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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Supporting you

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

Hospital care

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.

Ongoing care

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

Community care

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

Providing feedback

We welcome your feedback, whether it's a complaint, a compliment or a suggestion. Your feedback helps us improve our services for everyone.

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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Cardiology

Diabetes and Endocrinology

Emergency

Intensive Care

Kidney Care

Major Trauma

Medical Imaging

Mental Health

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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Careers

The Royal Melbourne Hospital is one of Australia’s leading public healthcare providers. Join the team. Build a career.

Training and professional development

We have a range of clinical training sessions and learning opportunities at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, whether you want to refresh your existing skills or learn something new to progress your career.

For GPs

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.

Information sharing with other entities

The Royal Melbourne Hospital may occasionally share relevant information with other entities such as law enforcement, family violence services or child protection professionals.

Pathology Handbook

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

Research

Cardiology

Providing treatment, care and support for people with cardiovascular diseases such as coronary, valvular, heart muscle and heart rhythm disorders.

24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

We provide a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week service to help people who are having a heart attack.

About us

Find out more about who we are and what we do

About Cardiology

Our clinical initiatives

Cardiac Catheter Lab

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Find out more about heart conditions

Learn about the heart

Learn about heart failure

Our services

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General Cardiology

Heart Failure

Cardiac Rehabilitation

Work with us

Are you interested in a career at the RMH? Find out more about our career opportunities, education and graduate programs.

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Donate now

Cardiovascular health is one of the major epidemics of this century and biggest challenges confronting the Australian health system. We conduct research into arrhythmias and other heart disorders.

If you'd like to support our research work, donate now.

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Latest news & events

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Mum of twins reunited with healthcare heroes who saved her life

26 May 2025

Former patient Alex Judd visited the RMH to say thank you to the teams who saved her life.

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RMH Cardiology team performs Australian first implant

01 April 2025

Cardiologist, Dr Will Wilson

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Mum thanks hospital collaboration after surviving cancer and a heart attack

28 October 2024

Lara Scott is thanking the healthcare teams, and her children, who saved her life.

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Help for pregnant women navigating congenital heart disease

11 May 2023

The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) cardiology service is the centre for congenital interventions for Victoria and Tasmania, and as part of this service takes care of women through their pregnancies.

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$5 million MRFF research grant awarded to progress treatment of heart disease

05 April 2023

A ground-breaking study led by the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) and the University of Melbourne (UoM) has found that coronary bypass surgery using arteries rather than vein grafts can lead to longer lives for patients.

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The RMH cardiologist Luke Burchill receives NHMRC Research Excellence Award

18 June 2022

The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) cardiologist Associate Professor Luke Burchill has been awarded the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Sandra Eades Investigator Grant Award.

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Lung ultrasound program nabs nurse award

19 August 2021

An education and training program that teaches nurses and physiotherapists to assess lung health using ultrasound has been recognised by the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ).

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Kath wins ACRA award

06 August 2021

The Royal Melbourne Hospital’s Kath Kelly has received an award from Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association.

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Last updated 02 June 2025