The Opposition has again reiterated its calls for Margaret River Hospital to be given a vital makeover, after the Health Minister refused to provide details on infrastructure upgrades. Opposition...
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Concern ambulance ramping figures will be buried in new contract
There is concern key ambulance ramping data will be buried as part of the new contractbeing negotiated between St John Ambulance and the McGowan Government.The Health Minister yesterday refused to...
Auditor General Delivers Another Damning Report Into Health System
The Auditor General’s report into the management of long stay patients in the health system hasagain highlighted how the McGowan Government has failed to make health a priority.According to the...
2022 ambulance ramping figure highest on record with two months to go
WA has reported its worst annual ambulance ramping figures on record, with ambulances spending more than 54,000 hours ramped outside WA hospitals already this year. This is more than 1600 hours over...
Backwards step in mental health services as commission absorbed back into health
The WA Labor Government’s move to dissolve mental health funding into the health budget is a backward step for the sector, according to the Opposition. The Independent Review of WA Health was...
The McGowan Government must commit the funding for the Co-operative Cancer Centre
Shadow Spokesperson for Health Libby Mettam says the McGowan Government must commit funding beyond the business case, for this vital health infrastructure project. “Given the Federal Government have...
Opposition calls for inquiry into forced adoption
The Opposition has called for a parliamentary inquiry into forced adoption, to ease the suffering felt by thousands of West Australians who were subjected to inhumane and illegal practices....
More smoke and mirrors from Health Minister with insulting plan for a plan
The Health Minister is putting politics ahead of patients’ lives with the latest offer to nurses and midwives an empty promise until after the next election, Shadow Health Minister Libby Mettam...
Petition calls for Royal Commission into broken health system
The Opposition has again called for a Royal Commission into WA’s broken health system, following the launch of an e-petition with the family of Aishwarya Aswath. Leader of the Opposition Mia Davies...