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First in world-class health care for the Ballarat region.
Ballarat Health Services has been providing quality care for the Ballarat and Grampians region for more than 160 years.
We work to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, their families, and our community.
Ballarat Health Services is a total health care provider.
That means we care for patients and the community with a comprehensive range of general and specialist care, across every key medical and healthcare discipline.
Acute Care
Sub-Acute Care
Residential Care
Community Care
Psychiatric Services
Rehabilitation Services
Putting our patients' health first.
All of our staff, and all of the services we provide, are guided by a simple philosophy: "Don't settle for second best."
We want the best for our patients and their families, and they deserve the very best from us.
This website will introduce you to several of the ways that Ballarat Health Services is a leader in health care by putting the health of the community first.
Please let us know if there is any other information you would like, or any questions you have about Ballarat Health Services.
Ballarat Health Services operates the Ballarat Base Hospital, the largest regional hospital in the Grampians region. It is the principal referral hospital for the entire region, which extends from Bacchus Marsh to the South Australian border, an area of 48,000 square kilometres.
More than 230,000 people, or 4.4 per cent of the population of Victoria, live in the Grampians Region.
Ballarat Health Services employs around 4,000 staff to ensure optimum care is provided for all patients, families and visitors.
Ballarat Health Services was established on 1 January 1997 to unite and enhance three respected public health services: Queen Elizabeth Centre, Ballarat Base Hospital and Grampians Psychiatric Services.
Ballarat has a population of around 100,000 people and is Australia's 20th largest city.
Profile of Ballarat Health Services
The key services are based at two sites, the Base Hospital site and the Queen Elizabeth Centre site. Each site is located close to the central business district, with the remaining residential, day centres and community sites located throughout Ballarat.
The Base Hospital site
Includes the acute hospital, emergency and diagnostic services as well as adult and secure psychiatric beds.
The Queen Elizabeth Centre site
Includes the inpatient rehabilitation ward, palliative care ward, assessment ward, psycho-geriatric assessment and extended care and nursing home:
There are 13 off-site facilities in Ballarat and a number of community based psychiatric services in Horsham, Stawell, Ararat and Bacchus Marsh.
Ballarat Health Services includes acute, aged and mental health beds.
Significant efforts continue to be devoted to improving the quality, responsiveness and accessibility of psychiatric services through ensuring persons who have a mental illness,and their families are routinely provided with the range of internationally recognised evidence-based and best practice treatments proven to provide the best opportunity of recovery.
Clinicians are being supported with a comprehensive training, education and professional development program which is regularly reviewed, evaluated and assessed to ensure it is achieving the desired outcomes.
Beds at Ballarat Health Services
Acute
224
Residential Aged Care
424
Sub-acute
70
Mental health
67
Total beds
785
Contact details
Ballarat Base Hospital (03) 5320 4000; Drummond Street North (enter via Sturt Street), Ballarat. Rehabilitation services (Queen Elizabeth Centre) (03) 5320 3700, 102 Ascot Street South, Ballarat Mental Health Services (03) 5320 4100, Sturt Street, Ballarat
Postal address
PO Box 577
Ballarat 3353
Copyright 2010 Ballarat Health Services - Damian Georgiou
Ballarat Health Services has been providing quality care for the Ballarat and Grampians region for more than 160 years.
based and best practice treatments proven to provide the best opportunity of recovery.
