St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne

04/03/2026

Read full ABC News article here: https://tinyurl.com/425bwb4t

26/02/2026

🌍✨ From Melbourne to Antarctica, St Vincent’s patient Rachel Smith has scaled new heights. On 7 January, she stood atop Antarctica’s highest peak, becoming the first woman with Type 1 diabetes to conquer the mountain. 🏔️💙

Rachel’s diagnosis has meant some big life changes, but it certainly hasn’t stopped her from living life to its fullest.

Read full story 👉 https://tinyurl.com/tmknkrs5

12/02/2026

A research study underway at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne is exploring new approaches to better understand migraine. The study, which was awarded a prestigious grant from the Brain Foundation last year, is examining different ways to measure CGRP – a protein known to play a role in migraine activity.

The study is being led by SVHM Neurologist and Headache Specialist Associate Professor Lauren Sanders, in collaboration with the University of Otago in New Zealand.

05/02/2026

Medical Intern Shanee shared some insights from her first few weeks at St Vincent’s Melbourne 🏥

We welcomed Premier and Minister for Mental Health onsite to meet some of the St Vincent’s Education and Learning team, interns and graduate nurses.

14/01/2026

We’re proud to share that St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne has been awarded the 2025 ACEM Foundation Al Spilman Award for Cultural Safety Initiatives in an Emergency Department.
 
This recognition reflects our Emergency Department’s commitment to culturally safe care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients, including initiatives that have closed gaps in wait times and strengthened early engagement through Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officers.

08/01/2026

We’re delighted to welcome 59 new Medical Interns as they begin their careers with St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne. After years of study and dedication, they are now taking their first steps as medical practitioners, bringing fresh enthusiasm, curiosity and compassion to our patients and teams.

Over the course of the year, they will rotate through a range of specialties including cardiothoracic surgery, emergency, cardiology, stroke, general medicine, breast and endocrine surgery, consultant liaison psychiatry, colorectal surgery, anaesthetics, rehabilitation, upper GI surgery, hepatobiliary surgery, palliative care, urology, renal and geriatrics.

We look forward to watching our new Interns develop their clinical skills, explore their interests and navigate this exciting stage of their careers 👏

04/01/2026

31/12/2025

Take a step towards better wellbeing 🧠

Medicare Mental Health Check In is a new digital mental health service designed to support your mental wellbeing. Get started today with free access to practical and evidence-based advice and actions to help you feel better and more in control.

Discover more 👉 https://tinyurl.com/3mpewenh

31/12/2025

🎄 Merry Christmas from St Vincent’s 🎄

As we come to the end of 2025, we want to thank our incredible people for their compassion, professionalism and care, especially in a year that has asked so much of us.

Thank you to our patients, residents and broader community who trust us with their care and are at the heart of everything we do. To everyone taking a well-earned break as well as those caring for others over the festive season, thank you.

We wish you a safe, peaceful and restorative Christmas and look forward to continuing our mission together in 2026 💚

29/12/2025

📊 Our 2025 Annual Report is now available, highlighting a year of compassionate care, progress and impact across health and aged care.

Read about our team of over 30,000 people and the extraordinary impact they've made this year 👇 https://tinyurl.com/2u6346yj

28/12/2025

Huge congratulations to SVHM Emergency Physician Dr Georgina Phillips (pictured right) 👏

Dr Phillips has won the ACEM Global Emergency Care Research Award for the fourth consecutive year. An outstanding achievement recognising impactful research advancing emergency care in low- and middle-income countries.

This year’s award-winning paper, Women on the frontline: exploring the gendered experience for Pacific healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, was published in The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific and co-authored with colleagues from Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Australia 🌏

15/12/2025

Our thoughts and prayers are with the loved ones of those who have tragically lost their lives and Australia’s Jewish community. Our team at St Vincent’s will continue to bring their best, as they always do, caring for those impacted.