News & stories

Co-designed artwork adorning the walls at Wren

16 October 2025

Lived experience, participants and a beloved Australian artist have come together to beautify the walls of the Women’s Recovery Network (Wren), the inpatient mental health clinic for women run by Alfred Health and Ramsay Health.

mental health

women's health

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. 

patients

staff

Open Dialogue is transforming mental health care

2 October 2025

Victoria’s leading mental health services have embraced a pioneering therapeutic approach from overseas, marking a transformative shift in care across Australia.

mental health

youth mental health

Celebrating World Pharmacists Day

25 September 2025

Between calls, we managed to catch Lead Pharmacist for Home, Acute and Community, Duy Le, and wish him a Happy World Pharmacists Day! 

pharmacy

Critical Care Appeal raising lifesaving funds for Mobile ECPR

5 September 2025

This year’s Critical Care Appeal is fundraising to support Mobile ECPR, an advanced form of life support which takes over the function of the heart and lungs for patients in the community after cardiac arrest. 

ecmo

fundraising

heart failure

Family night at The Alfred ICU

1 September 2025

Recently Julie and Bill travelled from Gippsland to get to know their daughter’s “other family”.

icu

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.

patients

staff

Australian-first trial aims to halve prostate cancer treatment time

22 August 2025

The Alfred has become the first hospital in Australia to trial a groundbreaking treatment approach for intermediate-risk prostate cancer, cutting the number of sessions required for radiation therapy to the whole prostate by more than half.

cancer

patients

radiation therapy

Life in the Alfred ICU

13 August 2025

Most people who pass by The Alfred’s ICU building are unaware of what happens inside – but anyone who has entered its doors as a staff member, a patient or a loved one, will have a compelling story to tell.

icu

patients

trauma

World-first trial takes aim at deadly silicosis

8 August 2025

New hope is on the horizon for silicosis sufferers with Melbourne experts set to embark on a world-first trial designed to halt progression of the deadly lung disease.

clinical trials

lung

respiratory