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RFDS Goldfields Health Centre officially opens in Kalgoorlie

25 Aug 2025

The RFDS Goldfields Health Centre supported by Northern Star Resources has officially opened at 158 Egan Street Kalgoorlie, delivering much needed general practitioner services to the Goldfields community.

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22 Jan 2025

Our bank account has changed, but our mission hasn’t

We have changed banks to provide you with more options and better security when donating to the RFDS in WA.

RFDS team member giving an activity book to a young boy
08 Jan 2025

New Aboriginal artwork at Jandakot base

Jandakot has recently undergone a makeover, thanks to the hard work of RFDS WA Head of Nursing, Paul Ingram who commissioned Aboriginal artwork to be displayed around the base.

Aboriginal Artwork
07 Jan 2025

RFDS to open its first permanent GP clinic in Kalgoorlie

The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Western Australia (RFDS WA) will open its first permanent GP clinic in Kalgoorlie in 2025 to support the growing demand for primary health care in the Goldfields.

RFDS GP with patient
18 Dec 2024

Call for airstrip owners to assist the RFDS

The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Western Australia (RFDS WA) has launched an awareness campaign in regional Western Australia to improve safety for patients and crews at small airstrips.

PC-12 on a dirt airstrip
19 Nov 2024

Mother-to-be Helen's emergency flight to Perth

First time mother-to-be Helen did everything right throughout her pregnancy this year. She hung up her riding helmet and was taking extra care around the horses. But one hot February morning, a regular day at the stud took a dramatic turn.

Helen and baby Theo at the Christmas tree
15 Nov 2024

Royal Flying Doctor Service WA celebrates major achievements at 2024 AGM

The RFDS WA held our Annual General Meeting (AGM) at our Jandakot headquarters where the 2023-24 Financial Report and Annual Report were presented for formal endorsement by the Board.

Judith Barker and Sam Walsh standing with the Life Member recipients
25 Oct 2024

Our Robin Miller Scholarship intern

Tessa Mitchell recently interned with the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Western Australia as a student flight nurse.

Tessa standing in front of a PC-24
22 Oct 2024

Stay safe this harvest season

For the past 96 years, the nurses, doctors and pilots of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) have been no strangers to Western Australian grain-growers.

PC-12 taking off from a paddock.