Statement attributable to Barwon South West Public Health Unit director Professor Eugene Athan: Three members of a Barwon Heads family have been confirmed as positive COVID-19 cases, after the father interacted with a positive case related to the Ariele apartments outbreak. The child from this...

People in the Barwon South West region will soon have more mental health support closer to home, with construction underway on the new McKellar Centre Acute Mental Health Unit. The Geelong facility will provide 16 acute mental health beds and community-based care from a contemporary, safe and...

BARWON Health’s palliative care virtual reality (VR) program has expanded to bring the immersive therapy to more patients in the community. VR has been utilised as a form of diversion therapy at Barwon Health since 2019, with volunteers first learning to use the technology with patients....