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

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  • Allied health professionals benefit from new Transition to P2 Program 31 December 2025 Up-and-coming allied health professionals and those newly employed in senior roles are receiving specialised career development support through WA Country Health Service’s new Transition to P2 Program (T2P2).
  • Shaping the Future of Intensive Care: WAICTP’s First Graduates 31 December 2025 The WA Intensive Care Training Pathway (WAICTP) is celebrating a major milestone, with its first two trainees graduating since the program’s launch in February 2024. Dr Ashleigh Punch and Dr David Thomson, who both entered the pathway as Phase Two trainees, have successfully completed all mandatory training rotations outlined by the College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM).
  • Cyclone information for Kimberley
    HEALTH UPDATE: Tropical Cyclone Hayley 30 December 2025 WA Country Health Service and Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services have enacted cyclone response plans at community health services in Lombadina, One Arm Point and Beagle Bay.
  • Boddington Hospital has reopened
    Boddington Hospital has re-opened 27 December 2025 Boddington Hospital has re-opened.
  • Boddington Hospital is closed due to a bushfire in the area.
    Boddington Hospital closed 25 December 2025 Boddington Hospital is closed due to a bushfire in the area

More WACHS News

  • 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.
  • Photograph of Leah Umbagai as she receives her first COVID-19 vaccine
    Mowanjum Community member Leah Umbagai rolls up for COVID vaccine 07 July 2021 Leah Umbagai from the Mowanjum Community recently received her first COVID vaccine at the Derby COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic.
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Last Updated: 24/01/2024
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