Preparing a new hospital goes far beyond construction. At Footscray Hospital, hundreds of storerooms are being meticulously stocked with over 10,500 medical items to ensure everything is ready for day one.

A new pelvic pain service will soon strengthen women’s health care in Melbourne’s west, delivering more coordinated support closer to home.

Professor Sweet is the inaugural Chair of Midwifery in the Deakin University Western Health partnership, a fulltime research role that is still rare in Australian maternity services.

Local RSL, Legacy, Lions Club and contractors team up to create new public space.

Western Health’s Chief Nursing and Midwifery Informatics Officer Kylee Ross has been awarded a prestigious national scholarship. 

A year after launching at Bacchus Marsh, the Midwife Group Practice (MGP) is already transforming the birth experience for local families, with 155 babies welcomed through the continuity-of-care program in its first 12 months.

Western Health is advising the community to expect longer wait times at Sunshine and Footscray Hospital emergency departments as both sites experience exceptionally high demand.

Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies service will operate twice a month at Melton Health and Community Services, commencing Monday 18 May.

Staff at Footscray Hospital marked Reconciliation Week by learning traditional Aboriginal weaving.

Sunshine Hospital is helping save lives with a free, 24/7 naloxone vending machine as part of an Australian-first overdose prevention trial.