About Us
Western Diagnostic Pathology is one of Western Australia’s (WA) leading pathology providers, servicing all of WA, including the Northern Territory (NT). Located in Jandakot, our new world-class main laboratory houses almost 400 staff and spans across 5500 sqm making it Western Australia’s largest medical and veterinary laboratory.
With over 230 collection sites, 10 laboratories across both WA and NT and over 1000 staff members, we are committed to supporting doctors by delivering timely, accurate and high-quality diagnostic results for their patients.
We recognise that around 70% of all medical decisions and diagnoses rely on pathology and hence, understand the importance of our role when providing results back to doctors for their patients.
We have a team of more than 1000 people including, Pathologists, Scientists, Collectors, Couriers and Laboratory Assistants all supported by our Operations, Logistics, Administration, Data entry and Call Centre teams.
While our main laboratory is located in Jandakot, we have 8 laboratories across WA– many which are based in hospitals and two based in the NT, ensuring we get results back to doctors as soon as possible.
Western Diagnostic Pathology is part of the broader Healius Pathology Pty Ltd network of specialist pathologist practices. As such, Western Diagnostic Pathology has the governance and support infrastructure that comes with being part of a top 100 ASX publicly listed entity.
Services and Products
Workplace Health & Safety
Western Diagnostic Pathology offers a number of Workplace Health & Safety services for commercial clients for their employees.
National Network
Western Diagnostic Pathology is part of a national network of pathology practices that service patients across metro, regional, and remote areas.
Specialised Laboratories
In addition, we also have a number of specialised laboratories dedicated to genetics, dermatopathology, women’s health, and veterinary pathology who we partner with.
Company History
Western Diagnostic Pathology was founded in 1972 by Dr D.J. McCully and four other pathologist partners from Sir Charles Gardner Hospital Perth, Western Australia.
Initially called ‘Western Pathology’, the company rapidly expanded and was quickly recognised as Western Australia’s leading pathology provider.
In 1986, Markalinga (a renowned developer and owner of Perth and Sydney’s premier tertiary private hospitals) purchased the shares in the operating company of Western Pathology with Dr McCully and the other senior pathologists continuing to retain ownership of the pathology partnership.
Since then, the practice has experienced a number of different controlling shareholders and in 2008 was acquired by Healius Ltd and became part of the Healius Pathology network of pathology practices.
Western Diagnostic Pathology has continued to successfully expand with a number of key milestones including:
- The opening of the largest Pathology Laboratory in Western Australia on Tuesday 18 May 2021. The new combined facility in Jandakot for Western Diagnostic Pathology (WDP) and Vetpath Laboratory Services (Vetpath), represents a major investment in service delivery through innovation. This elegantly designed facility provides advanced testing across Western Australia and the Northern Territory and was delivered on time and within budget, despite the disruptions caused by the global pandemic (2021).
- Increased capacity for critical COVID-19 testing enabling a significant reduction in result turnaround times of positive or negative cases for quarantine purposes (2021).
- The commencement of servicing the remote offshore drilling platforms and islands in the far north of the Australian territories (2012).
- The take-over of ‘MedVet’ from the SA Government, expanding our commitment to aboriginal and remote health care (2010).
- The expansion of the geographic coverage of its service by operating a laboratory and collection service in Darwin (2005).
Development and Training
As part of our ongoing commitment to premium patient care, we work closely with our referring medical practitioners to continuously improve our understanding of laboratory medicine and diagnostics.
Ultimately, we’re dedicated to educating and training our employees and all referring doctors in the latest medical diagnostics and their application to quality patient care.
A commitment to professional development nationwide.
Western Diagnostic Pathology is one of the country’s largest providers and hosts of professional development events for GPs. We’re also the largest private trainer of specialist pathology registrars in Australia.
In fact, the Healius Institute has been set up specifically to provide certificate level qualifications for all our employees.
Accreditation
When you partner with us, you can be assured that all our facilities and services have obtained the highest level of accreditation available in Australia.
- Our laboratory services are accredited by the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA).
- An extensive internal Quality Control Program is evident throughout all areas of testing.
- Participation in continuous external Quality Assurance Programs of the Royal College of Pathologists (RCPA).
What’s more, we have accreditation and compliance with Quality Management Standards that include Australian Standard AS ISO 15189 – Medical Laboratories – Particular requirements for quality and competence.
We also have accreditation to Australia/New Zealand Standard AS 4308:2008 and AS 4760:2006 (Sec 2,4,5).
In fact, we are the only Australian network with TGA (Therapeutic Goods Administration 2013 Code of GMP and to TGO88) accreditation of a laboratory facility. We also comply with Breath Samples: Australian Standard AS3547.
Finally, our pathologists are Fellows of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia and participate in ongoing professional development.