Media Relations at Barwon Health

The Public Affairs and Communications department manages all media relations and enquiries relating to Barwon Health, staff, patients, and research activities. We are the first point of contact for any media enquiry or photo opportunity at any of our sites across the Barwon South West Region.

Media opportunities at our sites are subject to approval and will be assessed case-by-case. A Public Affairs and Communications staff member will escort media during approved visits, including for interviews, filming, and photography.

Switchboard (general enquiries) (03) 4215 0000

Media Officer on-call (03) 4215 1119

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Standard business hours are Monday to Friday, 8.30am-5pm.

Urgent after-hours media enquiries must be phoned through.

News

Thursday, 19 April 2018.

Victorian Employer Enablement Project to leapfrog journey to access and inclusion for three leading employers

In March, The Australian Network on Disability (AND) proudly announced Barwon Health, Bupa and the Royal Children’s Hospital as participants in AND’s new Victorian Employer Enablement Project...

Tuesday, 06 March 2018.

Geelong youth set to face the consequences of risky behaviour

Increasing awareness of the impact of traumatic injury and teaching students about the consequences of risky behaviours is the focus of a program being spearheaded by The Alfred in Geelong this...

Geelong

Friday, 02 March 2018.

Geelong and Surf Coast to get a new suicide prevention service

A new program that supports people through the first critical weeks following a suicide attempt is now available in the Barwon region.The Way Back Support Service will be launched in Geelong on 1...

funding Geelong mental health suicide prevention Surf Coast

Friday, 02 March 2018.

New laws for medical treatment decision making and advance care directives

The Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016 will commence on 12 March 2018, protecting advance care directives in law. The Act provides statutory recognition to advance care directives...

Advance Care medical treatment Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act

Wednesday, 14 February 2018.

Hospital security funding announcement

In round three of the Department of Health and Human Services Violence Prevention Fund, Barwon Health was successful in obtaining funding of $433,605 for: 1. Installation of swipe card access to...

Emergency Department funding McKellar Centre University Hospital Geelong

Friday, 02 February 2018.

Barwon Health buildings: what's in a name?

By Serena Griffin, Library & Literacy Project Officer, Barwon Health Library Service Have you ever wondered who the buildings and wards around Barwon Health are named after? If you were born...

Geelong history

Tuesday, 30 January 2018.

New neurosciences ward to open

Barwon Health is set to open an 18-bed specialised Neurosciences Ward at University Hospital Geelong in April – a first for regional Victoria.Located on Heath Wing 2 – the same level as the...

barwon health hospital neuroscience University Hospital Geelong

Tuesday, 02 January 2018.

Our emergency department performance

The University Hospital Geelong Emergency Department has seen annual attendance numbers increase by almost 7000 over the past five years and reached 69,607 in 2016/17. Spikes in rates of seasonal...

Emergency Department University Hospital Geelong

Thursday, 28 December 2017.

Christmas Period Admissions

The University Hospital Geelong Emergency Department has seen a spike in attendances over the last few days and it is expected to continue over the coming week. 237 patients were treated in...

Emergency Department University Hospital Geelong

Wednesday, 13 December 2017.

New electronic health record contract

Barwon Health’s Emergency Department (ED) is implementing a replacement clinical information system to manage patient data across multiple hospital wards. Cerner’s FirstNet Electronic Health...

EHR Emergency Department medical record University Hospital Geelong