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Attracting health professionals to rural WA is only half the challenge. Retaining them long term depends on something that is harder to measure – feeling supported, connected and part of…

For people living in regional, rural and remote WA, distance shouldn’t determine access to healthcare. That’s the driving force behind the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing outreach…

Getting the right health professional into the right rural community, and helping them stay, sits at the heart of everything Rural Health West does. Each year, our Health Workforce Needs…

Following the retirement of long-serving ophthalmologist Dr David Offerman in 2025, Rural Health West has supported the continuation of ophthalmology services through the RHOF to ensure the Esperance and Katanning…

Growing up in Esperance, Joel Waters has called country WA home for as long as he can remember. After relocating to Perth to study nursing at the University of Notre…

Meet WA Country Health Service’s Laura Macaulay, one of the South West’s allied health professionals passionate about positive health outcomes for paediatric patients. Growing up in the region, Laura is committed…

With support from the Mt Burdett Foundation in Esperance, the Great Southern Health Professionals Network delivered the inaugural Early Career Health Summit in Bremer Bay in 2025. The Summit brought…

Hearing plays a huge part in a child’s development, their learning, their confidence, and their connection to family and culture. That’s why the ear, nose and throat (ENT) and audiology…

In August 2025, Rural Health West proudly co-hosted the fifth annual WA Ear and Hearing Health Forum, developed in collaboration with the WA Child Ear Health Strategy Steering Group and…

The Partner Education Grants (PEG) program continues to play an important role in supporting the partners of rural health professionals to pursue their own professional development and career aspirations while…