Member briefings

01 April 2026

The Victorian Healthcare Association (VHA) has released its priorities for the 2026 State Election, and with members, is calling on political leaders to future-proof Victoria’s publicly funded healthcare system.

30 January 2026

The VHA welcomes the announcement by National Cabinet today that an agreement on hospital funding has been reached.

19 December 2025

On behalf of the VHA Board we are pleased to share that Libby Fifis has been appointed as the new Chair of the Board and Claire Murphy has been appointed as Deputy Chair.

21 November 2025

Victoria’s public hospitals are delivering performance improvements and stability across key metrics, including record number of same-day discharges.

17 November 2025

More than 350 leaders from Victoria’s public healthcare sector connected in Melbourne over two days in October for the Victorian Healthcare Association (VHA) Conference 2025.

01 November 2025

The VHA 2024-25 Annual Report provides a look back at the past year, as well as showcasing our commitment to the future.

30 October 2025

The Victorian Healthcare Association (VHA) has today released a Health Investment Strategy for Victoria, and our 2026-27 Victorian State and Federal Budget Submissions.

29 October 2025

Shaping excellence in healthcare, re-shaping preventative healthcare and building stronger regional and rural workforces, were the key themes underpinning day two of the VHA Conference. 

29 October 2025

The Victorian Healthcare Association (VHA) has today released a Health Investment Strategy for Victoria, and our 2026-27 Victorian State and Federal Budget Submissions. 

28 October 2025

Measuring healthcare spend in outcomes, ethical leadership in times of change and maximising Federal and Victorian reform opportunities were the key themes defining the opening day of the Victorian Healthcare Association (VHA) Conference. 

27 October 2025

More than 350 leaders from Victoria’s publicly funded healthcare sector are set to converge in Melbourne at the Victorian Healthcare Association (VHA) Conference, to discuss the most pressing opportunities, innovations and challenges facing the publicly funded healthcare system.

17 October 2025

The Victorian Healthcare Association (VHA) is calling on the Federal Government to step in and provide further support to Community Health Services across Victoria for the provision of GP services to vulnerable communities.  

09 October 2025

The Victorian Healthcare Association (VHA) acknowledges the difficult circumstances the Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association (AHHA) have faced – which has entered voluntary administration.

16 September 2025

The VHA welcomes the opportunity to provide a response to the Productivity Commission’s interim report on ‘Delivering quality care more efficiently’ and commends the Australian Government’s focus on creating a more efficient system that is sustainable into the future.

22 August 2025

The VHA welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs’ inquiry into Aged Care Service Delivery. The VHA highlighted sentiments from Victoria’s public healthcare services delivering aged care, following the deferral of the Aged Care Act 2024 (the new Act) to November 1.

20 August 2025

The Victorian Healthcare Association (VHA) welcomes the release of the ‘Investing in community health infrastructure’ report by Victoria’s independent advisory body Infrastructure Victoria.

07 August 2025

Victoria’s public hospitals are demonstrating continuous improvement and outperforming expectations – particularly across planned surgery with fewer people on waiting lists and increases in the number of Victorians getting treatment.

18 July 2025

The Victorian Healthcare Association (VHA) has today released its inaugural State of the Health Sector Report, exploring priorities, opportunities and innovation from leaders from across the Victorian publicly funded healthcare sector.

20 May 2025

The Victorian Healthcare Association (VHA) has today welcomed a $31 billion investment in healthcare delivered in Victoria’s State Budget 2025-26, and looks forward to more detail on how this funding will flow through to the publicly funded healthcare sector.

09 May 2025

Victoria’s public hospitals have demonstrated resilience to system pressures with faster ambulance response times, increases in planned surgery and reductions in emergency care – demonstrating that recent initiatives and investments are supporting positive outcomes for Victorians. 

17 April 2025

The VHA welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the draft Rules for Chapter 2, 3, 4 and 7 of the new Aged Care Act.

28 March 2025

Recently the VHA team visited 5 member health services across the South Gippsland region. We are pleased to share some our insights from the trip and the meetings with many executives over the course of this member engagement tour.

26 March 2025

The Victorian Healthcare Association (VHA) has welcomed targeted funding in this year’s Federal Budget to address the long-term challenges facing the Australian healthcare system, including cost-of-living pressures and the pressing need to improve health equity.

24 March 2025

Victoria’s community health services are at the forefront of providing accessible and equitable care that improves the health and wellbeing of communities. They are well placed to deliver on policies that seek to strengthen primary care, now and beyond this term of government. (First published in Health Services Daily)

05 March 2025

The Victorian Healthcare Association (VHA) has welcomed the Federal Government’s $300 million funding boost for residential aged care capital infrastructure and looks forward to more detail on eligibility criteria to ensure Victoria’s public funded residential aged care services receive a fair share of the funding boost.

01 February 2025

This paper seeks to summarise the sector challenges in managing compliance across parallel care systems and briefly outline the opportunities for alignment and consolidation of processes.   

03 December 2024

The Victorian Healthcare Association (VHA) has launched its 2025-26 Federal and Victorian Budget Submissions to address the challenges facing our public healthcare system and strengthen health outcomes for the Victorian community.

02 December 2024

The VHA is proud to present the Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).

21 November 2024

The VHA is seeking proposals from dynamic and engaging facilitators with a deep understanding of the role of Board Director for health service providers in Victoria.

19 September 2024

A free webinar series, exclusively for VHA members.

09 September 2024

The VHA is focused on empowering our members, and the broader sector, supporting learning and development of new and emerging health service leaders, in all stages of their careers.

23 August 2024

The recommendations that the Government accepted in the Health Services Plan lean towards a strengthening partnerships model, which includes the development of Local Health Service Networks across metro and regional areas.

08 August 2024

The VHA has welcomed the end to uncertainty facing publicly funded healthcare services with the release of the Health Services Plan, but notes the push towards ‘clinical service amalgamation’.

31 July 2024

The VHA has made a submission to the State Government’s Inquiry into Women’s Pain. Informed by our members, we have put together a submission that advocates for a systemic response to women’s pain utilising the innovative programs our members are already practising

28 June 2024

The peak body for Victoria’s publicly funded healthcare services has warned that the Victorian Government’s cost cutting measures will have significant impacts on the delivery of care and services for Victorian patients.  

27 June 2024

The latest income tax and superannuation changes start on 1 July 2024. Here’s a quick rundown of what’s happening.

06 June 2024

VHA CEO Leigh Clarke urged that the evidence and the detail underpinning health service reform be made public sooner, rather than later.

07 May 2024

The VHA welcomed funding in this year’s Victorian State Budget 24-25, however we're disappointed in the lack of investment to keep people out of hospital.

09 April 2024

Victoria's public healthcare reform demands strong leadership. This article explores the key challenges and opportunities for leaders in the sector.

21 March 2024

The Victorian public healthcare system must be driven by the evidence with patient needs at the centre of the conversation.

12 March 2024

This guide acknowledges the importance of the resilience and dedication of those at the frontline of healthcare.

12 March 2024

The Victorian Healthcare Association welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the Department of Health and Aged Care on the Aged Care Act exposure draft (the Act) released for consultation on 14 December 2023.

22 February 2024

Section 333M will allow an employee to refuse to monitor, read or respond to contact, or attempted contact, from an employer outside of working hours, unless the refusal is unreasonable.

15 February 2024

Supporting governance excellence in aged care

14 February 2024

The Tri-Peaks is a collaborative initiative between the Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare (Centre), the Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA), and the Victorian Healthcare Association (VHA)

31 January 2024

Meet Ginny McKinnon

30 January 2024

The VHA is delighted to welcome two Board appointed Directors to the Board of the VHA.

29 January 2024

The Victorian Healthcare Association (VHA) invites board directors, chairs, and secretariats to the 2024 Health Board Essentials program.

03 October 2023

Meet Toli Papadopoulos

04 September 2023

Applications are now open for the VHA’s Mental Health Mentoring Program in 2024!

29 August 2023

The Victorian Healthcare Association (VHA) is supportive of giving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people a Voice to parliament.  

29 August 2023

Nominations are now open for four positions on the VHA Board of Directors, providing an opportunity for senior leaders to help shape a healthcare system that meets the evolving needs of Victorians. 

07 August 2023

Psychological distress and poor wellbeing continue to persist in frontline healthcare workers

21 July 2023

VHA submission to the Non-Emergency Patient Transport review.

06 July 2023

Find out more about the results of our recent member survey

06 July 2023

The Victorian Government is seeking input into the draft Social Services Regulation

04 July 2023

The first learning network forum was held on 14 June.

28 June 2023

Findings from our first Rural and Regional Roadtrip

14 June 2023

Find out about our member listening tour

23 May 2023

In tough economic times, the Victorian Government is investing in Victorians’ access to free, high-quality care in our public health system.

22 May 2023

Submission to the mid-term review of the National Health Reform Agreement.

17 May 2023

Sue Meade is a Project Officer with the VHA, bringing a social work lens to areas of project work for the organisation, a strong history of diverse community health and human service sector project work, as well as clinical social work experience across health and human services.