About The Alfred

The Alfred has one of Australia’s busiest emergency and trauma centres, the state’s largest Intensive Care Unit and is home to multiple statewide services.

We have Victoria’s only heart and lung transplant service, the Victorian Adults Burn Service and the Victorian Melanoma Service.

Patients come to The Alfred for speciality services like comprehensive cancer care, respiratory medicine, cardiology and cardiovascular services and in patient and community psychiatry care.

Our services & clinics

Aged care

Community services

Diagnosis & investigation

Emergency, trauma & intensive care

Medical & surgical

Mental health

Rehabilitation

Specialised support services

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Latest news

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Roni Murphy won HESTA's Outstanding Graduate Award for developing a new record keeping system that improves the care experience of patients who have difficulty communicating.

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A global study led by The Alfred has found giving patients more IV fluids during surgery can reduce the risk of kidney damage and wound infection post-surgery, solving a decades-old debate.

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