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

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  • Speech pathologist’s student placement lays foundation to return to the country 22 April 2025 WA Country Health Service Speech Pathologist Danyelle Grime began her six-month placement in Geraldton in 2024 and enjoyed the experience so much that she returned to regional WA – this time with her sights set on Northam.
  • 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.

More WACHS News

  • Trainee psychiatrists settle into country WA as part of Australian-first rural training program 28 February 2023 Country WA’s groundbreaking Rural Psychiatry Training WA (RPTWA) program has welcomed its first ever cohort of trainee psychiatrists.
  • Collaboration is key to success for healthy South West project 27 February 2023 A strong collaborative effort from South West health providers has resulted in the Warren Blackwood Enhancing Primary Health project being named a finalist in the WA Rural Health Excellence Awards.
  • Award winners on stage at gala ball
    Country health shines at the WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards 26 February 2023 Three of our extraordinary nurses and midwives have taken out their respective categories at the WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards.
  • A young woman stands in front of tropical plants wearing a University graduation gown and smiling.
    Healing on country always the plan for Pilbara doctor 23 February 2023 When Dr Adriane Houghton’s great-grandfather Mathias (Matt) Dann was told his children couldn’t attend school in the early 1940s because they were Aboriginal, he and a group of friends, along with the Presentation Sisters, went ahead and helped to build St Cecilia’s Primary School for Aboriginal children in Port Hedland.
  • WACHS nurses step up to rural excellence 23 February 2023 From rising stars to leaders in their field, four WA Country Health Service nurses have been named as finalists in the WA Rural Health Excellence Awards thanks to their dedication to their communities.
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