For the first time in Australia, paramedics will soon be required to be registered and accredited in every State and Territory. A newly established Paramedicine Board of Australia, featuring representation from Western Australia, will develop minimum standards to ensure our paramedics receive the same high-quality training and continuous professional development, regardless
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An expert panel made up of members with various backgrounds in mental health, alcohol and other drugs, will oversee the development of a Recovery College model for Western Australia. A Western Australian Recovery College will complement existing mental health, alcohol and other drug support services, by delivering self-directed recovery and learning
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Perth Children's Hospital (PCH) is set to receive its first patients, through outpatient appointments, from Monday May 14, 2018. Premier Mark McGowan and Health Minister Roger Cook yesterday confirmed the staged opening timeline during a community tour at Perth Children's Hospital. The staged opening will run over four weeks with the first
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Health Minister Roger Cook announced today that water at Perth Children's Hospital is safe to drink and has met Australian Drinking Water Guidelines. The Chief Health Officer signed off the hospital's drinking water supply as safe to drink after the results and analysis of the water confirmed it complies with the
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More than 180 cyclists set the wheels in motion this morning as they set off on the start of 700 kilometre journeys from Geraldton and Albany to Perth. The four and a half day journey will take participants along the Great Southern and South-West coast from Albany through Walpole and Pemberton
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The new $170.4 million Albany Health Campus is now open to patients, marking the completion of the largest public country hospital development ever undertaken in Western Australia. The new service has been created by a number of Albany-based general practices who saw an opportunity to improve care in their community. They
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The Dalwallinu and Wongan Hills health services redevelopments are part of a $300 million capital works program that is improving capital infrastructure in 37 towns across the Wheatbelt, Great Southern, Mid-West and South-West regions. In the Wheatbelt, Merredin, Narrogin and Northam hospitals are being redeveloped, as well as upgrades to 23
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Western Australians are being urged to support the State's rockmelon industry, with WA's rockmelons confirmed as unaffected by issues in the Eastern States. The recent listeria food safety warning around rockmelons on the east coast of Australia does not apply to Western Australia. The WA Department of Health has advised that traceback
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The Department of Health has reviewed its publicly available performance reports, including elective surgery waitlist data and emergency department activity. These performance reports are now available at an easy to navigate, single 'Our Performance' webpage within the department's website, accessible at http://ww2.health.wa.gov.au/systemperformance Later this year, further improvements will be made to the public
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Relative cancer survival rates among Western Australians have increased significantly over the past 25 years, according to a new report - The Cancer Effect: Breast Cancer Relative Survival 1985-2014. The report, published to coincide with International Women's Day, found that the five-year relative survival for breast cancer in Western Australians increased
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