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Children from Tatura Children’s Centre learned about best practice oral hygiene on Tuesday 7 August, with GV Health and the Smiles 4 Miles program striving to improve oral health across the region. Smiles 4 Miles is an initiative of Dental Health Services Victoria and is implemented locally by GV Health, with the aim of improving the […]

Goulburn Valley Health assisted in promoting Indigenous culture through food on Wednesday 1 August by bringing together organisations from across the region for a special event. GV Health hosted an Indigenous cultural education session at its Community Health site to raise awareness of local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander bush tucker traditions and how services […]

Goulburn Valley Health’s lactation clinic is raising awareness of its services for women across the region, as part of World Breastfeeding Week this week. The clinic at GV Health’s Graham Street site plays a vital role in educating local women on breastfeeding and caring for their new-born, but some new mothers may not be aware […]

GV Health opened the state’s first clinic solely dedicated to treating Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) on Friday 27 July. The new service, which is being opened in conjunction with the PATCHES Paediatrics Group in Western Australia, provides an all-encompassing service to diagnose and assess children who may be affected by FASD. FASD is an […]

Goulburn Valley Health has welcomed an additional 12.9% in funding from the State Government to enhance health services in the Goulburn Valley. GV Health Interim Chief Executive, Matt Sharp, says the Goulburn Valley community will benefit from the $23.1 million increase in funding, announced by Member for Northern Victoria Mark Gepp on Wednesday 18 July 2018. […]

Goulburn Valley officially opened a dedicated Wound Clinic at Corio Street on Wednesday 18 July, as part of its Wound Awareness Week campaign. GV Health’s West Hume Region Wound Consultant, Gabrielle Munro, says the Wound Clinic will treat people whose wounds may not be healing properly. “The Clinic’s official opening is timely since GV Health had […]

35 years might seem like a long time working for one employer, but for one staff member at Goulburn Valley Health in Shepparton, 35 years is not long enough. Laundry coordinator Elaine Danda retired last Friday (29 June 2018), but her days at the health service are far from over. “I plan to return to […]

In what is believed to be an Australian first, GV Health has joined forces with 18 other health services under a consortium arrangement, collectively branded ‘Community Interlink’, to ensure that locals would always be able to access locally-governed Home Care Package coordination from their local health service.

You are invited to join GV Health for its Annual General Meeting at 3pm on Tuesday 28 November 2017

It was a typical afternoon in GV Health’s Emergency Department during the football/netball season. The waiting room was full of sporting injuries among other patients who were waiting to be seen. Arcadia’s Carmel Sorraghan had been to an external GP earlier that morning as she was suffering with flu-like symptoms and struggling to breathe. She […]

GV Health and the GV Health Foundation are working in partnership to develop a mothers and babies service for children aged -1 to 4 years in the Goulburn Valley, in response to community needs and consultation.

You are invited to join us for the 140th Annual General Meeting of GV Health at 3pm, Thursday 1 December 2016 in the Graham St, Shepparton campus dining room.
We will reflect on the last 140 years and look to the future redevelopment of the facilities with great excitement.

GV Health is committed to providing high quality mental health services to local children, youth and their families. The Victorian Chief Psychiatrist, Dr Neil Coventry, has undertaken an external review of Goulburn Valley Health’s Child and Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS). We welcome the Chief Psychiatrist’s Report and fully support the recommendations. Many of the […]

The Quality of Care Report for 2014/15 is now available.

A report on the Movement Disorder Nurse Rural Demonstration Project has been launched, following the successful completion of the two-year project.

Renovation works are underway at the GV Health emergency department to expand the waiting area and improve facilities for families.

GV Health is participating in a pilot project ‘Report Racism’ as a designated reporting place between 1 September and December 2015. The project enables people to report incidents of racism that are experienced or witnessed.

GV Health received some outstanding submissions for the GV Health mobile dental van art competition.

Nominations are being sought for the Goulburn Valley Health Community Advisory Group, with a closing date of Friday 18 September 2015.

GV Health is urging Shepparton families to talk about organ and tissue donation with their loved ones during DonateLife Week, 2 to 9 August 2015, Australia’s national awareness week to promote organ and tissue donation.

GV Health welcomes the State budget which recognises the growing overall needs our region and a willingness to put dollars back into services to assist with growth for the future.

Renovation works are beginnning at the GV Health emergency department to expand the waiting area and improve facilities for families.

Expressions of interest are invited from members of the public to apply for consumer representative positions.

International Midwives’ Day is held on 5 May and International Nurses Day is held on 12 May.

Come along to the Mother’s Day Luncheon on Friday 8 May, 12 noon at the Connection. Enjoy lunch with friends and help raise funds for a special cause.

The new GV Health Strategic Plan 2014-2018 has been officially launched and is now available to the community.

The new Acute Stroke Unit was officially opened on 15 September.

GV Health has achieved successful accreditation across four key areas: National Standards, Disability, Home and Community Care, and Mental Health.