Doctors with mental illness fear seeking help due to stigma within medical...
While doctors are in the care-giving profession, they were often unaware of their own well-being let alone their colleagues', and many avoid seeking support, fearing it will hamper their career.
View ArticleOne-third of Australians avoiding the dentist due to cost, AIHW report finds
A check-up on the state of the nation's health finds almost one-third of people are putting off or avoiding going to the dentist altogether due to the cost.
View ArticleDoctors, nurses strike pay deals for 1.5 per cent increases with WA Government
In a significant win for the West Australian Government, agreements for new pay deals are reached with the state's doctors and nurses as they agree to accept a rise of 1.5 per cent per annum.
View ArticleHollywood-style makeup wounds help paramedic training, study finds
Paramedic students treating patients with Hollywood-style fake wounds and blood have been found to get the job done faster, research finds.
View ArticleCurtin University's new medical school to open Midland campus by 2019
Perth's eastern suburbs will have their first tertiary education campus, in the form of a medical school, by 2019 under an agreement signed between the Barnett Government and Curtin University.
View ArticleAMA slams Government's 'bad management' of children's hospital, claims...
The Australian Medical Association condemns the WA Government's management of the new $1.2 billion Perth Children's Hospital, claiming the delayed construction is compromising patient care at the...
View ArticlePerth Children's Hospital lead contamination: Doctors slam filter plan as...
The Australian Medical Association hits out at efforts to address lead contamination in water at the new Perth Children's Hospital with filters, describing it as an inadequate when the source of the...
View ArticleNew mothers being pushed out hospital door too quickly, Australian Medical...
There is a growing trend of hospitals sending new mothers and their babies home as soon as four hours after birth, the national president of the Australian Medical Association warns, labelling the move...
View ArticlePerth doctor Vipin Lal barred over oral sex with patient, dishonesty
A Perth doctor is deregistered for having sexual contact with a female patient and then persistently lying about it, with his conduct condemned as "clearly calculated" by the State Administrative...
View ArticlePrincess Margaret Hospital 'ripe for disaster' with doctors under 'incredible...
The welfare of doctors at Perth's Princess Margaret Hospital is being ignored with some unable to take leave for three years, the Australian Medical Association says, but health officials reject the...
View ArticlePerth doctor Amish Dwarka Singh guilty over weight loss, bodybuilding...
A Perth doctor is found guilty of professional misconduct for prescribing large amounts of steroids and other drugs for "no proper therapeutic reason" with some of his patients having suffered adverse...
View ArticleThe surgeon who sculpts: Double life of Toby Bell explored in Sculpture By...
Sculptor Toby Bell, whose new piece features at Perth's Sculptures By The Sea, is also a surgeon whose understanding of the human form is often reflected in his art.
View ArticlePMH board will not be sacked over 'disturbing' report, minister says
The board which oversees Perth's Princess Margaret Hospital should not be sacked over a "disturbing" report on staff morale, WA Health Minister Roger Cook says.
View ArticlePersonalised cancer treatment closer as WA sequencing facility opens
Cancer specialists in WA will join forces to create an "atlas" of cancer cells in a bid to personalise drugs and target specific cancer cells.
View ArticleShould the fist bump replace a friendly handshake if it's better for your...
They have been shown to spread fewer germs than a handshake, but could a fist-bump greeting ever become the accepted norm?
View ArticleWA Health: Staff under increased pressure in 'overloaded' hospitals
Having been born premature and with cerebral palsy, Tayla Taseff has spent much of her life in and out of Perth hospitals, and worries about the increasing pressure on medical staff and services.
View ArticleWhy are WA's health costs so high, and what can be done about it?
Western Australia's health costs have tripled over the past decade and the state's hospitals are more expensive to run than those in other states, but why?
View ArticlePrivate health cover forecast to become more unaffordable as insurers,...
WA's biggest private health fund HBF says the number of its customers with top hospital cover has halved in the past five years and the peak body representing health insurers is warning the figures are...
View ArticleWA hospital emergency departments under fresh strain; GPs examine overcrowding
Emergency departments are straining under a sharp increase in people presenting with flu symptoms, but a new study aims to treat them before they even enter the doors.
View ArticleKing Edward Memorial Hospital doctor suspended over unborn baby's death
A doctor at Perth's King Edward Memorial Hospital is suspended and a "sentinel event" investigation is under way after the death of an unborn twin.
View ArticleChild psychiatrist Aaron Voon gets suspended sentence for filming boys in...
A judge tells child psychiatrist Aaron Voon, who treated hundreds of children in Perth before his arrest in Canada for filming a young boy in a public toilet, that he "must have known" what he was...
View ArticleWhat future-proof jobs can you train for now that won't be threatened by the...
Much has been said about the rise of automation and artificial intelligence taking over the workforce, but what courses of study still have a bright future for humans?
View ArticleDoctor's surgery wait times could be reduced using mathematics, professor says
You make an appointment, turn up at the doctor's surgery and spend half an hour in the waiting room many patients complain about wait times but is there a solution?
View ArticleMan discharged with broken neck one sneeze away from becoming a quadriplegic,...
An investigation is underway after a Western Australian man with a broken neck was discharged from hospital and told to go home and apply a heat pack.
View ArticleAfter-hours medical clinic numbers drop after crackdown on false claims
A Perth after-hours medical clinic says the number of patients using its service has reduced by almost a third since a government crackdown but concedes the system was being abused, including by...
View ArticlePrivate health insurance patients not getting value for money from complex...
An Australian Medical Association report card says falling membership rates and rising premiums are threatening the viability of the entire health system, with Medibank and NIB among the lowest ranked...
View ArticleFormer child psychiatrist Ian Stuart McAlpine jailed over sexual assault of...
A former Perth child psychiatrist is sentenced to five years behind bars by a judge who says he "cynically exploited" a young female patient for his own sexual gratification more than a quarter of a...
View ArticleRoyal Flying Doctor Service celebrates 90th birthday with first flight...
The world's first flying doctor service takes to the skies to celebrate 90 years of delivering healthcare to outback Australians.
View ArticleAustralian medical scientist Robyn Devenish has been saving lives in Cambodia...
When Seng Malai's second son began showing symptoms of the same hereditary disorder that claimed the life of her first son, she thought she was cursed. But Australian volunteer scientist Robyn Devenish...
View ArticleMedical appointment booking app HealthEngine sharing clients' personal...
An Australian medical appointment booking app, which boasts more than 15 million users a year, is passing on patients' information to personal injury lawyers and other third parties, a revelation...
View ArticleTwo grandsons lost to suicide as inquiry hears regional mental health...
Following the suicides of her two grandsons, Florence Bolton is calling for improved mental health services to support youth in rural centres.
View ArticlePalliative care and community-owned hospice make Albany a great place to die,...
A town in WA attracts people from around the state to live out their final days, thanks to top-notch palliative care, advanced health research initiatives, and a community-owned, state-of-the-art hospice.
View ArticleLack of planning for mental health patients leaving hospital is putting lives...
A comprehensive discharge plan for when patients leave a mental health facilities can save lives, but in some states almost half of patients leaving hospital are not receiving timely or adequate support.
View ArticleHealthy dose of laughter prescribed by clown doctors in Outback Australia
Clown doctors in Outback Australia medicate paediatric patients with a regular dose of humour.
View ArticleThe man who defied the odds after technically dying nine times in Perth hospital
Tony Charlton vividly remembers the day he technically died nine times, and so does the emergency doctor who treated him and who has never had a patient defy such odds since that day 21 years ago.
View ArticleSurviving breast cancer four times and how one trip to the GP changed a life...
Adele Given is 45 and understands the gruelling process of surviving breast cancer better than most. After four diagnoses, she accepts her ongoing battle is a part of her life.
View ArticleFlying Doctor patients to be treated in new 'emergency ward in the sky' jet...
Patients in regional Australia will soon be able to be treated by doctors on medical jets, saving crucial time and lives.
View ArticleWA hospitals to issue body armour to doctors, nurses and security guards
The WA Government plans to tackle increasing violence and aggression from patients and visitors to hospitals by issuing body armour to doctors, nurses and security staff.
View ArticleThe Indigenous doctors breaking the mould to lead the way in Aboriginal health
She was brought up by a single mum in one of Perth's roughest suburbs, dropping out of school by Year 10 before having the first of three children at 18. Now she's one of five Indigenous doctors to...
View ArticleFreebirthing health warning for mothers who want to have their child at home
Health professionals are warning pregnant women about the risks of giving birth at home without medical help, while a new mother has described welcoming her son into the world in her lounge room as the...
View ArticleSir Charles Gairdner Hospital emergency chief warns of 'avoidable deaths' due...
An "increasingly unsafe work environment" inside the emergency department at Perth's Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital will cost more lives as winter approaches, one of the facility's most senior staff...
View ArticleGibb River Road challenge taken up by six school children striving to be the...
They're only 11 and 12 but these country kids will brave the Gibb River Road on their bikes to thank the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
View ArticleCab driver relives brutal machete attack, as girlfriend sentenced to 11...
Taxi driver Reg Kelly will bear the scars of a murder attempt for the rest of his life, but he wants to thank his home town for rallying to his side.
View ArticleCalls for babies travelling overseas to get measles vaccine as case numbers rise
Doctors are warning Australian babies travelling overseas should be vaccinated against measles earlier than the Federal Government's immunisation scheme recommends amid international outbreaks and a...
View ArticleNurses, GPs at odds with doctors after issuing support for WA voluntary...
The union representing WA nurses says terminally ill patients who are suffering should have the legal right to ask for medical help to end their life, putting the group at odds with the state's peak...
View ArticlePharmacies could hand out prescriptions for medicines under major WA...
Pharmacies in WA would be given a dramatically expanded healthcare role, including the ability to issue repeat prescriptions for ongoing medications such as the contraceptive pill, under new proposals...
View ArticleCommon vaccines available at WA pharmacies, but doctors say standard of care...
Vaccines for illnesses such as meningococcal disease, measles and whooping cough will be available in WA pharmacies from today under a move to expand services which has angered doctors.
View ArticleDoctors may face prosecution for discussing euthanasia with patients over...
Doctors fear they could face criminal prosecution under WA's proposed voluntary assisted dying laws if they discuss euthanasia with patients electronically due to differences between state and...
View ArticlePerth's cardiothoracic transplant unit celebrates 25 years and almost 200 new...
Perth's heart transplant unit opened for business 25 years ago. Since then almost 200 people have received new hearts.
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