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We were excited to have held another Volunteer Induction on Wednesday 5th April in Ballarat, onboarding 10 wonderful volunteers.

Grampians Health’s Ballarat Base Hospital will hold a grand opening for a new, volunteer-run gift shop on Thursday 18 May, 2023 at 10 am. The opening of the gift shop will occur during National Volunteers Week.

May 20 is International Clinical Trials Day, and Grampians Health is celebrating a milestone of over 100 clinical trials currently open. Clinical trials are an important part of the advancement of medical research and treatment, helping patients find the best treatment for them, now and into the future.

This week we held an event to celebrate our wonderful Volunteers that dedicate their time to Grampians Health Ballarat.

Grampians Health Ballarat have launched their Tax Appeal to upgrade their mobile dental clinics. Grampians Health mobile dental clinics provide education and treatment in early childhood centres and provide dental clinics for maternity patients, people experiencing disadvantage and homelessness, and for all residents in Grampians Health Ballarat Aged Care homes.

On Wednesday 17th May, we hosted a morning tea for our Volunteers in Lederman Hall Ballarat during National Volunteer Week. It was wonderful to have so many members of our Volunteer Team attend and enjoy the celebrations.

The first tower crane as part of the Ballarat Base Hospital Redevelopment has been named after Maureen Woodford in recognition of her outstanding contributions to Grampians Health as a volunteer.

Grampians Health Ballarat are doubling all online donations to their Dental Health Tax Appeal on the weekend of Friday 23 June – Sunday 25th June, thanks to the generosity of a group of anonymous donors. All online donations made over the Matched Giving Weekend will have double the impact.

We are so thrilled that our first tower crane as part of the Ballarat Base Hospital Redevelopment has been named after Maureen Woodford, in recognition of her outstanding contributions to Grampians Health as a volunteer.

Grampians Health has delivered the first clinical trial consumer awareness session as part of a new educational initiative by the VCCC Alliance.

Grampians Health is thrilled to announce the appointment of Stuart Squire as Director Capital Projects to help lead the delivery of state-of-the-art health infrastructure across our campuses.

Kate Connor never thought she would be a Security Guard. But a fortuitous career change has Kate placed exactly where she wants to be.

The Ballarat Marathon is proud to announce the Ballarat Health Services Foundation as its headline charity partner. The official announcement will occur at the Ballarat Base Hospital on Thursday 24 August 2023 at 9am.

A Ballarat Radiation Oncologist has helped deliver more than 1500 treatments closer to home for cancer patients since the introduction of a Gynaecological Radiotherapy program.

Grampians Health has joined an innovative clinical trial of a new point-of-care testing solution that will enable our staff to quickly and efficiently test those presenting to our Emergency Department (ED) for COVID or flu, leading to a faster triaging process.

As a token of appreciation, Grampians Health Ballarat and the Ballarat Health Services Foundation hosted a donor and supporter Thank you Afternoon Tea on Wednesday 6 September 2023 at the Ballarat Regional Soccer Facility at Morshead Park, Redan.

Grampians Health’s new $5 million Emergency Ambulatory Care (EAC) facility aims to alleviate pressures within the Emergency Department and reduce wait times.

Construction works to expand Grampians Health’s multi-deck car park at the Ballarat Base Hospital are set to commence next month.

Grampians Health Anaesthetic Research Coordinator Natasha Brice is proud of the success of the ROCKet (Reduction Of Chronic post-surgical pain with Ketamine) trial in Ballarat.

Grampians Health’s Medical Oncologist and Associate Investigator Dr Wasek Faisal and Clinical Trial Coordinator Mr Ethan Pitman recently represented Australia at an international investigator meeting for a lung cancer clinical trial targeting a rare cancer mutation.