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Aquatic facilities at temporary, short stay or holiday accommodations - 40.84557

Aquatic facilities at temporary, short stay or holiday accommodations

Silver Chain Home Hospital - 30.98907

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

Public Home Birth Policy - 29.85705

The Public Home Birth Policy (the 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 public home birth under the WA health system public home birth service.

Home based food businesses - 28.4835

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

Kimberley residents and travellers to take precautions against mosquito bites this holiday period - 27.01471

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

Easter holiday mosquito warning - 26.49406

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.

COVID-19 update: Travel agent appointed to help Australians return to home States - 25.96079

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 - 25.49188

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.

Provision of Assistive Technology and Home Modifications Policy - 24.47344

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 - 24.41269

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

List of licensed private nursing homes - 22.6657

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) - 21.87061

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 - 21.22976

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

Fight the Bite campaign - 18.91571

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.

Brightwater at home Interim Hospital Program (IHP) - 18.81889

Organochlorine pesticide residues in home garden soils - 18.60063

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.

WAVED Expansion: More WA patients to access emergency care from home - 18.2051

The WA Virtual Emergency Department (WAVED) is expanding to provide more people with access to emergency care from the comfort of their own homes.

WA COVID Care at Home to conclude - 17.40995

Asbestos legacy still lurks in WA homes - 17.06327

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

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.

HACC – publications and policies - 13.60562

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

Minister for Health: New home for southern suburbs residential mental health service - 13.52455

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

HACC – service directory - 13.11861

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

HACC – quality reporting - 12.03791

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 - 10.99133

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 - 10.82728

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

HACC – service reporting - 10.78063

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

WA Health, Government of Western Australia - 10.16714

Website of the Department of Health, Western Australia

Registration of a food business - 9.789709

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.

Fight the bite this festive season - 9.250277

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

Starting a food business in WA - 9.21715

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 - 8.933569

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

Employee benefits - 8.75

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

Case of meningococcal disease reported - 8.64194

WA Health has reported that a child was diagnosed with meningococcal serogroup B disease and is currently recovering at home.

Review of admission and discharge referral practices for the metropolitan hospital emergency departments - 8.578245

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.

Meningococcal disease in an adult - 8.563269

The Department of Health today reported that an adult has been diagnosed with meningococcal serogroup W disease and is recovering at home.

GP Urgent Care Clinic Network - 8.563269

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

HACC – Minimum Data Set (MDS) - 8.536879

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

COVID-19 update 2 January 2022 - 8.5

WA Health has reported one new local case who is a security guard at a hotel quarantine site, with no new cases related to the Delta backpacker cluster; and six cases related to returned overseas and interstate travellers to the end of the last reporting period (8pm last night).

COVID-19 update 1 January 2022 - 8.5

WA Health has reported two new local cases related to the backpacker cluster to the end of the last reporting period (8pm last night), and one case related to a returned traveller.

Ross River virus warning for the South West - 8.5

The Department of Health is reminding residents and travellers in the South West of Western Australia, including the Peel region, to take additional precautions to prevent mosquito bites over the coming months.

WA Department of Health graduate stories - 8.5

Stories from past participants in the Graduate program

About licensing of private healthcare facilities - 8.5

The Licensing and Accreditation Regulatory Unit (LARU) is responsible for the licensing and monitoring of private hospitals in Western Australia.

HACC – complaints management - 8.458977

Information about the HACC complaints processes for consumers and service providers.

HACC – using the HACC logo - 8.430228

Information about the correct use of the HACC logo

Water Immersion During Labour and Birth Policy - 7.399722

The Water Immersion During Labour and Birth Policy (the policy) establishes the clinical practices and requirements to ensure the safe care of women and their unborn/newborn babies when water immersion is chosen during labour and birth.

Dengue fever warning for WA travellers heading to Bali - 7

With school holidays approaching, WA Health is urging Western Australians travelling to Bali to be aware of the recent surge in dengue fever cases in the region and take precautions.

Mutual Recognition of Pest Management Technical Licences in Western Australia - 6.853188

Information on mutual recognition and automatic mutual recognition of pesticide licences issued in other jurisdictions. Information

HACC – growth funding - 6.799023

WA HACC program funding application guidelines