Goulburn Valley Health
Name	Goulburn Valley Health
Motto	Caring for your Community
Address	Graham Street Shepparton, VIC Australia 3630
Campuses	Shepparton Rushworth Tatura

Goulburn Valley Health, formerly called the Goulburn Valley Base Hospital, is based in the regional city of Shepparton

Shepparton, Victoria

Shepparton is a city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River in the north east of Victoria, Australia approximately north-east of Melbourne. It is the fifth largest city in Victoria, Australia. The estimated population of Shepparton's statistical area is 48,926.It began as a sheep station...

, 2 hours drive north of Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, and caters for the 160,000 people in its region. Goulburn Valley Health is a 280 bed acute and extended care facility which provides surgical, medical, paediatric, obstetrics and gynaecology, intensive care and psychiatry services as well as extended care and regional services. As well as its main site in Graham Street, Shepparton, it has two smaller sites in the nearby towns of Rushworth

Rushworth, Victoria

Rushworth is a township in Victoria, Australia. It is located north of Melbourne and, at the 2006 census, had a population of 2066.-History:...

 and Tatura

Tatura, Victoria

Tatura is a town 17 km west-south-west of Shepparton in Victoria, Australia located 3 km off the Midland Highway, forming part of the City of Greater Shepparton. At the 2006 census, Tatura had a population of 3,533, however the true figure is believed to be close to 4,400. Attractions...

 with acute and aged care beds. Goulburn Valley Health also has an affiliation with The University of Melbourne and Latrobe University.

In the year 2003-2004, GV Health -

• treated 21,216 acute inpatients
• had 28,896 emergency department presentations
• had 87,960 outpatient occasions of service
• had 969 births
• treated 786 mental health patients
• had 55 operational residential aged care beds (including specialist mental health beds)