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WA nurses, police set for pay increases

Western Australia's government will pay immediate salary increases and bonuses to nurses and police officers as wage negotiations drag into the new year.

AAP · Dec 21, 2022

West Australian nurses and police to receive pay rise 'as soon as possible' as wages negotiations continue

WA Premier Mark McGowan stands firm on the government's wages offer to police and nurses, but offers a payment to hit their bank accounts as soon as possible, while leaving the door open to further negotiations.

ABC News · Dec 21, 2022

Mark McGowan set to reshuffle WA cabinet but John Quigley dismisses 'nonsense' about future

The departure of one of WA's longest-serving parliamentarians has guaranteed an impending reshuffle of the McGowan government's cabinet, with the opposition saying John Quigley should be replaced as attorney-general.

ABC News · Dec 2, 2022

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'Exhausted' WA nurses walk off the job

About 3000 nurses and midwives have rallied outside parliament in Perth, ignoring a direction from the industrial umpire to call off a statewide strike.

AAP · Nov 25, 2022

Western Australian nurses and midwives strike after rejecting pay and conditions offer

Nurses and midwives have walked off the job, after their union rejected the government's latest pay and conditions offer.

ABC News · Nov 25, 2022

Crisis response as WA nurses plan strike

Western Australia's health minister has slammed the nurses' union over a planned statewide strike, saying it will disrupt critical healthcare services.

AAP · Nov 23, 2022

WA Government set to modernise state's abortion laws, following community consultation

The WA government wants to modernise the state's decades-old abortion laws, but first it's asking women, medical practitioners and other stakeholders to have their say.

ABC News · Nov 20, 2022

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Health minister urges women to come forward as WA Country Health launches review into gynaecologist

Western Australia's health minister urges women to report concerns over treatment by former Albany hospital gynaecologist obstetrician George Campbell du Toit.

ABC News · Nov 2, 2022

Fears changes to WA's mental health funding could lead to services falling through the cracks

Currently there is no single part of WA's health system responsible for mental health, with the Mental Health Commission given the bulk of the task — but that could be about to change.

ABC News · Oct 25, 2022

Nurses in WA begin industrial action despite eleventh-hour bid to resolve dispute

The Australian Nursing Federation begins industrial action in WA with a ban on nurses working double shifts, despite a last-minute attempt by the Health Minister to reach an agreement on pay and conditions.

ABC News · Oct 19, 2022

West Australian government shuts down pay rise demands from Australian Nursing Federation

Western Australia's premier, Mark McGowan, insists the government won't budge from a public sector wages policy it announced last month but says it will work with the union in relation to nurse-to-patient ratios.

ABC News · Oct 13, 2022

Review of West Australian hospital staffing levels presents scathing findings of 'cumbersome' nurse rostering system

An independent review of the number of nurses in West Australian hospitals finds the present system of rostering does not provide staffing levels to enable safe and quality patient care.

ABC News · Oct 6, 2022

Claims man put in WA morgue 'still alive'

Western Australia's coroner's court is investigating allegations a palliative care patient was still alive when transferred to a morgue.

AAP · Oct 6, 2022

WA nurses warn public to avoid hospitals during industrial action slated for next week

WA nurses will walk off the job next week, angered by the state government's refusal to implement nurse-to-patient ratios, while the Health Minister has not ruled out going to the Industrial Relations Commission to halt the action.

ABC News · Oct 5, 2022

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Pedestrian.tv · Oct 1, 2022

The ‘Nang Capital’ WA Wants To Crack Down On Canisters Won’t Someone Pls Think Of The Chefs

"With more young people using the gas... it is important we take steps to protect them."

ABC News · Sep 11, 2022

Tom Price hospital upgrade election promise yet to be met, say residents

A woman who is five months pregnant in regional WA says accessing healthcare can be frustrating as residents demand clarity on when a promised upgrade will come to fruition.

ABC News · Sep 3, 2022

COVID pandemic fuels eating disorders, with referrals almost doubling in WA

Charli is one of a million Australians living with an eating disorder – an illness that has nearly doubled in WA during the COVID-19 pandemic. At one point, she didn't know if she could make it through another day.

ABC News · Aug 28, 2022

Patients charged expensive out-of-pocket fees as doctors stop bulk billing

After being bulk billed by her GP for six years, Jayme Lees received an unexpected surprise when her newborn son's check-up incurred a hefty out-of-pocket fee.

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ABC News · Aug 23, 2022

WA coroner's inquest into tragic death of seven-year-old Aishwarya Aswath set to begin

As a coronial inquest begins into the death of Aishwarya Aswath at Perth Children's Hospital, the seven-year-old girl's family hopes the hearings provide clarity on what happened in her final hours.

ABC News · Aug 23, 2022

Fiona Stanley Hospital medication bungle left Darshan Arora in intensive care, friend says, as probe begins

Darshan Arora, 66, ends up in intensive care after staff at Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth allegedly overdose him on blood pressure medication, prompting a high-level investigation to be ordered.

ABC News · Aug 18, 2022

Fiona Stanley Hospital treating patients in corridors business as usual, government says

The WA Health Minister and the boss of Fiona Stanley Hospital defend the placement of some patients in beds in the hospital's corridors.

ABC News · Aug 12, 2022

WA's Hedland Health Campus death investigation findings won't be released after family request

A "full and thorough investigation" by the WA Country Health Service is complete, but the woman's family don't want the report to be made public.

ABC News · Aug 10, 2022

Medi-hotels were sold by Labor as a way to fix WA's health system, but only one has been built

So-called medi-hotels formed a big part of WA Labor's pitch to voters at the 2017 election, but five years on there's little sign of them — and one of the proposed facilities appears to be no more.

ABC News · Aug 9, 2022

WA COVID hospital rules ease as state seeks to renew St John WA ambulance contract

Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson says the government is seeking a five-year contract with St John WA, but will implement an array of measures to improve the embattled ambulance service.

AAP · Aug 9, 2022

WA hospitals wind back COVID-19 screening

Emergency department patients in Western Australia will no longer be screened for COVID-19 upon arrival unless they are symptomatic.

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