East Grampians Health Service

What East Grampians Health Service does

East Grampians Health Service (EGHS) is a Victorian government-owned rural public health service operating two campuses in Ararat and Willaura in Western Victoria. The organisation traces its origins to Willaura Hospital, founded in 1935, and now delivers an integrated continuum of care across acute services (including a birthing suite, urgent care, medical imaging, oncology, dialysis, and a perioperative unit with two operating theatres), residential aged care (70 Lowe Street, Garden View Court, Parkland House Hostel, and Willaura Health Care), community nursing and Hospital In The Home services, midwifery, palliative care through Central Grampians Palliative Care, and allied health programmes. EGHS operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and is funded primarily through Victorian State Government and Commonwealth Government programmes including Medicare and aged care subsidies, with minor revenue from regulated patient fees and community donations. Governance rests with a Board appointed by the Victorian Minister for Health, currently chaired by Cameron Evans.

Name

East Grampians Health Service

Legal name

East Grampians Health Service

Website

https://eghs.net.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1935

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

East Grampians Health Service is a Victorian government rural public health service operating two campuses in Ararat and Willaura, delivering acute, aged care, community, midwifery, and ancillary services to the East Grampians region of Western Victoria.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Rural Healthcare Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), Home Health Care Services (621610), Home Health Care Services (62161), Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (623312), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051)

akta.pro primary industry

Critical Access & Rural Hospitals (HLAFAAAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

In-Home Hospice Nursing Visits (RN/LPN) (HSABAFAL), Home Health Aide (HHA) Services (Medically Directed) (HSABACAB)

Keywords

• Rural health services
• Residential aged care
• Community nursing care
• Maternity and midwifery
• Acute hospital services

Headquarters

HQ city

Ararat

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: Public health service funded primarily through Victorian State Government and Commonwealth Government health funding programs, including Medicare, aged care subsidies, and operational grants.
2. Patient Fees: Fees for community nursing services ($5 per visit, capped at $125/month), with urgent care provided at no charge. Residential aged care fees as regulated by the Commonwealth.
3. Donations and Fundraising: Community donations through foundations, auxiliaries, and fundraising events support equipment purchases and facility improvements.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

East Grampians Health Service is a public rural health service operating across two campuses (Ararat and Willaura) in Western Victoria, delivering acute inpatient and urgent care, residential aged care, midwifery and maternity services, oncology, dialysis, palliative care, perioperative/endoscopy services, medical imaging, and community/home-based nursing. Services are delivered directly by EGHS clinical staff with support from visiting medical officers, allied health professionals, and academic health partners.

Product overview

East Grampians Health Service is a rural health service providing comprehensive healthcare across the care continuum. The organization operates from campuses in Ararat and Willaura in Western Victoria, offering acute services (including birthing suite and urgent care), aged care facilities (70 Lowe Street, Garden View Court, Parkland House, Willaura Health Care), community nursing and home-based services, medical imaging, oncology, perioperative services, dialysis, palliative care, and midwifery. The service also provides conference facilities and engages in health research. Services are delivered through a combination of in-house clinical teams, visiting specialists, and partnerships with larger regional health services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Willaura Health Care: Campus of East Grampians Health Service providing acute care and aged care services in Willaura
• 70 Lowe Street
• Garden View Court
• Parkland House Hostel
• Cafe Pyrenees
• Ark Toy and Activity Library
• EGHS Foundation
• Building for the Future Foundation

Products and services

• Acute Services 24/7 inpatient acute medical/surgical care, urgent care, midwifery, birthing suite, and emergency treatment services for residents of the East Grampians region.
• Aged Care Residential aged care services provided at 70 Lowe Street, Garden View Court Hostel, and Willaura Health Care, including dementia care, personal care, medication management, and lifestyle activities.
• Willaura Health Care Rural health campus at Willaura providing acute care, residential aged care (Willaura Nursing Home and Parkland House Hostel), and Aged Care Onsite Pharmacist services.
• Community Services Home- and community-based healthcare including District Nursing, Hospital In The Home (HITH), Hospital Admission Risk Program (HARP), and Post Acute Care delivered across the East Grampians region.
• Medical Services Medical imaging, specialist consultations, and visiting medical officer services supporting diagnosis and treatment of patients across the region.
• Oncology Unit On-site cancer treatment services including chemotherapy administration and supportive care for patients in the East Grampians region.
• Perioperative Unit (including Endoscopy) Surgical services including colonoscopy, gastroscopy, cystoscopy, and laparoscopy delivered through two operating theatres equipped with a modern endoscopy system.
• Dialysis Renal dialysis services for patients requiring kidney treatment, delivered locally to avoid travel to larger regional centres.
• Palliative Care End-of-life care, symptom management, and family support services delivered through Central Grampians Palliative Care across the Ararat, Northern Grampians, and Pyrenees shires.
• Midwifery Antenatal, intrapartum, postnatal and domiciliary midwifery care using a team-based GP obstetric model with shared care between GP/Obstetrician and midwife; supports 110+ births per year.
• Community Nursing Home-based clinical nursing including wound management, medication administration, chronic disease monitoring, acute care at home, discharge support, and breast care support.
• Medical Imaging Diagnostic imaging services including radiology, with planned mammography and bone density scanning; expected to screen approximately 700 clients per year via BreastScreen Victoria once the mammography unit is installed.
• Urgent Care 24/7 urgent care/emergency treatment services provided at no charge to patients requiring emergency treatment; non-emergency cases are referred to the Ararat Medical Centre.
• Conference Facilities Meeting and conference facilities (Pyrenees House and others) at EGHS campuses available for community and organizational use.
• Health Research Health research initiatives undertaken in partnership with Federation University Australia and other academic institutions, supporting rural health innovation.

Quantifiable outcome

• 700 clients per year estimated to access BreastScreen Victoria screening locally with mammography unit
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• Lions Club of AraratmajorGTM or Marketing Partner · 6 March 2026Donated $20,000 to the Blue Ribbon mammography unit project. Significant community partner supporting health service equipment fundraising.
• Commonwealth Government (Aged Care Onsite Pharmacist Program)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 February 2026Funded Aged Care Onsite Pharmacist trial at Willaura Health Care. Part of Royal Commission into Aged Care recommendations. Pharmacist Somnath Sakthi Sekaran provides medication reviews one day per week.
• Ararat RSLmajorGTM or Marketing Partner · 5 December 2025Donated $8,000 to EGHS Oncology Unit for a new treatment chair benefiting cancer patients. Funds raised through annual Pink Day fundraising event.
• G J Gardner Homes AraratminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 5 December 2025Donated $570 through Community Growth Program (0.1% of contract price from clients Romaine and Cameron Lawrie) for EGHS equipment and services.
• Ritchies IGAminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 5 December 2025Community Benefit Program generated $5,882 for EGHS Café Pyrenees refresh over two years through community members nominating EGHS as their charity.
• Victoria Police Blue Ribbon Foundation Ararat BranchcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 30 October 2025Fundraising partnership for mammography unit project. Branch committed to raising $250,000 towards $296,000 equipment. This is the largest project in the branch's 24-year history, having donated >$1.2 million to EGHS over that period.
• Federation University AustraliamajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 September 2025Health research partnership. Dr Leo Bell, Research Associate at Federation University's Health Innovation and Transformation Centre, engaged with EGHS leadership on research projects.
• Australian Red Cross LifebloodmajorGTM or Marketing Partner · 16 September 2025Return of Mobile Blood Donor Centre to Ararat initiated through EGHS Community Consultative Committee. Lifeblood has made visits a permanent fixture.
• Victoria Police Blue Ribbon FoundationcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 16 September 2025Previously donated $114,070 for anaesthetic machine (Jason Bond Perioperative Unit) including final $24,070 instalment. Now fundraising for mammography unit.
• Deakin UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 August 2025Medical education partnership through Rural Training Stream (RTS) Doctor of Medicine program. Medical students undertake training at EGHS Ararat. Dr Eslam Ahmed lectures at Ararat Medical School.
• Department of HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 August 2023Hosting Maternity and Newborn Services Discovery Forum with Department representatives, Grampians Health Service Partnership, Safer Care Victoria and regional health services to discuss future service provision.
• Grampians Health Service PartnershipcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 August 2023Regional health partnership for maternity and newborn services. Collaboration on capability frameworks and model of care development.
• Safer Care VictoriamajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 August 2023Quality and safety body participating in regional maternity services discussions and leadership group events.
• Community Bank Willaura and Lake BolacminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 4 June 2023Major sponsor of Willaura Health Care Outdoor Market, supporting fundraising for Willaura Health Care and Parkland House Hostel.
• Centre of Perinatal Excellence (COPE)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 May 2023Partnership to implement world-first iCOPE digital perinatal mental health screening tool at EGHS. COPE is Australia's peak body for reducing impacts of perinatal anxiety and depression. The screening enables faster and more effective mental health screening in the perinatal period.
• Grampians Rural Generalist Intern Training Program (GRGITP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 February 2023Partnership with St John of God Ballarat Hospital and Maryborough District Health Service for community-based medical intern program providing hands-on rural health experience.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• East Wimmera Health Service: Rural Victorian health service operating across multiple small campuses in the Wimmera region, providing acute, aged care, and community nursing. Highly comparable to EGHS in rural scale, multi-campus model, and integrated service portfolio.
• Maryborough District Health Service: Rural Victorian health service operating from Maryborough with acute care, aged care, and community services. Identified as EGHS's partner in the Grampians Rural Generalist Intern Training Program and directly comparable in rural scale and service scope.
• Western District Health Service: Rural Victorian health service operating from Hamilton and Penshurst with acute, aged care, and community services. Closely comparable to EGHS in scale, service mix, and rural Western Victorian catchment.

Regional players

• Grampians Health Service: Larger regional health service formed through merger in Western Victoria, operating Ballarat Base Hospital and other campuses. Directly comparable to EGHS as a regional Victorian public health service and identified as EGHS's strategic maternity services partnership counterpart.
• St John of God Ballarat Hospital: Private regional hospital in Ballarat providing acute and maternity services. Referenced as EGHS's partner in community-based medical intern training and comparable as a regional Western Victorian healthcare provider.
• Mildura Base Public Hospital: Regional public hospital in far north-west Victoria serving a dispersed rural catchment. Comparable to EGHS as a regional Victorian public health service addressing rural healthcare access challenges, though with different geographic dispersion characteristics.
• Northeast Health Wangaratta: Regional health service in North East Victoria providing acute, aged care, and community services to a rural catchment. Comparable to EGHS as a regional public health service with similar integrated care continuum and rural community focus.

Broad incumbents

• Bendigo Health: Large regional Victorian health service providing comprehensive acute, sub-acute, and aged care services. Comparable as a regional public health service hub serving rural catchments, though at significantly larger scale than EGHS.
• Albury Wodonga Health: Large cross-border regional health service providing acute, sub-acute, and aged care services to rural communities in North East Victoria and Southern NSW. Comparable to EGHS in serving a rural catchment with integrated service offerings, though at larger scale.
• Latrobe Regional Hospital: Major regional hospital in Gippsland, Victoria, providing acute care and specialist services to a rural catchment. Comparable as a regional Victorian public health service with rural catchment dynamics similar to EGHS's East Grampians region.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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