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Ravensthorpe doctor believes 'rural generalist hub' could help improve remote health care, avoid burnout

Michael Livingston believes city-based decision-makers are failing remote GPs, leading to unsustainable practices and shortages across the country. But he believes he has a solution — a model he calls the "rural generalist hub".

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Former Albany hospital patients wait for answers as WA Health review into Dr George du Toit continues

Former patients of a gynaecologist obstetrician, whose time working at a WA hospital is under review by WA Health, say they've been kept in the dark during the investigation.

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Residents fear Laverton Hospital upgrades won't go far enough

Residents who have been waiting 20 years for upgrades to their remote WA hospital fear a planned redevelopment won't be enough to stop them having to travel for care.

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Queensland health ombudsman investigating former Mackay obstetrician George Campbell du Toit's time in Albany, requests case information

Letters sent to patients treated by obstetrician George Campbell du Toit when he was at the Albany Hospital advise a WA health service has been compelled to produce information.

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Attracting doctors to regional Australia is hard but Alex Harris is proof it's possible

Two decades ago Alex Harris heard about a new program sending medical students to live and study in Western Australia's Kimberley. Signing up changed the course of his life.

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WA Country Health Service reduced emergency, maternity care at five regional hospitals

The state government has been criticised over cuts to emergency and maternity services across five regional communities, amid a heated industrial dispute with the WA nurses' union.

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Health minister urges women to come forward as WA Country Health launches review into gynaecologist

Western Australia's health minister urges women to report concerns over treatment by former Albany hospital gynaecologist obstetrician George Campbell du Toit.

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A year after cutbacks at Wyndham Hospital, state government still struggling to recruit nurses

Hours were slashed at Wyndham Hospital amid a staffing crisis last year. Twelve months later, the state government still can't find enough nurses to fill the roster.

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WA's Hedland Health Campus death investigation findings won't be released after family request

A "full and thorough investigation" by the WA Country Health Service is complete, but the woman's family don't want the report to be made public.

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Hospital care levels amid 'critical' staffing shortages concern Geraldton residents

A regional WA resident says he waited 10 minutes with chest pain while a RAT result came back — and he says staff shortages are to blame.

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Kimberley police resort to public safety alcohol ban to stop COVID-19 spread

Police in Western Australia's far north have justified alcohol restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Some in the community say it's "bizarre" as the state learns to live with the virus.

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Indigenous vaccination rates in some areas 'nowhere near' high enough as WA border opens

The WA Vaccine Commander says Indigenous vaccination rates in some communities are "nowhere near" high enough ahead of the state's border opening at midnight.

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Health boss concedes turnover high at Kununurra Hospital as staff speak out

Health workers say they fear for patient safety, but WA Country Health Service insists it's working to improve staff retention in Kununurra.

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Health bosses kept Wyndham hospital running amid 'unacceptable' conditions for nurses

The nurses' union says emails obtained by the ABC suggest a culture of secrecy as WA Country Health Service scrambled to keep an overstretched hospital running as normal.

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WACHS denies plan to move Three Springs Hospital residents to Morawa

The WA Country Health Service has been called out for misleading the community on planned changes to the North Midlands Hospital at Three Springs.

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Kununurra Hospital staff shortage prompts weekend-long alcohol restrictions

Kununurra Hospital was so understaffed in its emergency department at the weekend that it asked police to request liquor restrictions to reduce patient presentations.

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Nurse in regional WA pleads with federal government for permanent residency

After celebrating her 46th birthday, a nurse who has been working in Geraldton since 2018 is told she is too old for permanent residency.

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Kimberley hospitals on a knife edge as WA government battles to keep staff, maintain services

Despite two years to plan and prepare, the WA government enters 2022 battling staff shortages and workforce burnout at remote hospitals.

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Critically ill COVID patients in regional WA to be sent to Perth for treatment

The WA Country Health Service says regional hospitals are "prepared" for a COVID outbreak when the state's borders re-open, but high-risk patients will be sent to Perth.

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Geraldton Health Campus' emergency department desperate to fill doctor shortage

Geraldton Health Campus' emergency department has a doctor shortage, with the AMA reporting just two of 11 doctor shifts filled over the New Year period.

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