Portland District Health

Portland District Health Monitored weekdays, business hours. We reserve the right to turn off comments. Emergency - call 000 Facebook is monitored Monday-Friday, 8.30am – 4.30pm.

This page is for general information purposes. Comments on this page will be moderated for offensive and discriminatory language and misinformation. PDH permits well intentioned discussion on its social media channels. In using PDH's social media channels, all users and participants agree to behave in a respectful manner towards staff, Board of Directors and all community members. PDH reserves the right to hide or delete any comments that it considers, within its discretion, and to ban or block those persons/profiles from its pages or channels. PDH reserves the right, in its discretion, to switch off the comment function on any of its posts, pages or social media channels at any time. PDH may amend or withdraw material or comments on this page at any time without notice. Portland District Health provides an integrated health service which comprises acute, primary health and aged residential care services. Our Service provides: 24-hour, 7 days a week Urgent Care Centre,
69 registered acute inpatient beds, 2 operating theatres (1 procedural/Scope theatre), 8-bed day procedure unit,
30 residential aged care (high care) – Harbourside Lodge,
Active Health Portland - our GP superclinic,
Community Health/Primary Care services. Portland District Health is accredited with the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards, the Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency Ltd and Home and Community Care National Service Standards. PDH has an operating budget of $52m, approximately 461 staff (310 FTE). Portland’s health services are steeped in history with land set aside in April 1858 for an asylum for the benefit of the afflicted or distressed inhabitants and sojourners. The trustees who reserved that land were James Blair, Charles Arthur Dodd, Francis Henty, Thomas Must and Thomas Finn. In 1912, permission was granted to convert the institution to a district hospital and it continued to operate from the original blue stone building until 1954 when the needs of Portland and District outgrew the facilities. The bluestone buildings were demolished and replaced by a new facility. Today, Portland District health is a public health service established under the Health Services Act 1988. Our health service was formed on 01 July 2003 through the amalgamation of the Portland and District Community Health Centre and the Portland and District Hospital.

13/03/2026
Reminder of flooring upgrades occurring in our Pathology and Medical Imaging areas
05/03/2026

Reminder of flooring upgrades occurring in our Pathology and Medical Imaging areas

Fresh Food Swap 🍏🌸Swap and share your excess produce and help reduce food waste! Give what you can and take what you nee...
03/03/2026

Fresh Food Swap 🍏🌸

Swap and share your excess produce and help reduce food waste!
Give what you can and take what you need - no money exchanged.

Every Thursday at the Portland Library.
Pop in between 10am and 12pm, or stay for a chat, meet like-minded community members and pick up some gardening tips and tricks along the way.

Fruit, veg, herbs, seeds and seedlings, jams and chutneys, flowers, eggs, honey and recipes are all welcome.

If you have any questions, please contact the Health Promotion Team at healthpromotion.pdh@swarh.vic.gov.au or 5522 1197

Reminder of Upgrades to Flooring near Pathology and Medical Imaging starting today!
01/03/2026

Reminder of Upgrades to Flooring near Pathology and Medical Imaging starting today!

Fresh Food Swap 🌹🥒🍅Swap and share your excess produce and help reduce food waste! Give what you can and take what you ne...
16/02/2026

Fresh Food Swap 🌹🥒🍅

Swap and share your excess produce and help reduce food waste!
Give what you can and take what you need - no money exchanged.

Every Thursday at the Portland Library.
Pop in between 10am and 12pm, or stay for a chat, meet like-minded community members and pick up some gardening tips and tricks along the way.
Fruit, veg, herbs, seeds and seedlings, jams and chutneys, flowers, eggs, honey and recipes are all welcome.

If you have any questions, please contact the Health Promotion Team at healthpromotion.pdh@swarh.vic.gov.au or 5522 1197

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Portland, VIC
3305

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