While it's easy to get disheartened by the impact of coronavirus on our everyday lives, it is the generous acts of kindness in support of our frontline healthcare workers that is providing a beacon of light as we navigate our way through this crisis.

The Western Health Foundation recently launched the Western Health Emergency Response Fund, inviting the community to donate and/or send a message of encouragement to our frontline healthcare workers in the face of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.

Western Health has launched an Emergency Relief Fund to fast track support for staff and patients across the health service in the fight against COVID-19.

Over 400 guests came together for the Western Health Foundation International Women's Day Breakfast on Thursday 12 March at Club Italia North Sunshine.

When Alysha Cockburn saw an opportunity to apply for the Breast Cancer Nurse Scholarship with Western Health's BreastWest program, she jumped at the chance to build on her already extensive nursing career.

In sickness and in health – the words most of us associate with marriage vows. But for Kealba husband and wife Deb and Hilmi, this sums up their connection to Western Health.

Construction has begun on the expansion of the Sunshine Hospital Emergency Department, one of the busiest in the state. The Department currently treats around 85,000 patients each year. Once completed in mid-2021 it will have the capacity to treat an additional 59,000 patients each year.

In a world of Karadshians and Instagram where images are heavily filtered and photoshopped, a healthy lifestyle can appear to be completely unrelatable and unattainable. But in the EFM gym at Sunshine Hospital, a group of breast cancer survivors symbolise what real #fitspo is – fun, fitness and friendships.