Welcome to Barwon Health's new website

This website aims to provide comprehensive information on our services and programs. Some areas of this website are still under development, so make sure you check back regularly to see our improvements. Any feedback and suggestions are welcome - visit 'Contact us' to let us know your thoughts. 

Who we are

Barwon Health is Victoria’s largest regional health service. We provide high quality, safe, people-focussed care to more than 450,000 people in Geelong and South Western Victoria. Health services available through Barwon Health cover the full spectrum from emergency and acute to mental heath, primary care, community services, aged care and subacute/rehabilitation.

Barwon Health serves a geographically dispersed population through 2 major sites with 973 beds and over 21 sites stretching from Geelong down the coast to Torquay, Angelsea and Lorne.

Barwon Health is there for our community, every hour of every day, through all stages of life.

:: NEWS & EVENTS

Barwon Health Professor wins inaugural grant Professor Trisha Dunning, Barwon Health and Deakin University’s Chair of Nursing, has been awarded the inaugural Ella Lowe Grant for her research into providing the best possible treatment for patients with diabetes receiving palliative care. click here

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Staying healthy at any age It isn't easy being a young person. Young people face many difficulties as they move from childhood to adulthood. For information about how Barwon Health is helping young people stay healthy, click here. click here

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Minister for Mental Health opens Prevention and Recovery Care Service On 14 March 2008, Minister for Mental Health, Lisa Neville opened Barwon Health’s Prevention and Recovery Care (PARC) Service at the Community Rehabilitation Facility in Belmont. click here

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Launch of Advance Care Planning Program Advance Care Planning is new free service provided by Barwon Health to help people plan and decide what medical treatment they would want if they were to become seriously ill and unable to make decisions for themselves. click here

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Stage 1 of New ED close to completion Construction of the Geelong Hospital's new Emergency Department is well advanced with Stage 1 due to be completed in June. click here

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