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We want your time with us to be as positive and comfortable as possible. Our vision is to ensure every patient or consumer receives the right treatment at the right time in a safe environment.

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We provide a range of support to assist patients, consumers, families and carers to access services at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Coming to hospital can be a stressful time for many people. Knowing as much as possible about what to expect can make you feel more comfortable.

We work with you and your family or carers to set goals for what you want to achieve from your stay in hospital.

We deliver more than 50 healthcare services in the community and in people's homes, across Melbourne and regional Victoria.

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Services & clinics

At the Royal Melbourne Hospital, we offer a range of services and clinics for our patients and consumers. We support people staying in hospital, as well as people coming in for treatment or being treated in the community.

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Diabetes and Endocrinology

Medical Imaging

Metabolic Diseases

Neurology and Stroke

Victorian Infectious Diseases Service

Victorian Tuberculosis Program

Health professionals

As a large public hospital and healthcare provider, we work with health professionals statewide to help deliver patient care. Our career and training opportunities for healthcare workers promote professional development and improve patient outcomes.

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Training courses

There's a range of clinical learning opportunities at the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH).

Our GP Liaison team helps GPs and other health professionals to navigate and refer patients to services at the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH). We work to improve communication between the hospital and primary care

Pathology Handbook

The RMH Pathology Handbook is a reference guide to help clinicians select tests and collect the correct specimen.

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Zainab Sheikh

Community Advisory Committee member

Zainab has a wide range of professional experience working across policy development and implementation, program delivery, community advocacy, leadership, and governance within small, medium and large non-government organisations.

She is a dedicated and passionate senior social worker and community development worker and is currently the Operational Manager at Somali Women's Development Association Inc. (SWDA). This work oversees initiatives aimed at supporting African Australian jobseekers, fostering stakeholder engagement, and implementing transformative programs for migrants, women, young people, elders, and people with disabilities from African backgrounds.

Her work has been grounded in community as an advocate and interface for members of her African community and people with other multicultural backgrounds in providing culturally appropriate health information and messaging in navigating community and health services (particularly during COVID lockdowns).

She is deeply committed to upholding human rights principles in all aspects of her work, believing that every individual deserves dignity, respect, and equal opportunities, regardless of their background or circumstances.

Zainab is also the Director of ZSF (Zainab Sheikh Foundation Ltd.), a charity organisation working in Australia and in Somalia, which actively engages in international development and aid projects in Somalia.