Western Australia COVID-19 updates

The WA Chief Health Officer has broadened the definition of healthcare settings to include general practice when determining whether to place work permissions/restrictions on a healthcare worker after a COVID-19 exposure.
 
The Furloughing of Healthcare Staff – Interim Guidance document now applies to WA public sector clinicians, private health providers in hospital settings, general practices and pharmacies.
 
These guidelines should be implemented immediately for these groups.
 
Please note that the Interim Guidance document should be read in conjunction with the information on this ‘Transition policies and resources’ webpage.
 

Access the latest updates from Western Australia Department of Health webpage.

Up-to-date resources and information on testing from the WA Department of Health:

• Current testing criteria (Under clinician alerts tab)
• Clinician alerts
• Testing centres/COVID clinics - Metropolitan and regional WA locations
• COVID-19 testing directions

 

Respiratory clinics

View available WA respiratory clinics

For up-to-date information on vaccination development and WA Health's response, visit the WA Health COVID-19 vaccination page.

Webinars

Upcoming webinars (limited COVID-19 webinars)

For a full list of on-demand COVID-19 (and non-COVID) webinars, visit the RACGP digital events calendar.
 

Podcasts

The Good GP, an education podcast for busy GPs brought to you by Dr Tim Koh, Dr Krystyna DeLange and Dr Sean Stevens, in collaboration with RACGP WA, has recorded a special COVID-19 podcast series – Access the podcast playlist.

Information on financial relief measures for small/medium businesses, including how to apply.

RACGP Western Australia

Phone: (08) 9489 9555

Email: wa.faculty@racgp.org.au

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