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

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  • Showcasing our Pause the Plastic champions 21 August 2025 From recycling oxygen masks to injecting new life into used syringes, country health teams have stepped up for our Pause the Plastic campaign.
  • A crane lifts a large piece of the Central Energy Plant into place at the Geraldton Health Campus redevelopment site
    Geraldton Health Campus powers ahead with energy module installation 13 August 2025 The redevelopment of Geraldton Health Campus has reached a new milestone with four central energy plant modules now installed on site.
  • WA innovation brings specialist maternity ultrasound care to country communities 01 August 2025 An innovative WA Country Health Service project is aiming to improve access to timely, expert antenatal care for women with high-risk pregnancies in the Kimberley and Pilbara.
  • Appendicitis study to improve variation in diagnosis and management 25 July 2025 Bunbury General Surgeon Dr Tina Dilevska is bringing a rural perspective to a major international study that aims to improve surgical outcomes for appendicitis patients.
  • Clear heads prevail thanks to Yurla Biriny Wangga project 25 July 2025 Young Aboriginal men in WA’s Midwest are benefitting from a culturally secure yarning program that’s tackling common challenges around mental, physical, emotional and spiritual health.

More WACHS News

  • Esperance emergency staff
    Esperance Health Campus staff provide high quality care and support 21 September 2023 WA Country Health Service’s Emergency Department (ED) team at Esperance Health Campus were recently praised by a husband and wife involved in a surfing incident.
  • Conquering distance for timely transfer of hip fracture patients 11 September 2023 For 85-year-old Esperance grandmother Jill Bower, it was a relief to know she was in good hands when she arrived by ambulance at Esperance Hospital after fracturing her hip.
  • A collage of photos of healthcare staff undertaking emergency department training
    Emergency Medicine Education and Training hub comes to the Goldfields 07 September 2023 WA Country Health Service has opened a dedicated Emergency Medicine Education and Training (EMET) hub in the Goldfields.
  • Two men stand together holding a certificate of service
    Tony clocks up 59 years of country service 06 September 2023 In February 1964 when WA Country Health Service Orderly Tony Lanciano commenced working at Narrogin Health Service, Robert Menzies was the Australian Prime Minister, the world was in the grip of Beatlemania and we were still five years away from landing on the moon.
  • A nurse stands with a patient on a gurney with his eye covered, they are on an oval awaiting helicopter transfer
    Boyup Brook team helps to save local man's eye 31 August 2023 Budding home renovator Stephan Giersberg will soon be back on the tools thanks to the team at WA Country Health Service’s Boyup Brook Hospital.
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Last Updated: 24/01/2024
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