Melbourne Child Development Competitors

Healthscope is a leading private healthcare provider with 38 hospitals across Australia. We strive to be the best place to work and care in Australian healthcare. Our team of over 19,000 employees make an impact 24/7, 365 days a year by providing exceptional care to the more than 650,000 Australians we see each year.

The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years. We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas. With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people. We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation. When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future. In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.

Anglicare Victoria works with children and families to build better tomorrows. We work with them to find solutions for children in need, create opportunities and pathways for young people, and provide tools and support for families to stay together. Real-world problems don’t fit into neat boxes, so we build flexible solutions around each family’s unique challenges and strengths. We find innovative ways to overcome challenges and to make the system better. Overcoming these challenges means we never stand still. Our staff draw on the best evidence and research and offers understanding, expertise and hands-on experience. We help children and families reach their full potential and improve life for everyone. Every day our clients face their challenges and achieve great things. The work they do is never easy, and neither is ours. But it has never been more necessary. Together, we can meet those challenges. This means children and young people who are safe and strong, happier and healthier homes and families, and better future for everyone. We work for better.