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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.

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...

Launch of PathWest Strategic Plan 2021-2025 13 October 2021 I am proud to introduce our new Strategic Plan 2021-2025 and I am honoured to share what has been months of collaboration and engagement with staff, customers and patients, and key stakeholders throughout Western Australia.

Hear from one of our own on ABC Perth Radio 01 October 2021 Pathwest’s Forensic Biology Research and Development Team have found a way to lift DNA from old microscope slides that are decades old which may prove useful in unsolved sexual assault investigations. Our very own forensic scientist Colby Hymus explained this development on ABC Perth this week.