Your care journey
At Epworth our patients are at the heart of everything we do.
Supported by world-class facilities, we integrate clinical practice with education and research to deliver outstanding patient care each and every day.
Planning for your care
This section contains important information to help you prepare for your admission to Epworth.
Epworth Medical Imaging
Our locations
Pathology and collection centres
Epworth Pathology provides quality pathology services to doctors and patients at Epworth Hospitals around Melbourne and Geelong. Epworth Pathology is an affiliation of Melbourne Pathology and Epworth. Your pathology tests can be performed at any Epworth Pathology or Melbourne Pathology branch throughout Melbourne and Geelong.
Your healthcare rights and responsibilities
Epworth endorses the Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights. The Charter describes what you, or someone you care for, can expect when receiving health care.
These rights apply to all people in all places where health care is provided in Australia. This includes public and private hospitals, day procedure services, general practice and other community health services.
During your care
Rehabilitation and you
Life can throw us many challenges that affect the body and mind.
Whether you are preparing for medical treatment or surgery (prehab), recovering from an illness, injury or surgical procedure or managing a chronic illness, rehabilitation gives you strength and confidence to make sure that you can live up to your true potential.
Family and visitor information
Volunteer services
À La Carte dining
À La Carte dining is available at Epworth Geelong and Epworth Richmond, allowing patients to select from a wide variety of healthy meals at a time of their choosing.
Patients have a wider variety of food to choose from, ordered via their bedside Point of Care terminal and freshly cooked to order by our chefs.
Alcohol can be ordered with the permission of your treating doctor.
Epworth has teams of highly experienced chefs across all sites, working to prepare a wide range of meals from seasonal produce.
If you have any dietary requirements, these can be readily accommodated by advising your doctor and our staff of any requirements you may have prior to admission.
Continuing your care
Supporting your loved ones at home
Rehabilitation at Epworth
Staying well
Giving
More than half of all medical equipment at Epworth HealthCare is funded by EMF, and 80 percent of Epworth’s medical research.