Ballan District Health & Care

ballan district health & care – located between melbourne and ballarat along the western highway – is a rural healthcare provider to the residents of ballan and surrounding districts. employing more than 180 people and supported by more than 80 volunteers, ballan district health & care provides an integrated single-site model of care: offering primary healthcare, hospital care, aged care, rehabilitation services, welfare and wellness services, and childcare. ballan district health & care commenced operations in 1966 as a six-bed soldiers’ memorial bush nursing hospital. the hospital opening represented a significant community achievement. many local people had made the ballan hospital their life’s work. ballan district health & care remains a soldiers’ memorial bush nursing hospital, is owned by the community through the ballan hospital association and is a registered charity. many local people, including staff members and volunteers, continue to make the organisation their life’s work