Healthcare innovation never stops. Every treatment, discovery and cure is possible because of the countless days, years and decades of work that came before. To innovate is to improve, and every improvement takes us one step closer to our vision of Victorians being the healthiest people in the world.
With people at the centre of everything we do, we will harness advances in science, advanced data, and digital technology to continuously improve the quality, appropriateness, accessibility and safety of care.
We are fortunate that some of the world's leading medical research teams are right here in Victoria. This means we can capitalise on the advances that are being made on our doorstep. We will also scour the globe for the latest and best practice models, and we will be a world leader in innovating and transforming healthcare delivery to improve consumer outcomes.
Our system will have a positive learning culture that encourages applied research and experimentation. Victorians who need emergency, urgent care or planned surgery will experience improved care experiences. We will prioritise, trial, and evaluate new virtual care technologies. We will scale up those that are evidenced as safe, improve outcomes, and demonstrate value. Women's health and mental health will receive priority attention in our ongoing pursuit of improvement and excellence.
Innovations in clinical practice will enable exceptional, more person-centric models of care, particularly for Victorians with chronic conditions. Data and digital infrastructure will also be priority investments that will drive proactive safety interventions. This will help us prevent illness and pave the way for seamless, integrated care.
Priority initiatives
- Access to planned surgery – Continue to drive best practices across the planned patient journey to ensure timely and equitable access to planned surgery.
- Progressing the mental health and wellbeing reform program – Continue to deliver the Mental Health Royal Commission recommendations to improve care quality, reduce restraint and seclusion, enhance safety and experience for all and expand the network of new local mental health and wellbeing services.
- Maternal and child health reform – Improve access, quality, consistency and connection of Maternal and Child Health services in Victoria.
Outcomes
Individual experience of care
- Accessible care
- Victorians can rely on their healthcare system to deliver care when and as they need it.
- Safety and quality
- Victorians have confidence that their healthcare is safe and high quality.
- Experience of care
- Victorians have a positive experience of person-centred care.
Equity
- System that addresses disparities
- Services address health inequality and respond to the needs and circumstances of all Victorians.
- Health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in Victoria
- Aboriginal people living in Victoria experience greater physical, social, emotional, cultural, and spiritual wellbeing.
Reviewed 29 August 2025