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  • Early Moves study participant Paige with her mum Carys.
    Major milestone for WA-led child development study 05 March 2026 A special play-based assessment at Midland over the weekend has signalled a significant milestone for the Early Moves Project. It marked the completion of data collection for the major WA-led child development study, which conducted more than 1,850 such assessments.
  • Dr Gareth Baynam
    New papers challenge health systems to rethink rare diseases 28 February 2026 As the world marks Rare Disease Day, two influential new papers are prompting renewed calls for global action to improve the lives of more than 300 million people living with a rare disease.
  • Graphic with the text 'CAHS Excellence Awards - Nominations now open'
    Nominations open for the CAHS Annual Excellence Awards 16 February 2026 Families and consumers are invited to show their appreciation for the incredible service and commitment to care shown by Child and Adolescent Health Service (CAHS) staff and volunteers. If you or your child have experienced exceptional care from staff or volunteers at Perth Children’s Hospital and Neonatology, Child and Adolescent Community Health or Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, w...
  • Professor Asha Bowen OAM and Dr Kate Stannage
    Pair helping girls picture futures in science 11 February 2026 Across the Child and Adolescent Health Service, women in scientific roles are doing more than just improving the health and wellbeing of WA children and young people. As role models, mentors and leaders, they are also breaking down barriers and encouraging younger generations of women and girls to consider careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM).
  • Members of the CAHS Complaints Management Improvement Project team with Jacqueline McGowan-Jones, Commissioner for Children and Young People WA.
    CAHS recognised at 2025 IPAA WA Achievement Awards for child-focused complaints handling excellence 22 December 2025 CAHS has been recognised at the 2025 IPAA WA Achievement Awards for excellence in child‑focused complaints handling. The award highlights a collaborative project that improved how children and young people provide feedback, strengthened complaint pathways, and made the process more accessible and supportive.

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  • Response in relation to the release of the Coroner’s Findings into the death of Aishwarya Aswath 24 February 2023 The Coroner’s report following the Inquest into the death of Aishwarya Aswath at Perth Children’s Hospital in April 2021 was released today. Read the statement from CAHS Board Chair Dr Rosanna Capolingua.
  • Rae Robinson, Physiotherapist
    Celebrating our Churchill Fellows and their focus on robotic innovation, telerehabilitation and pharmacogenomics 13 February 2023 Two PCH staff – Rae Robinson and Zeyad Ibrahim – have been awarded prestigious Churchill Fellowships to pursue further research in their respective fields
  • Dr Alison Salt and PCH patient Matthew Boettcher
    Maximising potential by understanding the link between childhood vision impairment and development 13 February 2023 Dr Alison Salt, Consultant Paediatrician in Kids Rehab WA at Perth Children’s Hospital and Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia, has co-authored a book “Children with Vision Impairment”, incorporating more than 4 decades of experience from clinician researchers in collaboration with leading experts around the world.
  • Celebrating our team on International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2023 11 February 2023 International Day of Women and Girls is a United Nations initiative designed to achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls. CAHS is fortunate to benefit from the talent and dedication of so many women working across the organisation. We caught up with 6 women who work in diverse roles across CAHS to learn more about what they do, and what inspires their love of science.
  • CAHS Aboriginal Child Health Immersion Program participants 2023
    Inaugural CAHS Aboriginal Child Health Immersion Program 08 February 2023 From January 16–20, CAHS extended a very warm welcome to 11 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student doctors taking part in the inaugural CAHS Aboriginal Child Health Immersion program. This extra-curricular week of face-to-face learning provided an in-depth introduction to Aboriginal child health, with clinical placements, tutorials, mentoring, reflective supervision, student networking opportunities and meetings with senior CAHS staff. Whilst busy meeting the CAHS team, a number of students were also meeting each other for the first time, coming from different year groups across all three local medical schools. They were highly engaged and enthusiastic - two students even managed to cross the flooded Kimberley to arrive in time! Departments involved in hosting and teaching students were Koorliny Moort, General Paediatrics, Cardiology, ENT, Infectious Diseases and Neonatol...
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