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  • 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) Research & Development team led by Dr Marie Rye. This ground-breaking work centres on using the proteins in hair for human forensic identification. While DNA analysis remains the gold standard for identifying individuals, evidence such as hair shafts often contain insufficient DNA for analysis. A single human hair comprises a combination of protein variants which can be used to infer DNA sequence information. As part of the research project, data will be generated to identify genetic variants...
  • 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...
  • PathWest makes Australia’s top companies’ list for the midsize category 17 April 2025 PathWest is honoured to be named on LinkedIn’s 2025 Top Companies list in Australia for the midsize category – a prestigious recognition celebrating leading workplaces with fewer than 5,000 employees where professionals can thrive and grow their careers. PathWest is the only Western Australian entity to be named for 2025. "This recognition reflects our ongoing commitment to fostering a positive, ...

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  • 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.
  • Joe Boyle, CE; Hon. Roger Cook, Minister for Health; Prof. Christobel Saunders, Board Chair and David Russell-Weisz, Director General, WA Health.
    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.
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