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Welcome graduate dentists and oral health practitioners 26 February 2026 A warm welcome to our 2026 Graduate Development Program (GDP) cohort of 14 graduate dentists and oral health therapists (OHTs), who recently began their professional careers at Dental Health Services. Our GDP is specifically designed to support graduates develop into confident practitioners, providing the ideal program for those wanting to progress from university into clinical practice. Graduate development program facilitator Ellen Rogers has seen firsthand how providing a supportive foundation enables graduates to flourish into thriving practitioners. "Building mentor-mentee relationships, developing reflecting learning skills, and giving new graduates a wide and varied experience within their first year of their career sets them up for what will hopefully be a long and sustainable career serving the community's oral health needs," Ellen said. Over a 12-month period, graduates gain ha...

New opportunity for consumer or carer representative for North Executive Team 19 February 2026 North Metropolitan Health Service (NMHS) is seeking expressions of interest for a consumer representative to contribute to one of two committees as part of the North Executive Team (NET). Applications are open for a consumer or carer representative to join the following committees: Safety, Quality and Consumer Engagement Committee Strategy, People and Digital Committee Angela O'Connor, ...

Liver Cancer Collaborative receives grant 17 February 2026 The Liver Cancer Collaborative (LCC) has been extended for another four years, following $7.8 million funding for its innovative research program that aims to beat primary liver cancer. Led by clinicians from the Hepatology Department at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH), LCC was established in July 2020 and brings together more than 50 researchers, clinicians and data specialists who bring mul...

It’s good to know: Lung cancer screening and the LGBTIQ+ community 10 February 2026 It’s good to know: Lung cancer screening and the LGBTIQ+ community Written by Professor Fraser Brims Consultant Respiratory Physician Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Medical Advisor National Lung Cancer Screening Program Implementation WA Health Lung cancer is Australia’s leading cause of cancer death and for many in the LGBTIQ+ community, it is a bigger risk than most people realise. The new Austra...

Professor Rajesh Thomas awarded 2025 Clinician Research Fellowship 09 February 2026 Congratulations to Professor Rajesh Thomas, Respiratory Medicine Consultant at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH), who has been awarded a 2025 Clinician Research Fellowship to optimise robotic bronchoscopy techniques. Professor Thomas said the fellowship aims to study how novel robotic bronchoscopy techniques could help to minimise the painful interventions, diagnostic delays and hospital admiss...