Safer Care Victoria

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.

30 June 2026 marked an important milestone for Victorian health services, with clinical governance maturity assessments now substantially completed across the sector. This is a significant step forward in strengthening clinical governance capability and establishing a shared understanding of governance strengths, opportunities and priorities for improvement.

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. 

We recently delivered the third and final learning session for the