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  • IPAA Wastewater Award 19 December 2025 Congratulations to our PathWest QEII Microbiology team, one of a group of agencies, to be recognised for its work with the WA Wastewater Surveillance Program at the 2025 Institute of Public Administration Australia WA (IPPA WA) Achievement Awards. The Awards demonstrate through research excellence, innovation and collaboration, how PathWest plays a significant role in improving the health, wellbeing and safety of the Western Australian community. The PathWest team, the Communicable Disease Control Directorate and Environmental Health, Water Corporation, Boorloo Public Health Unit (North Metropolitan Health Service) and WA Country Health Service won the Award for Best Practice in Collaboration Across Government Organisations (Category 1- project < $1million) and the Silver Award for Best Practice in Innovation (Category 1- project < $1million). Western Australia was the first jurisd...
  • PathWest (Forensic Biology) and ChemCentre win the 2025 WA Government Innovator of the Year Award 18 November 2025 We congratulate our PathWest (Forensic Biology) team, who jointly with ChemCentre, have been named the 2025 Western Australian Government Innovator of the Year. The Award, announced recently by Science and Medical Research Minister Stephen Dawson at the 19th annual Western Australian Innovators of the Year Awards, recognises world-first research by ChemCentre and the PathWest (Forensic Biology) R...
  • Overall Cake Entries - high resolution
    PathWest BakeWest - Entries for Overall Winner 04 August 2025 Please note: Voting closed on Thursday 7 August 2025. Overall Winner Cake Entries Genes and germs by Avril Strutt (People, Capability and Culture) Named ‘Genes and Germs’, this colourful retro-inspired cake was created as a school holiday activity with Avril and her children – a celebration of both creativity and science. The name playfully reflects both the cake and the creators. - The ‘P’ ca...
  • Celebrating 20 years of PathWest - July 2025
    Celebrating 20 years of PathWest 01 August 2025 Last month, we marked two decades of PathWest with special morning teas and site displays at our Queen Elizabeth II (QEII) and Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH) sites. The morning tea at QEII was attended by the Department of Health Director General, Dr Shirley Bowen, our Chief Executive Dr Narelle Hadlow, Board Chair Angie Paskevicius, and staff from across PathWest. As part of the celebrations, we ...
  • Discontinuation of Genetic Testing for Chronic Idiopathic Pancreatitis
    Discontinuation of Genetic Testing for Chronic Idiopathic Pancreatitis 30 May 2025 Following a recent review, PathWest will discontinue genetic testing for chronic idiopathic pancreatitis (CIP) from 03 June 2025. This decision follows a clinical and operational review which identified: CIP testing is not supported by Medicare. Current CIP testing has limited clinical utility in comparison to the international benchmark: Low diagnostic yield of less than 10% compared...

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  • COVID-19 testing for international travellers 17 January 2022 PathWest now offers COVID-19 PCR testing for International Travellers The test results from this convenient test will be securely emailed to you within 24-48 hours for you to print out and take with you to the airport.There is no referral required from your doctor and no appointment needed. Please be aware this service is only available at selected PathWest Collection Centres. No Medicare rebate is availablefor this test and you will have an out-of-pocket fee of $145 to pay at the time of your test (credit card payments only). It is important to check with your airline, or the local embassy of the country you are travelling to, as to how many days before travel you need to be tested, or if there are any other special testing requirements. For all the information regarding this service and where you can get tested please see theCOVID-19 Testing for International Travellers page.
  • It's the most wonderful time of the year! 21 December 2021 What fun and festivity PathWest staff have engaged in over the last few weeks working together to create fantastic entries into our PathWest Christmas Decoration Competition! We were overwhelmed with interest and received thirty entries from throughout our sites and services. The judges managed to visit all entries within QEII Medical Centre and Fiona Stanley Hospital on Friday and assessed online entries from other areas that could not be attended on the day. Everyone went above and beyond and created visual and sometimes interactive spectacles that quite honestly overawed our panel of judges. Our judges rated each entry on originality/creativity, presentation and effort/participation. Without further ado the winners are: 1st place - FSH: Core Biochemistry (Santa’s Workshop) – received a clear 10 in each judging criteria – this reward is not only for the scale and t...
  • Recognition of Service Awards 2021 30 November 2021 PathWest held their Recognition of Service Awardson Friday 26 November at UWA Club where we honoured our 20, 30, 40 and 50 year long serving staff members. We celebrated 67 staff members who have reached a 20, 30, 40 or 50-year year milestone. This equates to a massive 1510 years of collective service! There are also local 10 year celebrations taking place throughoutthe service with a further 111 recipients amounting to a further 1,110 years of service. This commitment and loyalty to our service helps to build our reputation and deserves to be celebrated and PathWest Board Chair Ms Angie Paskevicius and A/Chief ExecutiveMr Adrian Bautista were on hand to personallycongratulateeach and every staff member from the 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s club! The work our teams do are not only life changing, they are often lifesaving - from our phlebotomists, specimen collectors and couriers in the communit...
  • PathWest Manjimup wins Volunteer Employer Recognition Award 17 November 2021 Congratulations to PathWest Manjimup Regional Services where we were one of the employers in the State's south honoured at the Volunteer Employer Recognition Awards held by Department of Fire and Emergency Services on 12 November 2021.
  • Annual Report 2020-21
    Key accomplishments feature in 2020-2021 Annual Report 14 October 2021 2020-2021 has been one of the most remarkable and challenging in PathWest’s history. A year in which we became the backbone of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Western Australia, providing results for more than 630,000 COVID-19 tests (now nearing 1 million!), delivering a rapid testing solution to remote regions, testing wastewater and coordinating specimen collection at border points and quarantine sites.
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