News

Read the latest from Mercy Health, including what we’re doing in the community, information on general health developments, and other news from around our organisation.

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Our brilliant NICU team farewells one of their longest serving patients!

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Today, to the delight of his Echuca parents Amie McGillivray and Florio Skratulja, Frank, after 150 days, ‘graduated’ from NICU

Our brilliant NICU team farewells one of their longest serving patients!
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Championship Trophy on show at Werribee Mercy Hospital

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Star goalkeeper, Jamie Young, lifted the trophy with Mercy Health Chief Executive Health Services Prof Jason Payne and Werribee Mercy Hospital General Manager Maree Pane.

Championship Trophy on show at Werribee Mercy Hospital
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Mercy Health honoured at Victorian Public Healthcare Awards

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Previously, resources for gestational diabetes have been based on western diets

Mercy Health honoured at Victorian Public Healthcare Awards
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Werribee Mercy Hospital says thanks!

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The Werribee Mercy Hospital Paediatric Ward has again been the beneficiary of some colourful and creative craftsmanship which has emerged from the Wyndham Brickfest LEGO building competition held earlier this year.

Werribee Mercy Hospital says thanks!
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Werribee Mercy Hospital hosts GenV milestone event

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  Murdoch Children’s Research Institute’s GenV, the world’s largest-ever birth and parent cohort studies, is celebrating its one-year anniversary of being available to families across Victoria. All up, almost 60,000 babies, mothers and fathers have joined the study, which is recruiting in every birthing hospital across the state. The milestone was marked today at Werribee…

Werribee Mercy Hospital hosts GenV milestone event
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Werribee Mercy Hospital moves a step closer to a new Emergency Department

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Werribee Mercy Hospital is one step closer to meeting an enormous projected growth in demand, with the announcement of new architects and engineers for our $110 million Emergency Department (ED) upgrade.

Werribee Mercy Hospital moves a step closer to a new Emergency Department
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Appointment of a new Group Chief Executive Officer for Mercy Health

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In writing to Mercy Health staff today, Chair of Mercy Health, Virginia Bourke said she was pleased to be able to introduce Angela whose outstanding CEO and senior executive experience in the health and aged care sector and broad, multidisciplinary background is balanced by her authentic leadership qualities. Ms Nolan is currently the CEO of…

Appointment of a new Group Chief Executive Officer for Mercy Health
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Werribee Mercy Hospital emergency upgrade – a win for the west

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This was the message senior members of the Mercy Health Board of Directors and Executive relayed today to the Minister for Health, Martin Foley, when he visited the hospital site. Mr Foley toured parts of the campus with the Chair of the Mercy Health, Ms Virginia Bourke, the retiring Group Chief Executive Officer, Adjunct Professor…

Werribee Mercy Hospital emergency upgrade – a win for the west
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Mercy Health endorses The Y’s program to develop future care workforce

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Mercy Health supports The Y’s challenge to the next Federal Government not only to adopt the proposal but to develop it further along the lines of Mercy Health’s own ground-breaking intergenerational program in Bendigo (Victoria) established in 2020, albeit its full potential was interrupted a little by the COVID-19 pandemic. The intergenerational program involves Year…

Mercy Health endorses The Y’s program to develop future care workforce
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Emergency Department upgrade: A win for the families of Melbourne’s south west

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We have regularly highlighted not only the population growth of the City of Wyndham and western corridor but also our ageing infrastructure and the growing pressure on our emergency staff.

Emergency Department upgrade: A win for the families of Melbourne’s south west