Bass Coast Health

What Bass Coast Health does

Bass Coast Health (BCH) is a sub-regional public healthcare service operated by the Victorian Government, serving residents of the Bass Coast and South Gippsland shires in Victoria, Australia. It operates two principal hospital facilities: Wonthaggi Hospital, which underwent a $115 million expansion opened in December 2022 featuring a purpose-built Emergency Department, three operating theatres equipped with digital audio-visual equipment for live-streaming surgery, and a 32-bed acute ward (Kodowlinun Ward); and Phillip Island Community Hospital in Cowes, whose Stage One opened in June 2025 with a 24/7 Urgent Care Centre and radiology precinct, with day surgery theatres, chemotherapy, and dialysis services scheduled to open in 2026. The service portfolio spans emergency care, urgent care, acute clinical services, surgical services (general, gynaecology, orthopaedic, ophthalmology, endoscopy, urology, breast surgery), maternity, cancer support, radiology, pathology, dialysis, mental health, residential aged care (Kirrak House), community dental, telehealth, and primary and community support services including community nursing at San Remo.

The organisation is funded through Victorian Government public healthcare allocations and provides services at no charge to eligible patients. It partners with Alfred Health (commissioning support and post-merger integration), Monash University (medical student training and clinical research including the IMAGE melanoma surveillance trial), Monash Health Pathology (rapid COVID-19 testing and general pathology), and Imaging Associates (CT scanner installation and radiology). It is accredited by the Australian Council on Health Care Standards, compliant with Victorian Child Safe Standards, and operates as the largest employer in its catchment with 1,200+ staff and 200+ volunteers.

From 1 January 2026, Bass Coast Health will cease operating as a standalone entity and merge with Alfred Health, Gippsland Southern Health Service, Kooweerup Regional Health Service, and Peninsula Health to form Bayside Health, a unified health service serving over 1.2 million Victorians. Bayside Health commenced Local Health Service Network operations on 1 July 2025 and will be led by inaugural CEO Adjunct Prof Adam Horsburgh. The merger represents a state-mandated structural reform rather than an acquisition in the conventional M&A sense, and Bayside Health will become a government state entity at significantly larger scale than BCH alone.

Name

Bass Coast Health

Legal name

Bass Coast Health

Website

https://basscoasthealth.org.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1910

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Bass Coast Health is a sub-regional Victorian public healthcare service operating Wonthaggi Hospital and Phillip Island Community Hospital, providing emergency, surgical, maternity, aged care, and community health services to Bass Coast and South Gippsland residents. It will merge into Bayside Health from January 2026.

Ownership category

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Product category

Public Healthcare Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (62211), Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (6233), Offices of Dentists (62121)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Critical Access & Rural Hospitals (HLAFAAAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Specialty CCRCs (e.g., Memory-Care-Focused, Veteran-Focused) (HLADAEAK), Home Health Remote Patient Monitoring & Virtual Nursing Providers (HLAFAEAN)

Keywords

• Public hospital services
• Emergency and urgent care
• Residential aged care
• Community health services
• Surgical and acute care

Headquarters

HQ city

Wonthaggi

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Healthcare Funding: Bass Coast Health operates as a public-funded healthcare service, receiving government funding from Victorian Government for public healthcare services. Services are provided at no charge to eligible patients as a public health service.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Bass Coast Health is a sub-regional public healthcare service providing emergency care, urgent care, acute clinical services, surgery, maternity, cancer treatment, radiology, pathology, residential aged care, and community health services. Operating from Wonthaggi Hospital (with a $115 million expansion opened December 2022) and Phillip Island Community Hospital, it delivers publicly-funded care to residents of Bass Coast and South Gippsland shires in Victoria, Australia.

Product overview

Bass Coast Health is a sub-regional public healthcare service providing a comprehensive range of hospital and community-based care services. The organization operates from multiple facilities: Wonthaggi Hospital (with a new $115M expansion opened December 2022 featuring 3 operating theatres, 32-bed ward, and purpose-built Emergency Department) and Phillip Island Community Hospital (multi-million dollar facility with Urgent Care Centre, radiology, and future day surgery/dialysis/chemotherapy services). Core clinical services include Acute Clinical Services, Surgical Services, Emergency Care, Urgent Care Centre, Radiology, Pathology, Cancer Support, Maternity, Residential Aged Care (Kirrak House), Telehealth, Community Dental Services, and Specialist Outpatient Clinics. The organization partners with external providers including Imaging Associates for radiology and Monash Health Pathology for pathology services. From January 2026, Bass Coast Health will become part of Bayside Health, merging with Alfred Health, Gippsland Southern Health Service, Kooweerup Regional Health Service, and Peninsula Health.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wonthaggi Hospital Sub-regional public hospital at 235 Graham Street, Wonthaggi, providing emergency care, acute clinical services, surgical services, maternity, radiology, pathology, cancer treatment, and specialist outpatient clinics.
• Phillip Island Community Hospital Multi-million dollar community hospital at 50-56 Church Street, Cowes, with Urgent Care Centre (24/7), radiology precinct (CT, ultrasound, x-ray), and planned day surgery (2 operating theatres), chemotherapy, dialysis, and dental services.
• Emergency Department Public-funded 24/7 Emergency Department at Wonthaggi Hospital with general cubicles, resuscitation cubicles, behavioural assessment room, plaster room, procedure room, bariatric cubicle, paediatric cubicle, isolation cubicles, Short Stay Unit, and a negative pressure room for infectious disease treatment.
• Urgent Care Centre 24/7 Urgent Care Centre at Phillip Island Community Hospital in Cowes, providing treatment for minor, non-emergency medical issues for the Phillip Island community.
• Surgical Services Surgical services covering general, gynaecology, orthopaedic, ophthalmology, endoscopy, urology, and breast surgery, delivered in three operating theatres equipped with digital audio-visual live-streaming capability.
• Acute Clinical Services Inpatient acute care services on the Kodowlinun Ward, including medical and surgical care, post-operative recovery, and high acuity inpatient beds.
• Radiology Services Medical imaging services including CT scans, ultrasound, and general x-ray, delivered in partnership with Imaging Associates using a state-of-the-art Philips CT Scanner at Wonthaggi Hospital.
• Pathology Services Pathology services delivered in partnership with Monash Health Pathology, including rapid COVID-19 testing capability (3-hour turnaround) for hospital inpatients at Wonthaggi Hospital and the Urgent Care Centre.
• Cancer Support Services Oncology services including chemotherapy treatment, with chemotherapy services planned for Phillip Island Community Hospital opening in 2026.
• Residential Aged Care Residential aged care services including Kirrak House at Wonthaggi Hospital, with major renovation completed December 2021.
• Telehealth Virtual healthcare appointments enabling patients to consult with healthcare providers remotely.
• Community Dental Services Public dental services operated from the former Urgent Care Centre in the Phillip Island Health Hub.
• Specialist Outpatient Clinics Appointments with an extensive range of visiting specialists delivered at Wonthaggi and Cowes locations, free to eligible patients under the public health service.
• Primary & Community Support Services Community-based healthcare including community nursing at San Remo, allied health services, and health promotion programs through the South Coast Prevention Team.
• COVID-19 Services COVID-19 response services including testing clinics, vaccination clinics, Hospital in the Home program, and the COVID Positive Pathways South Gippsland Coast Partnership.

Quantifiable outcome

• Serving population of Bass Coast and South Gippsland shires
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Bayside Local Health Service NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2025Local Health Service Networks commenced operation from 1 July 2025 as part of Victoria's health service reform. Bass Coast Health is part of Bayside LHSN linking five health services along with Calvary Health Care Bethlehem.
• Imaging AssociatescoreTechnology or Integration · 23 October 2024New radiology provider Imaging Associates has installed a state-of-the-art CT Scanner at Wonthaggi Hospital, enhancing medical imaging services with modern diagnostic capabilities.
• Rotary Club of Phillip Island and San RemominorGTM or Marketing Partner · 4 December 2023Rotary Club committed to raising $100,000 over five years to design and develop Rotary Rehabilitation Courtyard at Phillip Island Community Hospital. The garden will help patients recovering from surgery, strokes, falls and fractures regain function. $30,000 already raised from Putting on the Ritz dinner dance.
• SJ HigginsminorOthers · 1 August 2023Construction builder for Phillip Island Community Hospital. Construction started in August 2023 by SJ Higgins builders.
• Alfred HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 August 2022Alfred Health provides commissioning support for the $115 million Wonthaggi Hospital Expansion project. Experienced leaders Alastair Haigh and Carly Davis from Alfred Health assist with planning the transition into the new building, drawing on their extensive experience in commissioning previous healthcare projects.
• Monash UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 February 2022Partnership with Monash University's School of Rural Health at Churchill to train medical students. Bass Coast Health hosts placements for student doctors, exposing them to variety of hospital settings including Emergency Department, Aged Care, Acute Ward and Theatre. BCH offers six placements of six weeks per year.
• Monash Health PathologycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 August 2021Monash Health Pathology offers Rapid COVID-19 testing to hospital inpatients including those at Urgent Care Centre and Emergency Department at Wonthaggi Hospital. Rapid testing enables results within three hours for clinically urgent cases, improving patient flow and bed allocation.
• Victorian Health Building AuthoritycoreOthersVHBA is delivering the Phillip Island Community Hospital project. They worked with community consultation committee and Bass Coast Health staff over two years to design the hospital to meet community needs.
• South Coast Prevention TeamminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership between Bayside Health Regional and South Gippsland Hospital providing local support to long day care centres, kindergartens and schools in Bass Coast and South Gippsland shires for the Achievement Program.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Monash Health: Victoria's largest public health service and a strategic partner of Bass Coast Health via Monash Health Pathology and Monash University rural health placements. Comparable as a multi-site public acute and community provider.
• Eastern Health: Large metropolitan Melbourne public health service. Comparable as a multi-site Victorian public provider across acute, aged, and community care, though operating at much larger scale than Bass Coast Health.

Direct peers

• Alfred Health: Major Victorian public health service and lead partner in the Bayside Health merger (1 Jan 2026). Provides tertiary referral pathways, commissioning support, and clinical leadership to Bass Coast Health, making it the most directly comparable peer.
• Kooweerup Regional Health Service: Small regional Victorian public health service and Bayside Health merger partner. Comparable in scale to Bass Coast Health: acute, aged care, and community services for a defined regional catchment.
• Gippsland Southern Health Service: Sub-regional Victorian public health service joining Bayside Health alongside Bass Coast Health. Very similar footprint: rural campuses, acute beds, residential aged care, and community services in South Gippsland.
• Peninsula Health: Metropolitan-regional Victorian public health service and fellow Bayside Health merger partner. Operates a comparable multi-site acute, aged and community health portfolio overlapping Bass Coast Health's service mix.

Regional players

• Bendigo Health: Large regional Victorian public health service providing a broad acute, sub-acute and community portfolio. Comparable as a larger sub-regional/rural hub with teaching, research, and outreach roles.
• Barwon Health: Major regional Victorian public health service anchored at University Hospital Geelong. Comparable as a large regional provider with acute, sub-acute, aged care, and community services outside metropolitan Melbourne.
• West Gippsland Healthcare Group: Sub-regional Victorian public health service based in Warragul, operating acute, aged care, and community services for a similar rural catchment — directly comparable in service mix and scale.
• Latrobe Regional Health: Sub-regional public health service serving the Latrobe Valley in Gippsland. Closest regional peer in terms of sub-regional role, ED, surgical, maternity, and oncology services delivered outside metropolitan Melbourne.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/basscoasthealth
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bass-coast-health

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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