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

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  • 2025 Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards - Excellence in Midwifery 17 April 2025 With a steadfast commitment to advancing the Midwifery profession, Sian Skillcorn is driving significant improvements to maternal and newborn outcomes for country WA families.
  • 2025 Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards - Excellence in Person Centred Care – Team Award 17 April 2025 The Midwest renal team has been named a finalist in the Excellence in Person-Centred Care – Team Award category at the 2025 WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards.
  • 2025 Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards - Excellence in Rural and Remote Nursing 16 April 2025 Wheatbelt Clinical Nurse Manager Denise Hughes has been recognised as a finalist in the 2025 WA Nursing & Midwifery Excellence Awards for Excellence in Rural and Remote Nursing.
  • Farewell to longstanding Pink Ladies vollie Marleen 15 April 2025 WA Country Health Service farewells longstanding Bunbury Regional Hospital volunteer Marleen Milne after 18 years of service.
  • 2025 Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards - Excellence in Aboriginal Health 11 April 2025 Midwest Clinical Nurse Specialist in Oncology Samara Sekuloff has been recognised as a finalist in the 2025 WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards for Excellence in Aboriginal Health.

More WACHS News

  • A mum sits with a child on her knee while they read a book, in her other hand she's holding a phone for a virtual child health check
    Vital child health checks now as close as the phone for country residents 15 August 2023 WA Country Health Service has launched a new project that provides greater access for rural and remote families to regular child health checks and developmental milestones with the launch of virtual child health appointments.
  • From snow to surf: How this Canadian doctor landed in Bunbury 11 August 2023 Emergency Medicine Consultant Dr Hugh Mitenko traded the Canadian ski slopes for the South West surf and hasn’t looked back since.
  • Paid student midwives to bolster country workforce 08 August 2023 Eligible WA Country Health Service registered nurses are on a fast-track to become the next generation of country midwives, completing a fully funded Postgraduate Diploma of Midwifery through a Department of Health initiative.
  • Bunbury Regional Hospital celebrates life of pioneering nurse 07 August 2023 One of the South West’s most prominent pioneering nurses has been celebrated with a plaque acknowledging her life and career, unveiled at Bunbury Regional Hospital recently.
  • Jada Hansen stands in front of medical supplies smiling
    Nursing Awards finalist passionate about care on country 04 August 2023 The Goldfields will again be represented in the annual WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards with WA Country Health Service Enrolled Nurse Jada Hansen named among this year’s finalists.
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