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Media releases
2026
2025
- New Geraldton pilot to support long-term recovery from family and domestic violence– 11 December 2025
- New primary care approach to family, domestic and sexual violence in Perth South – 4 September 2025
- Youth Focus to run headspace Manjimup – 1 September 2025
- Head to Health evolves to Medicare Mental Health – 1 April 2025
2024
- headspace coming to Manjimup – 19 September 2024
- New adult mental health site opens in Northam – 20 June 2024
- Holyoake to run Northam Head to Health – 2 May 2024
- Local consultation to inform Pilbara mental health service – 22 January 2024
2023
- Broome urgent care provider confirmed – 7 December 2023
- Head to Health adult mental health centre opens in Armadale – 20 November 2023
- Family domestic and sexual violence grant to support primary health care response – 30 August 2023
- WA Primary Health Alliance launches latest Strategic Plan – 8 August 2023
- Head to Health adult mental health services open in Gosnells and Mirrabooka – 2 August 2023
- Head to Health confirmed for Northam – 23 June 2023
- St John of God Health Care to run new Head to Health centres – 22 May 2023
- WA’s first Medicare Urgent Care Clinic confirmed for Morley – 16 May 2023
- GPs urged to boost community health via grants program – 20 April 2023
- headspace Mandurah moves to fresh new premises – 15 March 2023
- headspace Osborne Park moves to fresh new centre – 7 March 2023
- New service helps older Australians to navigate aged care system – 28 February 2023
- headspace Albany expands centre to support more young people – 13 February 2023
- headspace Hedland opens its doors – 6 February 2023
- Targeted regional initiatives for suicide prevention – 31 January 2023
- Peel GPs to benefit from upskilling opportunities – 25 January 2023
- New service helping people to better manage long term conditions – 16 January 2023
2022
- Focus on WA’s future GP workforce – 14 September 2022
- headspace Kununurra opens its doors – 12 September 2022
- Medibank Health Solutions to operate new statewide mental health assessment and referral phone service – 29 June 2022
- headspace Karratha opens its doors – 13 June 2022
- headspace Esperance expanding to support more local young people – 19 April 2022
- New walk-in mental health centre opens its doors in Midland – 14 March 2022
2021
- headspace Mandurah to relocate – 2 November 2021
- St John of God Health Care to run new adult mental health centre – 30 September 2021
- Choices be expanded to four new hospital sites – 17 May 2021
- New adult mental health centre for Midland – 19 March 2021
- Wunan to run headspace Kununurra – 18 March 2021
- headspace Cannington due to open later this year – 22 February 2021
- Culturally safe alcohol and other drugs support for the community of Meekatharra and surrounds – 19 January 2021
2020
- Mental health support locally grown in Karratha – 10 December 2020
- Art exhibition empowers youth identity in Mandurah – 08 December 2020
- Mental health support locally grown in Kalgoorlie – 02 December 2020
- Mental health support locally grown in Bunbury – 30 November 2020
- Mental health support locally grown in Albany – 18 November 2020
- Service expansion and new facility for headspace Busselton – 18 November 2020
- Array of community mental health projects for young people in Mandurah – 22 September 2020
- New mental health outreach support service for young people in Perth’s northern suburbs – 22 September 2020
- headspace Esperance opens – 09 September 2020
- Local agency to run two new Pilbara headspace centres – 27 August 2020
- headspace Northam opens – 26 August 2020
- headspace Margaret River Opens – 03 August 2020
- New mental health support service for people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds – 27 July 2020
- headspace coming to Kununurra – 21 July 2020
- Your health matters – see your GP – 01 May 2020
- headspace Northam to open mid year – 22 April 2020
- WA’s first COVID-19 respiratory clinic opens in Geraldton – 21 April 2020
- headspace Pilbara Outreach Trial extended – 24 February 2020
- headspace Margaret River to open mid 2020 – 26 February 2020
2019
- Young Aboriginal leaders call for change – 10 December 2019
- ‘Drive-in’cinema unveiled in Mullewa – 20 November 2019
- New campaign for Kimberley young people shortlisted for First Nations Media Award – 11 November 2019
- New campaign gives young people tools to have tough conversations – 19 October 2019
- Start the talk, take the walk against suicide – 06 September 2019
- Putting patients first in end of life decisions – 3 September 2019
- Unprecedented commitment to reducing suicide in the Kimberley – 27 August 2019
- GP Urgent Care Pilot taking off soon – 19 August 2019
- Talk to your GP about weight loss; it just might save your life. – 14 August 2019
- Meekatharra community voices shape local healthcare – 2 May 2019
- Report signals new era of collaboration between primary care and hospital sectors – 10 April 2019
- Young Aboriginal leaders driving change in the Kimberley – 2 April 2019
- Portraits illustrate how depression looks different for everybody – 21 March 2019
- Community conversations shape suicide prevention action plans – 15 March 2019
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