Key messages
- Victoria’s network of services means that, for most women and families, maternity and newborn care is provided close to home.
- A tiered system with agreed levels of care for public maternity and newborn services means that women and families can have confidence in the consistency and quality of care they receive.
- Capability frameworks support and guide how planned maternity and newborn care is provided.
Capability frameworks for maternity and newborn services
The capability frameworks for Victorian maternity and newborn services:
- Describe the requirements for providing safe and high-quality maternity and newborn care for Victorian public and private hospitals, including the:
- required workforce
- infrastructure
- equipment and clinical support services.
- Assist health services to manage different complexities of care, making informed decisions about the:
- resources
- partnerships
- protocols.
- Enable a transparent approach to planning and service development at a local level, taking into account community need.
- Support health service regions and the department to plan and manage the maternity and newborn service system.
Maternity and newborn capability levels
Services operate in a networked system across 6 levels of care:
- Levels 1-3: Local care for healthy women and babies at low risk
- Level 4: Local care for women and babes with some risk requiring additional care
- Level 5-6: Local care for all women and babies. Regional/statewide care for women and babies at high risk
Download the capability levels for 2022-23 to 2023-24 or view table n this page.
Maternity services - level 6
Health service | Maternity capability level | Newborn capability level |
---|---|---|
Mercy Hospital for Women | 6 | 6a |
Monash Medical Centre Clayton | 6 | 6b |
The Royal Women's Hospital - Parkville | 6 | 6a |
Western Health - Sunshine Hospital | 6 | 6a |
The Royal Children's Hospital | not applicable | 6b |
Maternity services - level 5
Health service | Maternity capability level | Newborn capability level |
---|---|---|
Albury Wodonga Health | 5 | 4 |
Barwon Health - University Hospital Geelong | 5 | 5 |
Bendigo Health | 5 | 4 |
Eastern Health - Box Hill Hospital | 5 | 4 |
Grampians Health - Ballarat Base Hospital | 5 | 4 |
Goulburn Valley Health | 5 | 4 |
Latrobe Regional Hospital | 5 | 4 |
Northern Health - The Northern Hospital | 5 | 5 |
Peninsula Health - Frankston Hospital | 5 | 4 |
Maternity services - level 4
Health service | Maternity capability level | Newborn capability level |
---|---|---|
Central Gippsland Health Service | 4 | 3 |
Eastern Health - Angliss Hospital | 4 | 3 |
Mildura Base Hospital | 4 | 3 |
Monash Health - Casey Hospital | 4 | 4 |
Monash Hospital - Dandenong Hospital | 4 | 3 |
Northeast Health Wangaratta | 4 | 3 |
South West Healthcare Warrnambool | 4 | 3 |
Monash Health Women's - Sandringham | 4 | 3 |
Werribee Mercy Hospital | 4 | 4 |
West Gippsland Healthcare Group - Warragul | 4 | 3 |
Wimmera Healthcare Group - Horsham | 4 | 3 |
Maternity services - level 3
Health service | Maternity capability level | Newborn capability level |
---|---|---|
Bairnsdale Regional Health Service | 3 | 2 |
Bass Coast Health - Wonthaggi | 3 | 2 |
Benalla Health | 3 | 2 |
Colac Area Health | 3 | 2 |
East Grampians Health Service | 3 | 2 |
Echuca Regional Health | 3 | 2 |
Gippsland Southern Health Service - Leongatha | 3 | 2 |
Kilmore and District Hospital | 3 | 2 |
Mansfield District Hospital | 3 | 2 |
South Gippsland Hospital - Foster | 3 | 2 |
South West Healthcare - Camperdown | 3 | 2 |
Swan Hill District Health | 3 | 2 |
Western District Health Service | 3 | 2 |
Western Health - Bacchus Marsh Hospital | 3 | 2 |
Maternity services - level 2
Health service | Maternity capability level | Newborn capability level |
---|---|---|
Castlemaine Health | 2 | 2 |
Maryborough District Health Services | 2 | 2 |
Portland District Health | 2 | 2 |
Maternity services - level 1
Health service | Maternity capability level | Newborn capability level |
---|---|---|
Alpine Health - Bright | 1 | 1 |
Alpine Health - Mount Beauty | 1 | 1 |
Alpine Health - Myrtleford | 1 | 1 |
Casterton Memorial Hospital | 1 | 1 |
Cohuna District Hospital | 1 | 1 |
NCN Health - Numurkah | 1 | 1 |
NCN Health - Cobram | 1 | 1 |
Robinvale District Health Service | 1 | 1 |
West Wimmera Health Service - Nhill | 1 | 1 |
Yarrawonga District Health Service | 1 | 1 |
Reviewed 24 October 2023