Living alone with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Teresa sometimes found it difficult to access the right support when her symptoms worsened.
On one occasion, when she could not see her GP, Teresa contacted the Virtual Emergency Department and was advised to call an ambulance. She was subsequently admitted to hospital for her COPD.
The Discharge Optimisation for Planned Surgery (DOPS) program saved 3,966 bed days in the 2026 financial year. This marks a 57.1% increase from bed days saved in 2025.
In the last quarter alone, participating health services saved 1,243 bed days – our biggest result yet.
This means:
When we launched the 100,000 Lives program in 2021, the goal was ambitious: to improve the care and outcomes of 100,000 Victorians through safer, more effective and more person-centred healthcare.
Five years later, the program has surpassed that goal, improving the lives of almost 160,000 Victorians across the state.
We have achieved this through:
On 30 June, more than 50 health services from across Victoria came together at Collins Square for the Adult Sepsis Collaborative 2025–26 Summative Event, marking the culmination of a 12‑month journey to improve sepsis care across the state.
In June 2026, we hosted our sixth and final My Maternity Journey expert working group workshop. This marks an important milestone in the co-design of this new statewide maternity resource. This resource will guide Victorian women and their families through every stage of pregnancy and birth.
Over the past 6 months, more than 40 expert working group members have contributed to the co-design process through monthly in-person workshops and content review.
On 25 June 2026, 70 representatives from the 5 health services participating in the Safety culture in birth suite pilot came together for their first in-person learning session.
The event brought together consumers, midwives, obstetricians, directors and executive sponsors to:
The Enhancing Stroke Care Collaborative, delivered through the Safer Together Program
It has been 12 months since we launched the Sustainable and Quality use of Diagnostics in Emergency Departments (SQuDs-ED) project across 11 health services and 19 emergency departments in metropolitan and regional Victoria.