St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne is the proud recipient of the 2025 Premier’s Large Health Service Award, the highest recognition a health service can receive in Victoria! Presented at last night’s Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, this award reflects the tremendous efforts of everyone across St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne and affirms our commitment to delivering safe, high-quality, compassionate care. It is a collective achievement, that wouldn’t have been possible without our more than 7000 staff, who demonstrate unwavering dedication to our patients, residents, clients and communities. St Vincent’s was also proud to be a finalist in two other categories, with the Better Health and Housing Program nominated for the Excellence in values-based healthcare category, and our Minimum Category Three triage for First Nations patients in the ED initiative, a finalist for Excellence in Aboriginal health and wellbeing. A heartfelt thank you to everyone at St Vincent’s for their contribution, and to our partners, supporters, and our patients and families who entrust us with their care.
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
Hospitals and Health Care
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St Vincent's cares. Always has. Always will.
About us
St Vincent’s Melbourne, a public hospital part of Australia’s largest not-for-profit health and aged care provider, established in 1857. Delivering better and fairer care. Always. #StVincents
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http://www.svhm.org.au
External link for St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
- Industry
- Hospitals and Health Care
- Company size
- 5,001-10,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Fitzroy, Victoria
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1893
- Specialties
- Medical, surgical, allied health and mental health services, Nurse education, Research and tertiary referral centre, Community-based assessment and treatment services, Palliative care services, Residential aged care services, and Clinical training services
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41 Victoria Parade
Fitzroy, Victoria 3065, AU
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St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne reposted this
Bringing Care Home is our plan to take the best of St Vincent’s care beyond our hospital and aged care walls and into homes and communities across the country 🌏 Bringing Care Home builds on the extraordinary legacy of innovation and compassion that has defined St Vincent’s for more than 165 years and it will shape the way we respond to the growing needs of our population and the pressures on the health and aged care systems. At the heart of this strategy is a simple ambition: to make care more personal, more accessible and more connected. Together, we will build Australia’s largest virtual and home care system, delivering 50 per cent of our care in people’s homes and by virtual and digital platforms by 2030 🤝 Our world-class hospitals and their precincts will become ‘hubs’ to support specialised care everywhere – whether in people’s homes, in aged care facilities, or on people’s mobile phones. As hubs, they will connect integrated care throughout the community, taking on even more important roles, not just in their local areas, but across the state and nationally. Change is coming. St Vincent’s will lead it 💙
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St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne reposted this
Yesterday marked an important step forward for mental health in Australia with the announcement that St Vincent's Health Australia will deliver the Medicare Mental Health Check In service, which launches in January next year. As part of our partnership with the Australian Government, St Vincent’s will design and develop the service to ensure that Australians experiencing stress, distress, or anxiety can quickly access evidence-based tools, programs and qualified mental health practitioners when they need it most. Thank you very much to the Minister for Health and Ageing Mark Butler and Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Emma McBride for joining us at yesterday's announcement. I’m incredibly proud to see St Vincent’s reshaping Australia’s digital mental health landscape and supporting the wellbeing of individuals and communities right across the country.
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St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne reposted this
St Vincent’s is proud to partner with the Australian Government to launch a game changing new mental health service - Medicare Mental Health Check In. With resources available from January 1, this service will provide free, accessible mental health support for everyone. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gRRcJxYw
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This is a powerful article about how St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne has tailored its Emergency Department care for First Nations patients and how it has helped close the gap in wait times between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people without affecting overall patient flow. We’re glad to have the support of the Australian Medical Association (NSW), Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association, Australasian College for Emergency Medicine , The Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation (Victorian Branch) and the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) in this important work. Delivering specialised care to the most vulnerable groups in our community is a core part of our work, and we will continue taking steps to achieve the best health outcomes for all our patients. Read the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) story: https://lnkd.in/dN3Ky_gB
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A glimpse inside St Vincent’s Melbourne’s kitchen, circa 1952. Nurses and dietitians prepared meals with precision and care to support patients’ recovery. Decades later, that same commitment continues through our amazing kitchen staff who are still working to provide better and fairer care. Always. 📸 St Vincent's Melbourne Archives
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St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne reposted this
This statement of support from the Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association, the Australasian College of Physicians, and the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine means an enormous amount. Thank you for standing with St Vincent's as we work together to improve health equity.
AIDA is proud to stand together with Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne and The Royal Australasian College of Physicians to make a stand for equity in healthcare. We support St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne Chief Executive Nicole Tweddle’s statement reaffirming the hospital’s commitment to prioritising triage for all First Nations patients presenting to the Emergency Department (ED). Dr Olivia O’Donoghue, AIDA Acting President, echoed the response from St Vincent’s Hospital, reiterating that the policy is not about preferential treatment, it is about creating equity. 🗞️ Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/gPUNsvUx
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AI in healthcare is evolving fast. From home-care robots to clinical chatbots, new technologies are transforming the way care is delivered across Australia. “Clients still receive a weekly face-to-face meeting, but between these meetings … the [AI] system allows a daily check-in, which can then escalate any potential concerns to either our team or a client’s family,” said Dean Jones, National Director of St Vincent’s At Home to The Guardian Australia. We see AI as a tool to support, not replace, the compassion and expertise of our people. Every innovation we embrace must strengthen our mission to provide better and fairer care. Always. Read more here: https://bit.ly/47sySBA
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The St Vincent’s mission has always been about helping people who face barriers to accessing quality healthcare - and that's exactly what our Minimum Category Three Triage for First Nations patients policy sets out to do.
It’s been a big week, with a lot said about my hospital, my colleagues, and the work we do. I just want to say I’m incredibly proud of St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne and our team. Having a policy that is evidence-based, best practice in terms of delivering equitable healthcare, and driven by our St Vincent’s values, brought down by misinformation and ignorance has been very disappointing and upsetting. But I have to say, alongside the vitriol, it’s been amazing to also receive such warm support from across the health sector – in Victoria and across Australia – from clinicians, administrators, and policymakers. People who understand what we’re doing and back us. I’m very grateful. I thought I’d finish the week by setting the record straight on St Vincent’s Melbourne’s approach to supporting health outcomes among First Nations patients who present to our Emergency Department. Why we introduced the policy we have; what impact it’s had; and addressing some of the misinformation and distortion that’s out there. We found at St Vincent’s that First Nations patients were three times more likely than non-Indigenous patients to leave our ED without being seen. They were also waiting, on average, three times longer compared to non-Indigenous patients. We worked with the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service and others – including First Nations staff and patients – to implement what’s known as a Minimum Category Three Triage policy. Under our policy, we decided to assign a minimum Category 3 to all First Nations patients so they would begin their treatment more promptly. It’s worked without compromising care for patients presenting with a serious or life-threatening emergency – regardless of their background – or upsetting overall ED flow. This is healthcare equity in action. And I stand by it. I invite you to read my piece here to find out more: https://lnkd.in/gn8MkcVD