Ongoing cancellations of elective surgeries at Bunbury Regional Hospital are reaching crisis point with whole lists of patients being cut due to a lack of theatre staff. The Western Australian...
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Nursing shortage at crisis point as opening hours cut at Wyndham Hospital
The nursing shortage in the East Kimberley is now at crisis point with hospital opening hours and services at Wyndham District Hospital cut back due to a lack of staff. The WA Country Health Service...
Annual report reveals troubling state of child and youth health system
There has been a growth on the number of Severity Assessment Code Incidents at Perth Children’s Hospital highlighting a health system under extraordinary pressure. The latest Child and Adolescent...
Figures highlight WA Labor Govts failure to prioritise frontline worker growth
Figures obtained by the Opposition have revealed that the growth in bureaucratic and non-frontline workers in the Department of Health has been double the growth in the number of those working on...
Union-backed Committee Chair should step down
The inquiry into Western Australia’s ambulance services must be Chaired by an independent Member of Parliament.“It is in the best interests of accountability...
Damning new research highlights public’s lack of confidence in Health Minister
New research has revealed more than 80 per cent of Western Australians don’t believe our hospitals would be able to cope with a COVID-19 outbreak. The Painted Dog Research group surveyed more than...
More than 1000 elective surgeries cancelled in August alone
New figures have revealed that 1051 elective surgeries were cancelled in August, the month before the State Government officially announced it was postponing some surgeries due to a lack of capacity...
More than 1000 elective surgeries cancelled in August alone
New figures have revealed that 1051 elective surgeries were cancelled in August, the month before the State Government officially announced it was postponing some surgeries due to a lack of capacity...
Health budget underwhelming response to a system in crisis
The uninspiring, lucky and lazy State Budget is a desperate game of catch up from a Labor Government that has missed an opportunity to address the crisis facing our health system, according to...
