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An initiative aimed at improving the long-term health outcomes of young children in the Central Great Southern by improving their dental health commenced in March. The Central Great Southern –…

Strengthening Medicare General Practice Grants Program welcomed by rural practice Rural Health West welcomes the recent announcement of a $220 million boost to general practice through the Australian Government’s Strengthening…

Rural rotations for junior doctors: Making a medical career work for your lifestyle and interests By Dr Brit Wicksteed , AMA (WA) Member; Resident Medical Officer, RPH; and Founder, WA…

The Rural Junior Doctor Training Innovation Fund supporting the National Rural Generalist Pathway (RJDTIF-RG) program successfully enabled 15 WA Country Health Service (WACHS) junior doctors to complete a rural primary…

At the end of the first year of the Master of Dietetics at Curtin University, student dietitians complete a two-week Interprofessional Placement (IPP). Rural Health West supports student placements in…

Peel GPs will soon have access to a range of subsidised education and training options, aimed at improving the depth and breadth of medical services available to the community. WA…

Spending much of her childhood and teenage years in hospital inspired Alise Tilbury to take on a career in the medical world. “I spent a significant amount of time in…

Throughout the year, the Rural Health West Workforce Solutions team worked with more than 180 medical practitioners to assist them to gain medical registration in Australia, find their first or…

Having led a life which has taken her across the globe and into some of the most remote parts of WA, Dr Susan Downes is now putting down roots in…

For the first time in four years, Yura Yungi Medical Service Aboriginal Corporation no longer needs to advertise for a general practitioner. The Aboriginal Medical Service, based out of the…