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Telethon funding enables RFDS WA to purchase neonatal equipment

24 Feb 2026

Thanks to generous funding from Telethon, Woodside Energy and the Western Australian community, critically ill newborns across the state will benefit from safer, faster and more standardised aeromedical transfers, with new neonatal equipment to be used across the RFDS WA fleet.

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13 Jan 2023

RFDS Australia's Most Reputable Charity

The RFDS named Australia's Most Reputable Charity

rfds flight nurse and doctor sitting in aircraft
19 Dec 2022

The RFDS in WA sees an increase in calls for help early this festive season

The Royal Doctor Service of WA (RFDS) has seen an increase in calls related to accidents in regional WA during the past week.

RFDS WA PC-12 plane with green and red christmas lights on tarmac
29 Nov 2022

RFDS patient calls for support this Christmas

A Perth mother-of-two who suffered a life-threatening emergency while on holiday in the South West is encouraging Western Australians to support the Royal Flying Doctor Service (WA) this Christmas.

Toni calls for support
11 Nov 2022

RFDS WA crews pause for Remembrance Day

This Remembrance Day, Royal Flying Doctor Service crews across Western Australia paused at 11am to reflect on the price that Australia and countries around the world have paid through wars and conflict since the First World War.

RFDS WA crews pause for Remembrance Day