Health

St John of God has proposed to build a five-storey private hospital in its Midland precinct, estimated to cost almost $160 million, to replace the services acquired by the state government.

PharmAust’s chief executive Michael Thurn has resigned from the Perth biotech company, triggering a drop in its share price.

A new co-ordinated emergency and medical care operations centre will be established in the old Telstra Exchange tower, to be operational by the end of the year.

A joint venture between Multiplex Constructions and Perkins Builders has been contracted for main works of the Bunbury Regional Hospital's redevelopment project.

The Child Development Service will go through an expansion and staff increase as part of a $39 million funding boost to ease “unprecedented” demand for the service.

Resonance Health has acquired TrialsWest in a consideration package worth up to $8 million.

St John of God Health Care will expand its Murdoch hospital to include a five-storey mental health facility, after the state’s peak planning body greenlit its $98.6 million proposal.

Major health fund HBF is preparing to hike its insurance premiums by 3.95 per cent, after the federal government signed off on an industry average increase of 3.03 per cent.

APM Human Services International's board has recommended that its shareholders support a revised conditional, non-binding offer of $2 per share from CVC Asia Pacific in a bid to take over the company, according to chief executive officer Michael Anghie.