St. Vincent Hospital

What St. Vincent Hospital does

St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a major public teaching, research, and tertiary referral hospital in Fitzroy, Victoria, operating since 1892 under the stewardship of Mary Aikenhead Ministries as a facility of St Vincent's Health Australia. It delivers comprehensive acute and sub-acute medical and surgical services across multiple campuses spanning Fitzroy, Kew, Collingwood, Hawthorn East, and Richmond, including St George's Health Service, Caritas Christi Hospice, and several aged care facilities. Core services include emergency care, specialist outpatient clinics, gastroenterology, plastic and reconstructive surgery, mental health, palliative care, rehabilitation, and allied health services, supported by a High Risk Foot Service accredited as a Centre of Excellence with the National Association of Diabetes Centres.

SVHM's technology base combines clinical service delivery with active research infrastructure, most notably the Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery (ACMD), Australia's first hospital-based medical discovery centre, opening June 2026 after more than two decades of planning. The hospital has published peer-reviewed AI work — including an AI breast cancer risk estimation algorithm in The Lancet Digital Health (March 2026) — and conducts NHMRC-funded AI-assisted diagnostic research in partnership with Monash University's MAVERIC high-performance computing platform. A patient engagement mobile app supports digital service access for outpatients.

SVHM operates as a not-for-profit public hospital funded primarily through Australia's Medicare universal healthcare system and Victorian state government health allocations. Pricing is not commercially disclosed. The hospital employs between 5,001 and 10,000 staff across its integrated campus network. Revenue is not publicly reported. Patient acquisition occurs through emergency department access, GP and specialist referral networks, and government-directed healthcare pathways, with no commercial sales motion. In 2025, SVHM was recognized as the Premier's Large Health Service of the Year at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, the highest such recognition in the state.

Name

St. Vincent Hospital

Legal name

St Vincent's Hospital (Melbourne) Limited

Website

https://svhm.org.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1892

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne is a major public teaching and research hospital in Fitzroy, Victoria, delivering acute, sub-acute, aged care, and community health services across multiple campuses, funded primarily through Medicare and government allocations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Hospital Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (62211), Offices of Physicians (62111)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062)

akta.pro primary industry

Community & Regional General Hospitals (HLAFAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Academic Medical Centers & Teaching Hospitals (University-Affiliated) (EDAHAGAA)

Keywords

• Public hospital services
• Acute medical care
• Specialist clinical services
• Medical research
• Aged care services

Headquarters

HQ city

Fitzroy

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne is a major public teaching, research, and tertiary referral hospital providing acute and chronic medical and surgical services across multiple campuses in Victoria, Australia. The hospital operates emergency, inpatient, outpatient, day patient, specialist clinic, palliative care, mental health, rehabilitation, and residential aged care services, and is home to the Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery, Australia's first hospital-based medical discovery centre focused on biomedical engineering research.

Product overview

St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne is a major public teaching and research hospital providing acute and chronic medical and surgical services, as well as clinical specialties. The hospital operates multiple campuses including St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (Fitzroy), St George's Health Service, Caritas Christi Hospice, and various community facilities. The hospital offers comprehensive clinical services across gastroenterology, plastic surgery, allied health services (speech pathology, podiatry, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, nutrition, social work, prosthetics), mental health services, palliative care, and residential aged care. The hospital also operates specialized units including a High Risk Foot Service (accredited Centre of Excellence), and is home to the Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery, Australia's first hospital-based medical discovery centre. A digital patient engagement app is available for patients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Emergency Department Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Rapid and sustained reductions in depression and anxiety for people with advanced, life-threatening illnesses with psychedelic-assisted therapy
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• St Vincent's Health AustraliacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent organization overseeing St Vincent's hospitals and health services across Australia under the stewardship of Mary Aikenhead Ministries. SVHM is a facility of St Vincent's Health Australia.
• St Vincent's Private RadiologycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with St Vincent's Private Radiology for diagnostic imaging services including participation in National Lung Cancer Screening Program.
• St Vincent's InstitutecoreTechnology or IntegrationResearch collaboration with St Vincent's Institute, particularly in plastic surgery and microsurgery research. The O'Brien Institute has recently amalgamated with St Vincent's Institute.
• Werribee Mercy HospitalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic held at Werribee Mercy Hospital Campus in addition to St Vincent's main campus.
• Monash UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Monash University's high-performance computing platform MAVERIC for AI research. Note: This partnership referenced in separate research context (NHMRC AI anoscopy project) not directly attributed to SVHM.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Austin Health: Major Melbourne public teaching hospital (Austin Hospital, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg Repat) — comparable scale, research intensity, and government-funded operating model.
• Monash Health: Largest public health service in Victoria, operating multiple campuses and serving south-east Melbourne — directly comparable in scope, government funding model, and integrated multi-campus delivery.
• Alfred Health (The Alfred Hospital): Major Melbourne public teaching hospital with trauma, intensive care, and research strengths; competes for state funding, talent, and complex tertiary referrals in the same metropolitan catchment.
• Royal Melbourne Hospital: Major public acute and teaching hospital in Parkville, Melbourne, with similar scale, research mandate, and government funding model. Directly comparable as another flagship Victorian public tertiary referral centre.
• St Vincent's Hospital Sydney: Sister facility under the same St Vincent's Health Australia / Mary Aikenhead Ministries umbrella; same Catholic mission, similar service mix and operating model in a different state.

Regional players

• Western Health (Footscray/Sunshine): Another Victorian public health network with multi-campus delivery and academic affiliations; comparable in operating model though smaller in research intensity.
• Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital: Large Queensland public teaching hospital with comparable tertiary, research, and teaching mandate; relevant comparable for scale benchmarking outside Victoria.
• Cabrini Health: Melbourne-based Catholic not-for-profit private hospital group; comparable in faith-based governance and clinical service breadth, though operating under private insurance funding rather than Medicare.
• Royal Prince Alfred Hospital: Sydney-based major public teaching hospital of comparable scale and academic affiliation; comparable in service breadth and tertiary referral profile but in a different state/region.

Broad incumbents

• Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre: Specialty cancer hospital in Melbourne operating at similar scale, with overlapping research capabilities and cancer clinical trial activity; competes for oncology talent and grant funding.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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