Sharyl Brockett and her Guide Dog Daisy are welcome new members of Bass Coast Health’s (BCH) team. Sharyl has relocated from Geelong to bring her social work skills to the...
Parents are encouraged to give their teenagers maximum protection against COVID-19 by ensuring they have a booster. Teenagers aged 16 and 17 can now have a booster if it’s been...
The new Wonthaggi Hospital Expansion project is looking fabulous and more exciting works are on the way. In 4-6 weeks, a new temporary entrance to the carpark in Graham Street...
Community members, staff and an expert consulting team (see above) are busy discussing how the new Phillip Island Community Hospital will look and operate when it opens in 2023/24. The...
Bass Coast Health is calling on more people in the community to get a COVID booster to give our community greater protection against the virus. While most people in the...
Bass Coast Health (BCH) is providing priority services to the community as the health service enters the fourth week of its Code Brown Pandemic Plan. Dialysis and maternity are among...
Bass Coast Health (BCH) thanks the Phillip Island community for continuing to support COVID testing efforts after the health service distributed 119 Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) to eligible community members...
Health services are assisting people with COVID-19 to recover in their homes where possible, via the COVID-19 Positive Pathways South Gippsland Coast Partnership. Patients receive tailored treatment plans as part...
Steeped in the history of the Wonthaggi Hospital, the Bass Coast Health Ladies’ Auxiliary (the Ladies Auxiliary) continues to garner community interest in and support for health services today. The...
Bass Coast Health (BCH) continues to partner with Monash University to train tomorrow’s doctors. The health service is now hosting the first placement of student doctors from the university for...
COVID Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) will be distributed Monday, Wednesday and Friday from an annex adjacent to the Phillip Island Health Hub, commencing Monday 31st January. Community members will be...
Bass Coast Health (BCH) is encouraging families to have their children vaccinated for COVID-19 to minimise the number of COVID cases likely to result from school resuming from 31 January...
Bass Coast Health is in the second week of its Code Brown and is happy to report that all essential health services will continue to be provided to the community...
Bass Coast Health staff are working extremely hard to keep the community as safe as possible as the Omicron strain of the COVID virus spreads rampantly throughout the community. The...
Kirrak House aged care home at Wonthaggi Hospital finished its major renovation in time for Christmas. Thanks to funding from the State Government, Kirrak is now revitalised to continue to...
“Things have never been busier at Bass Coast Health”, according to CEO Jan Child. There has been unparalleled demand in the Urgent Care Centre, the Cancer service, the Emergency Department...
Bass Coast Health will strengthen its existing coordination, within the sub-region, across the Gippsland region, and with Metropolitan services to build resilience and capacity at the peak of the Omicron...
Bass Coast Health’s COVID testing tent at Wonthaggi will from tomorrow offer Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) to the community, as well as PCR Tests. BCH will start distributing RATs from...
This information is brought to our community by Bass Coast Health and Bass Coast Shire Council. Prepare, Manage, Isolate. Like many places across the state, Bass Coast is experiencing the...
Bass Coast Health CEO Jan Child has thanked the community for continuing to get tested for COVID, with testing numbers doubling at both Wonthaggi and Cowes testing sites in recent...
