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South West Healthcare is a leading Victorian regional hospital, providing surgical, medical, obstetric, rehabilitation, emergency, psychiatric, allied health and community health services to the south-west region of Victoria.

With a strong commitment to continuous quality improvement, inpatient facilities in Warrnambool and Camperdown are complemented by community health facilities in Camperdown, Lismore, Macarthur and Warrnambool, with community-based psychiatric services available in Camperdown, Hamilton, Portland and Warrnambool.

South West Healthcare is the sub-regional referral centre for the south-west, enhancing local health care by providing a number of medical and surgical specialities, reducing the need for patients to travel to metropolitan hospitals.

Latest News

SWH’s Stroke Team takes to the water

They may be first-timers to the sport but what SWH’s contingent lacks in skill they make up for in planning. For starters, they’ve got:

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Patients the winners of another SWH Victoria-first

Wednesday, 3 February 2010


South West Healthcare has become the first Victorian health service to adopt an initiative being heralded in the United Kingdom and New Zealand as a godsend for freeing-up nurses so more time can be spent hands-on with patients.

Overseas, Releasing Time to Care – The Productive Ward, as the initiative’s known, has halved handover times and doubled the time available for providing direct care. Impressive results that have taken participating health services just 12 months to achieve. ...[Go to full story]


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Recent Stories

 •  SWH’s Stroke Team takes to the water  
 •  Patients the winners of another SWH Victoria-first  
 •  Christmas Ball raises $42,000!   
 •  SS ABRAHAMS joins SWH fleet  
 •  STAR beat’s star shines bright  


 • More news items are here.