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

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  • HEALTH ALERT: Protect yourself against extreme heat 03 December 2025 WA Country Health Service is advising people in the Pilbara – including Roebourne to prepare for extreme heat.
  • A composite photo of Raymond Cooke and wife Annie and the Broome Health Campus team, as well as a picture of the front of the hospital.
    Broome hospital team a lighthouse of hope for Sydney holidaymaker 02 December 2025 A grateful Sydneysider who developed serious health issues while holidaying on a cruise ship off Broome has heaped praise on hospital staff and paramedics, describing them as a “lighthouse of hope”.
  • New wave of skilled anaesthetic nurses across country WA 02 December 2025 WA Country Health Service is celebrating the graduation of its first cohort of anaesthetic nurses trained through the nationally endorsed AnaesAssist Academy program.
  • Two photos side by side, on the left a woman holds a certificate and flowers and smiles, on the right  two women stand together in a kitchen one holds flowers, the other holds a certificate.
    Eastern Wheatbelt dream duo celebrate decades of service 01 December 2025 Two much-loved members of WA Country Health Service's Eastern Wheatbelt Primary Health Service (EWPHS) team have celebrated dual milestones after working together for more than three decades.
  • ‘What I was born to do’: Emma Medling on the joys of regional midwifery 28 November 2025 After a nearly decade-long hiatus, returning to the Kimberley was something of a homecoming for Clinical Midwife Manager Emma Medling.

More WACHS News

  • 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.
  • A group of elderly residents sit around a large table working on art projects
    Art therapy proves a master stroke in Harvey 28 August 2023 WA Country Health Service South West Enrolled Nurse Rosie Catalano has been sharing her love of art with patients and their families at Harvey Hospital by holding art therapy sessions.
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Last Updated: 24/01/2024
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