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The six minute walk test is to access your oxygen levels. 

Fluoroscopy is a type of medical imaging that shows continuous X-ray images on a monitor, much like an X-ray movie. 

Breast imaging is a subspecialty of diagnostic radiology. It involves a range of imaging procedures using low dose x-ray or ultrasound, sometimes both methods are used.

Heart Failure Symptom & Early Review HelplineA specialist Heart Failure Nurse Practitioner is available to support patients after they leave hospital.Patients (or their support person) can call and get advice/support from an experienced Heart Failure Nurse Practitioner if they have concerns about the signs and symptoms that they are experiencing.If you are experiencing chest pain or a medical emergency, please call the ambulance on 000.

Grampians Health Ballarat provide inpatient and outpatient medical services across the Ballarat and Grampians regions. 

The Heart Failure Clinic provides outpatient care for patients with heart failure across the Ballarat region.

Grampians Health Ballarat Dialysis Unit is a twelve-station state-of-the-art facility providing Haemodialysis to patients with end-stage renal disease. Support is also provided for patients dialysing in the region, who require additional treatments in Ballarat. Holiday Dialysis enquiries are welcome any time.

The Gastroenterology Team cares for adult patients admitted as inpatients with gastroenterology conditions. This means conditions that do not require surgery and involve the bowel and the liver.

The Cardiology team helps people with heart related conditions.  The team provides a range of diagnostic services, as well as intervention-based cardiology services.

The Neurology team helps patients with stroke and neurology conditions that involve the brain and nerves. This may include seizures, epilepsy and multiple sclerosis.  

The diabetes team provide diagnosis and ongoing management for patients experiencing all types of diabetes.  Patients have access to a range of specialists and clinicians including an endocrinologist, endocrine registrar and diabetes educators. The team work alongside other specialists and programs to offer the best care for you. 

Our team has expertise across Respiratory, General Medicine and Clinical Allergy.We are able to perform Diagnostic Bronchoscopy and pleural procedures. Our team also treats Pulmonary Fibrosis, severe Asthma and Oxygen Therapy as well as a range of other treatments.

The Rapid Access Lung Lesion Clinic (RALLC) provides a single referral pathway for patients with a proven or suspected diagnosis of Lung Cancer.

A single point of access for those patients needing investigation and treatment of iron deficiency (including intravenous iron infusion). 

The MDU is a service for patients who are well enough to receive a medication by infusion (drip) to treat their medical condition.

General Surgery Services provide inpatient and outpatient treatment for elective and emergency general surgical patients. 

We care for critically ill patients. Critical illness is a condition where life cannot be sustained without invasive therapeutic interventions. A wide variety of diseases may lead to critical illness.

In this section you will find a selection of fact sheets on pregnancy care and other relevant information and resources that may be useful to you.

In this section you will find information on vaginal birth and caesarean section. There is also information on pain relief options, induction of labour and other potential outcomes from birthing babies.

In this section you will find information on babies’ needles, hearing and newborn screening, safe sleeping and wrapping of babies and other information of interest.