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Aquatic facilities at temporary, short stay or holiday accommodations - 41.33066

Aquatic facilities at temporary, short stay or holiday accommodations

Silver Chain Home Hospital - 30.9051

The Silver Chain Home Hospital is a metropolitan based service made up of four interlinked components.

Home based food businesses - 28.40295

Home based food business must still ensure food for sale is safe and suitable and follow certain food laws in WA.

Public Home Birth Program Policy - 28.25002

The Public Home Birth Program Policy sets out the mandatory requirements to ensure maternal and newborn services are safe, integrated, effective and responsive to the individual needs of women and their babies when having a planned home birth under the WA health system Public Home Birth Program.

Minister for Health: Going somewhere? Don’t bring HIV home from your holiday... - 28.15326

Health Minister Roger Cook has launched WA Health's new 'Going somewhere?' campaign on World AIDS Day.

Kimberley residents and travellers to take precautions against mosquito bites this holiday period - 27.18406

Kimberley residents and travellers to take precautions against mosquito bites this holiday period

Easter holiday mosquito warning - 26.6684

The Department of Health has issued a public health alert to cover up and use repellent to avoid mosquito bites over the Easter break and over coming weeks.

Specialist youth service now has a new home - 26.30349

Youth Axis, a support group for young people with mental illness, has moved into its new home.

COVID-19 update: Travel agent appointed to help Australians return to home States - 25.9868

With the recommencement of commercial flights within Australia, people who have completed their 14-day quarantine period are now able to make their way home. To assist, the State of Western Australia has appointed a travel agent to help bring home Western Australians currently in other States and to return those quarantined in Perth back to their state of origin.

HACC – Home and Community Care Program Transition - 25.49305

A joint funding initiative of the Commonwealth and WA State Governments, HACC provides basic support services for eligible people of all ages with a disability and their carers to assist them to continue living independently at home.

Paediatric care closer to home - 25.44763

Families have greatly benefitted from reduced waiting times and speciality care closer to home as they access public hospitals for paediatric care.

Minister for Health: Roebourne renal facility brings care closer to home - 24.50518

More renal patients in Roebourne and surrounding areas can now be treated closer to home thanks to a new community supported home dialysis facility.

Provision of Assistive Technology and Home Modifications Policy - 24.47224

The Provision of Assistive Technology and Home Modifications Policy sets out the mandatory requirements for Health Service Providers that provide clinical services inclusive of the provision of assistive technology for domestic use and home modifications to eligible patients.

Care pathways for home-ventilated patients - 24.37951

Home ventilation can assist patients whose breathing is inadequate to maintain life during wakefulness and/or sleep

List of licensed private nursing homes - 23.3417

Private nursing home: “Nursing Home means premises in which persons who do not require constant medical attention are received as patients and lodged for the purpose of medical supervision and nursing care but does not include any premises declared by the Minister under section 3 not to be a nursing home for the purposes of this Act.

Arrangements for WA public hospitals on National Public Holiday (September 22) - 22.01494

Due to the one-off National public holiday in memory of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday September 22, some elective surgery and outpatient appointments within WA’s public hospitals, will need to be rescheduled.

COVID-19 – Healthcare workers welcomed home from Victoria - 21.23146

The Department of Health has today confirmed that seven healthcare workers have returned safely home on a charter flight from Victoria.

Minister for Health: Perth Children's Hospital offers a home away from home - 19.39138

Perth Children's Hospital will accept its first inpatients in a few weeks but it will not just be young people that are accommodated in the new hospital.

Fight the Bite campaign - 18.9148

WA Health’s Fight the Bite campaign aims to educate individuals on simple ways to prevent being bitten and reduce mosquito breeding around their home/holiday accommodation.

Organochlorine pesticide residues in home garden soils - 18.60246

Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) are man-made chemicals that were used to control insects in urban areas in Australia into the 1980s. OCPs are no longer registered for use in the home environment in Australia.

Minister for Health: Community midwifery closer to home for northern suburbs women - 17.90241

The Joondalup Community Midwifery Program (CMP) officially opens today, bringing maternity care closer to home for women in the northern suburbs.

Minister for Health: Don't leave home without your measles shot - 17.558

If you are planning a trip overseas this summer – make sure you check your measles immunisations are up to date.

WA COVID Care at Home to conclude - 17.45608

Asbestos legacy still lurks in WA homes - 17.00835

With home renovations on the increase, Western Australians are being urged to take precautions when renovating older homes with potential hidden asbestos.

Be attentive with food safety over the holidays - 16.5

The Department of Health is urging Western Australians to take extra care when preparing and storing food during Christmas and New Year celebrations.

Chief Allied Health Office homeless health action plan 2022–2025 - 15.5

The Chief Allied Health Office homeless health action plan 2022–2025 outlines the actions being undertaken with the aim to improve health care access, equity and quality for people experiencing homelessness.

Cancer care closer to home - 15.35966

WA Health has strongly invested in cancer care to support the 11,700 Western Australians diagnosed with cancer every year.

Minister for Health: New home for southern suburbs residential mental health service - 13.60658

A new refurbished State-wide community mental health transitional facility has been opened by the McGowan Government in East Fremantle.

HACC – publications and policies - 13.52659

Publications and policies about the Home and Community Care Program (HACC)

HACC – service directory - 13.04363

Directory of Western Australian Home And Community Care (HACC) service providers

HACC – quality reporting - 12.0409

The Community Care Common Standards (CCCS) were developed jointly by the Commonwealth Government and State and Territory Governments as part of broader community care reforms.

Aboriginal environmental health program - 10.93209

When a Health Practitioner (GP, Nurse other primary health practitioner) identifies a patient who presents with a chronic or acute preventable illness related to their environment, offering an Environmental Health Referral to the patient allows the consideration of a visit to the home by an experienced Environmental Health Practitioner to conduct an assessment of the home environment with a view to addressing any environmental health risks in and around the home.

HACC – for service providers - 10.74631

Information for service providers about the Home and Community Care (HACC) Program

HACC – service reporting - 10.69949

Information about service reporting for the Home and Community Care (HACC) Program

Minister for Health: McGowan Government bolsters Kimberley renal dialysis services - 10.30177

Health Minister Roger Cook today announced that renal dialysis services in the Kimberley would be significantly bolstered with up to $97 million worth of contracted services in renal dialysis and essential support services across the region and the continuation of interim mobile dialysis and expanded home dialysis facilities.

WA Health, Government of Western Australia - 10.20838

Website of the Department of Health, Western Australia

Registration of a food business - 9.745893

Everything you need to know about where and how to register your food business in Western Australia, including a café, restaurant, shop, manufacturing food, cooking food from home, starting a mobile food van or fundraising event. This includes the process for registration with relevant enforcement agency being either a local government environmental health service or the Department of Health.

Timely reminder to replace asbestos roofing - 9.5

WA Health is urging Western Australian homeowners to replace – not repair – their old asbestos roofs.

Fight the bite this festive season - 9.304278

The Department of Health is warning residents and holiday-makers across Western Australia to protect themselves against mosquito bites this summer.

Play it Food Safe in Busselton to reduce food poisoning - 9.222216

A new food safety advertising campaign is being piloted in Busselton to reduce the cases of food poisoning that occur in the home.

Starting a food business in WA - 9.171585

Everything you need to know about starting or registering a food business in Western Australia, including a café, restaurant, shop, manufacturing food, cooking food from home, starting a mobile food van or fundraising event. This includes the process for registration with local government environmental health services, design and fit our requirements for a premises, fees, penalties and fines.

Supplement to Regulation 29 and Schedule 9 - Wastewater system loading rates - 9

This factsheet is designed to be read in conjunction with Regulation 29 and Schedule 9 of the Health (Treatment of Sewage and Disposal of Effluent and Liquid Waste) Regulations 1974 (Regulations).

Assistance with travel costs to receive medical care - 8.875158

WA Health provides travel and accommodation support for Western Australian residents who need to access treatment away from home.

Ross River virus disease risk warning for south-west WA - 8.75

The Department of Health is reminding residents and travellers in the south-west region of Western Australia, including the Perth metropolitan area, to take precautions to avoid mosquito bites over coming weeks.

Employee benefits - 8.75

Working for WA Health gives you access to some of the most sought-after benefits available among Western Australian employers.

Spotlight on food hygiene as rates of food poisoning soar - 8.653712

Western Australia is experiencing high levels of reported foodborne illness, with approximately 80 per cent of notified cases linked to poor food hygiene at home.

Grants promote independent living, falls prevention - 8.584741

Eligible organisations and community groups can apply for grants to help older Western Australians improve home safety and prevent falls.

HACC – Minimum Data Set (MDS) - 8.536958

Guidelines for recording and reporting service types in line with WA HACC program's requirements

Review of admission and discharge referral practices for the metropolitan hospital emergency departments - 8.530056

This review is concerned with examining both pre-hospital admission and post-discharge processes, and the reasons for patient referrals to current community nursing hospital in the home services.

GP Urgent Care Clinic Network - 8.508349

Western Australians will now have more options of healthcare for non-emergency situations that are in the community and closer to home.