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A review into the death of a woman who waited three hours for treatment at Busselton Health Campus finds there were delays but that it was "unlikely" she would have been saved if she had been seen immediately.

After two years of lockdowns and social distancing the flu has returned with a vengeance. In a move to encourage people to protect themselves, the jab is now being offered for free. But its availability differs throughout the states and territories.

Mark McGowan suggests a quarantine facility being built in Bullsbrook could be used as a deportation centre or for emergency accommodation during disasters, as COVID continues to deplete WA's health workforce.

Peak medical groups renew their calls for the West Australian government to reinstate public health measures, but Premier Mark McGowan remains reluctant to do so.

Businesses and services in WA's southern tourist towns shut their doors as local cases surge by 43 per cent today and staff test positive to COVID-19.

For the first time in its history, St John is warning Perth residents of extremely high demand for its services that are causing delays to ambulance dispatches amid escalating COVID numbers.

An epidemiologist warns Western Australia could be facing a much bigger peak and a slower let-up after dropping most of its COVID-19 rules, but a lot will depend on what individuals do to stop the spread.

The WA Government has allocated an extra $50 million to the long-awaited upgrades after tenders for the bulk of the work were "significantly over budget".

A $252 million investment in Western Australia's emergency departments is unlikely to immediately ease hospital pressures, the health minister has warned.

The WA government vows to spend more than a quarter of a billion dollars trying to address issues in the health system, as the Health Minister takes aim at the Commonwealth for its "abject failure" to manage some patients.

Mark McGowan says it's "unlikely" the mask mandate will be reintroduced but he can't rule it out as peak health bodies warn restrictions may need to be reinstated if there is a spike in hospitalisations. It comes as vulnerable West Australians express their anxiety as masks come off across the…