South West Healthcare - Camperdown

Overview

South West Healthcare – Camperdown is a rural healthcare facility serving the township of Camperdown and surrounding communities in Victoria’s Western District. With approximately 24 beds, this campus provides acute care, urgent care, aged care, and community health services as part of the broader South West Healthcare network. Operating under Victoria’s rural health framework, the facility offers urgent care services, general medical care, palliative care, residential aged care, and community health programs. Located approximately 190 kilometers southwest of Melbourne, the Camperdown campus serves a catchment population of around 3,500 people across this dairying and agricultural region. The hospital plays an important role in providing accessible healthcare to this rural community, with particular focus on services for the aging population and emergency response for farming-related incidents. The facility maintains connections with South West Healthcare’s main campus in Warrnambool for more complex cases, while ensuring essential health services remain available locally. The campus exemplifies the networked approach to rural healthcare, sharing resources and expertise within the regional health service to maximise local care options.