Welcome to the Victorian Government Health Information Web site

health.vic.gov.au is a gateway to information relating to the provision of health services in Victoria.

The pages in this Website are developed and managed by the Department of Health, Victoria, Australia. Click on the Site Map above to see all of the directories.

Swine Influenza Information about the new strain of Influenza A, including links to related resources.

What's New

Order under the Food Act - semi-dried tomatoes
The Chief Health Officer has made an order under the Food Act. It is designed to prevent or reduce the possibility of a serious danger to public health, and to mitigate adverse consequences.

health Victoria: Welcome to our health publication
We welcome you to health Victoria - a monthly publication marking the formation of Victoria’s new Department of Health. The Department will oversee all health, mental health, aged care and preventative health services in Victoria. And health Victoria will keep you up-to-date with Government policy and Department programs.

Regulatory Impact Statement – Proposed Public Health and Wellbeing Regulations
The Minister for Health, the Hon Daniel Andrews MP, has released a Regulatory Impact Statement regarding the draft Public Health and Wellbeing Regulations. Public comments about the draft regulations are invited. The closing date for submissions is 16 October 2009.

Policy and Funding Guidelines 2009 - 2010
The new Victorian Health Services Policy and Funding Guidelines 2009 – 2010 are now available. It provides, for the first time, a view of all of the health and aged care funding programs. The focus is to provide funded organisations with a more comprehensive state-wide view of all health funding and policy information from a single source and to provide a better resource for their business planning needs.

Parkville Comprehensive Cancer Centre
On 7 May 2009, the Victorian Premier, The Honorable John Brumby, MP, and the Federal Health and Ageing Minister, The Honorable Nicola Roxon, MP, announced funding for the construction of a $1 billion Comprehensive Cancer Centre in Parkville, Melbourne. Construction will begin in 2011, and be completed in 2015.

Cleaning standards for Victorian health facilites
This site contains information about the cleaning standards for Victorian health facilities and the course in cleaning standards auditing.

New food safety law for Victoria
The Food Amendment (Regulation Reform) Bill 2009 has been passed by Parliament. The changes to the Food Act 1984 will give Victoria a better system for regulating the safety of food sold for human consumption. The amendments are intended to reduce the compliance costs for businesses (including community groups that sell food) by allowing regulation to be better matched to the level of food safety risk. The changes are due to come into effect in three phases between 1 July 2010 and mid-2011, once all the steps necessary for local councils and the Department of Human Services to implement each major initiative are in place.

Your hospitals Report - July 2008 to December 2008
Your hospitals: a six-monthly report on Victoria’s public hospitals. It aims to provide Victorians with an insight into public hospital performance, by focussing on key areas of service delivery and explaining, simply and clearly, their achievements as well as their remaining challenges.

Director of Hospital Data Integrity Status Report July 2009

2009 Minister for Health Volunteer Awards
The judges short-listed nominees in light of their volunteer commitment and achievements. Volunteer Award winners and commendations were announced by the Minister for Health at the Volunteer Awards ceremony held on the 14 May 2009.

Clinical Engagement
The Statewide Quality Branch has a new webpage for the Clinical Engagement projects. The recently updated Credentialling and defining the scope of clinical practice for medical practitioners in Victorian health services policy is now available as well as new information on the suite of Clinical Engagement projects currently underway.

2009 Victorian Public Healthcare Awards
Now in their fifth year, the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards provide an unparalleled opportunity to celebrate quality, innovation and excellence in our public healthcare system. The Awards recognise the diverse ways in which excellent public health and healthcare is achieved – honouring initiatives, projects, campaigns, services, individuals and teams delivering groundbreaking work that is improving Victoria’s public healthcare.