents of rural and regional WA.
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Last Updated: 24/01/2024
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