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What Treaty means for health
10 July 2026
Equity and access to healthcare was on the agenda at this year’s NAIDOC Week celebrations, as part of milestone celebrations marking of 50 Years of Deadly.
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Sandringham maternity comes home
1 July 2026
Women and babies will continue to receive high-quality care at Sandringham Hospital, with maternity, newborn and gynaecology services transferring from Monash Health to Bayside Health today.
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Management of Women’s and Newborn Services moving to Bayside Health
20 March 2026
The management of Women’s and Newborn Services at Sandringham Hospital will transfer from Monash Health to Bayside Health in the second half of 2026.
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Companioning for better health outcomes
16 February 2026
A partnership between The Alfred’s Hospital Admissions Risk Program (HARP) and charity Social Health Australia (SHA) is improving health outcomes by pairing patients with volunteer ‘companions’.
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Keeping safe and cool in the heat
6 January 2026
With the hot weather hitting Victoria, it’s a good time to refresh how to stay safe and cool this summer.
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Welcome to Bayside Health
1 January 2026
Victoria’s newest health service, Bayside Health, has come to life to benefit more than one million Victorians through better connected care.
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Nurses call for safety on roads this summer
19 December 2025
Nurses across The Alfred’s Emergency, Trauma and Intensive Care departments are urging all Victorians to prioritise safety on the roads this summer – especially when it comes to motorbikes.
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Health services welcome the new Bayside Board
16 October 2025
We welcome the Victorian Minister for Health’s announcement of the inaugural board and board chair for Bayside Health.
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Health services welcome Health Minister’s formal approval of Bayside Health voluntary merger
29 August 2025
We welcome the Victorian Minister for Health’s formal approval of the proposed voluntary merger to create Bayside Health — a unified health service that will bring Alfred Health, Bass Coast Health, Gippsland Southern Health Service, Kooweerup Regional Health Service and Peninsula Health together.
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New, minimally invasive epilepsy surgery is changing lives
7 April 2025
The Alfred is the first hospital in Victoria and the second in Australia to offer a new and highly effective kind of brain surgery to treat previously ‘inoperable’ drug-resistant epilepsy.
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