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Bass Coast Health

📍 WONTHAGGI

Private hospital · founded 1945 · university

About

Bass Coast Health (BCH) is the major public healthcare provider within the Bass Coast Shire in South Gippsland. It provides a broad range of quality acute, sub-acute, ancillary medical, and ambulatory care services that are fully accredited by the Australian Council on Health Care Standards (ACHS).BCH's residential aged care facilities, Kirrak House and Griffith Point Lodge Hostel, are also both accredited by the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency (AACQA). In addition to its comprehensive clinical services, BCH also delivers a wide range of community and welfare services across Wonthaggi, San Remo, Inverloch, Grantville, Corinella, and Cowes.The health system is committed to working collaboratively with other local healthcare providers as well as state government agencies in order to provide optimal care for residents of Gippsland's South Coast.BCH is committed to working in partnership with consumers and actively encourages the involvement of patients, residents, clients, and families in all aspects of their own care.

Legal name
Bass Coast Health
Governance
Board of directors · CEO appointed annually
Employees
3,000

Capacity

Total beds 500
ICU 40
NICU 10
PICU 7
OR theatres 16
Delivery rooms 5
ED bays 20
Cath labs 1

Annual volume

Admissions / yr 46,106
Outpatient 250,000
ED visits 40,000
Births 750
Surgeries 12,500

Emergency capabilities

  • Trauma centre — Level II
  • Stroke: Thrombectomy-capable
  • Door-to-balloon: 48 min (AHA target ≤ 90)
  • Door-to-needle (stroke): 32 min

Subspecialty centres

Transplant programmes

  • Cornea

All departments

  • Internal Medicine
  • Surgery
  • Emergency

Quality metrics

MetricValueBenchmark
Risk-adjusted 30d mortality 4.1% EU avg 3.0%
HAI rate per 1000 patient-days 3.6 EU avg 1.8
30d readmission rate 24% EU avg 14%
Patient satisfaction (HCAHPS-like) -10% EU avg 76%

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Patient experience

Room categories
ward · semi-private · private
Meals
standard · halal · kosher · vegan · gluten-free · pediatric
Chaplaincy
Christian · Muslim · Jewish
Private bathroom
private + suite rooms
Wi-Fi
Free in all rooms

Awards & rankings

  • Top hospital — WONTHAGGI

    EuroClinics Patient Choice · 2025

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