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The team at Warren Health Service are doing their bit to ‘grow our own’, with local graduate Lilli Edwards recently becoming the hospital’s newest registered nurse. Born and raised in…

After four years of researching, writing, editing and revising, Esperance Physiotherapist Kendall Carmody is celebrating after having her work on endometriosis published in a peer-reviewed international journal. Kendall was part…

Expert advice from Aboriginal people will improve health outcomes for Aboriginal people, with Rural Health West establishing its first Aboriginal Advisory Committee (AAC). The Committee has been created to ensure Aboriginal voices guide Rural Health West’s…

Up-and-coming allied health professionals and those newly employed in senior roles are receiving specialised career development support through WA Country Health Service’s new Transition to P2 Program (T2P2). This purpose-built…

Work is progressing on the Geraldton Health Campus Redevelopment Project as it moves towards practical completion later this year. The hospital’s exterior is complete and the building is watertight, allowing…

On Friday night, we celebrated decades of dedication at the WA Rural Health Long Service Awards, co-hosted by Rural Health West and WA Country Health Service. It was an evening…

For Dr Ella Forkin, returning to Kalgoorlie via the WA Country Health Service and WA Health Community Residency Program was more than a career move – it was a chance…

After a nearly decade-long hiatus, returning to the Kimberley was something of a homecoming for Clinical Midwife Manager Emma Medling. Emma, who was born in Queensland and grew up in Victoria,…

Across Western Australia’s 2.5 million square kilometres, distance remains one of the greatest barriers to good health. But thanks to dedicated outreach programs and passionate clinicians, specialist care is travelling…

She hails from Queensland, but Registered Nurse Kate Guscott has seen more of Western Australia than most sandgropers thanks to WA Country Health Service’s TRAVEL program. The program gives Nurses and…