The Victorian Public Healthcare Awards recognise leadership and excellence in the provision of publicly funded healthcare in response to established and emerging community needs.
The award categories reflect the Victorian Government's healthcare priorities and focus on the sector's ability to drive change and improve health outcomes for all Victorians.
We also celebrate our health volunteers as part of the awards.
This year we refined the award categories to sharpen the focus on impact, innovation and excellence. Many of the well-known categories remain, however, we made some changes to better reflect services and initiatives meeting the evolving needs of our Victorian community and will recognise achievements in 16 categories across three types of awards:
Achievement eligibility
This year's entries related to achievements in the last 12 months before nominations opened - from 12 May 2024 – 11 May 2025. The initiative may have started earlier, but the achievements highlighted in the entry must have occurred within this period.
General Awards
Premier's Health Service of the Year Awards
The Premier's Health Service of the Year Awards are Victoria's most prestigious accolade to which a health service can aspire. These awards recognise leadership and excellence in the provision of publicly funded healthcare for the Victorian community.
Volunteer Awards
We continue to celebrate our health volunteers as part of the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards.
This gives more prominence to how we recognise our volunteers and show that they are not separate to our healthcare sector, but an essential part of how we care for Victorians.
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