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Appointments

Telehealth appointments

Don’t meet us by accident this summer

Check out our Emergency Department’s top tips to keep your kids safe this summer.

Click here to view the top tips

RCH National Child Health Poll

The latest findings reveal Australian parents know the importance of testing for COVID-19, but many think twice before getting their child tested.

Click here for more information.

COVID-19 resources

The RCH has made key information about COVID-19 available, including translated resources, helpful videos for children and families and information about hospital site attendance.

Click here to view the translated resources

Introducing Baby Chat!

The Royal Children’s Hospital’s newest virtual health program helping our smallest patients to feel at home and hear the voices of their parents and siblings, while being cared for in our Newborn Intensive Care Unit.

Click here for more information.

My RCH Portal: Your record at your fingertips

Click here to learn more or sign up

Good Friday Appeal

It’s been another record breaking Good Friday Appeal, raising $18,200,000 for The Royal Children’s Hospital!

Click here to read more.

Celebration of RCH turning 150 years old

For 150 years, The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) has provided world-leading care to Victoria’s sickest and most vulnerable children and young people.

Click here to read about the history.

Kids Health Info

Kids Health Info is dedicated to providing quality, up-to-date paediatric health information that you can depend on. Over 300 factsheets on topics that are important to you and your child, it’s free and available 24-hours a day, when and where you need it.

Click here to access the Kids Health Info fact sheets

Travel a long way to get to the RCH?

The RCH offers telehealth video-consultation for families from rural and regional Victoria or interstate. Usually, this is for known patients for follow-up appointments. This can be in your home or with your local doctor.

Click here to find out more.

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Don’t meet us by accident this summer

Check out our Emergency Department’s top tips to keep your kids safe this summer.

Click here to view the top tips

RCH National Child Health Poll

The latest findings reveal Australian parents know the importance of testing for COVID-19, but many think twice before getting their child tested.

Click here for more information.

COVID-19 resources

The RCH has made key information about COVID-19 available, including translated resources, helpful videos for children and families and information about hospital site attendance.

Click here to view the translated resources

Introducing Baby Chat!

Click here for more information.

My RCH Portal: Your record at your fingertips

Click here to learn more or sign up

Good Friday Appeal

It’s been another record breaking Good Friday Appeal, raising $18,200,000 for The Royal Children’s Hospital!

Click here to read more.

Celebration of RCH turning 150 years old

For 150 years, The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) has provided world-leading care to Victoria’s sickest and most vulnerable children and young people.

Click here to read about the history.

Kids Health Info

Click here to access the Kids Health Info fact sheets

Travel a long way to get to the RCH?

Click here to find out more.

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Your guide to the RCH

Kids health information

Clinical practice guidelines

My RCH
Portal

Translated resources - COVID-19 Telehealth appointments Your guide to the RCH Children’s health information Clinical practice guidelines My RCH Portal

Emergency Department status

View the Emergency Department status page for a real time guide to how busy we are.

Celebrating 150 years in 2020

Visit the RCH150 website.

Emergency Department status

View the Emergency Department status page for a real time guide to how busy we are.

Celebrating 150 years in 2020

Visit the RCH150 website.

Archives and collections

Take a walk through time as we move through the hospital’s beginnings, growth, and innovations since its inception.

Archives and collections

Take a walk through time as we move through the hospital’s beginnings, growth, and innovations since its inception.

Archives and collections

Take a walk through time as we move through the hospital’s beginnings, growth, and innovations since its inception.

RCH News

- RCH artists shine on the front page
  Twelve of our own budding artists are preparing for their masterpieces to be shared with the world on the 2021 covers of the prestigious medical journal, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.
- Don’t meet us by accident this summer
  With Christmas and New Year only days away, the RCH Emergency Department is calling on all Victorians to take care this summer to avoid meeting us by accident.
- Xavier’s RCH journey
  At 32-weeks pregnant, first-time parents Kathleen and Adam were faced with the terrifying news that there was something wrong with their baby’s heart.
- International Day of People with Disability
  Today is the International Day of People with Disability, celebrated internationally on December 3 each year to promote public awareness, understanding and acceptance of people with disability.
- Celebrating our NICU nurses and their tiny patients
  To celebrate our team’s incredible work, and in recognition of Thank U NICU Day today, we spoke to Jess about her recent experience in our Butterfly ward with son Jack, and learnt more about one of the nurses who helped care for him.
- The Royal Children’s Hospital Education Institute receives state recognition
  Congratulations to our Education Institute, whose Special Kindergarten Program has been recognised in the 2020 Victorian Early Years Awards!
- Month old twins Leila and Lukas reunited for World Prematurity Day
  Today marks World Prematurity Day, a day observed globally on November 17 each year to raise awareness of preterm birth and the impact it has on families.
- Champions for Children: Meet Psychologist Fiona Kirpichnikov
  Did you know our psychologists also work with children with chronic and complex pain conditions to help them cope? In celebration of Psychology Week, we sat down with RCH Psychologist Fiona to find out how she works with our patients and why being a florist was her backup career.
- Australian parents think twice about COVID-19 testing
  Australian parents are in support of COVID-19 testing for kids with 79 per cent understanding the important role it plays in stopping the spread, however, despite these high levels, many parents think twice before getting their child tested, the latest RCH National Child Health Poll has found.
- Champions for Children: Meet trauma surgeon Warwick Teague
  In our latest Champions for Children profile, we sat down with Warwick Teague, lead burns surgeon and Director of the RCH Trauma Service, to learn more about fire safety and first aid, and how to prevent burns injuries.

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RCH News

RCH artists shine on the front page
Twelve of our own budding artists are preparing for their masterpieces to be shared with the world on the 2021 covers of the prestigious medical journal, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.
Don’t meet us by accident this summer
With Christmas and New Year only days away, the RCH Emergency Department is calling on all Victorians to take care this summer to avoid meeting us by accident.
Xavier’s RCH journey
At 32-weeks pregnant, first-time parents Kathleen and Adam were faced with the terrifying news that there was something wrong with their baby’s heart.
International Day of People with Disability
Today is the International Day of People with Disability, celebrated internationally on December 3 each year to promote public awareness, understanding and acceptance of people with disability.
Celebrating our NICU nurses and their tiny patients
To celebrate our team’s incredible work, and in recognition of Thank U NICU Day today, we spoke to Jess about her recent experience in our Butterfly ward with son Jack, and learnt more about one of the nurses who helped care for him.
The Royal Children’s Hospital Education Institute receives state recognition
Congratulations to our Education Institute, whose Special Kindergarten Program has been recognised in the 2020 Victorian Early Years Awards!
Month old twins Leila and Lukas reunited for World Prematurity Day
Today marks World Prematurity Day, a day observed globally on November 17 each year to raise awareness of preterm birth and the impact it has on families.
Champions for Children: Meet Psychologist Fiona Kirpichnikov
Did you know our psychologists also work with children with chronic and complex pain conditions to help them cope? In celebration of Psychology Week, we sat down with RCH Psychologist Fiona to find out how she works with our patients and why being a florist was her backup career.
Australian parents think twice about COVID-19 testing
Australian parents are in support of COVID-19 testing for kids with 79 per cent understanding the important role it plays in stopping the spread, however, despite these high levels, many parents think twice before getting their child tested, the latest RCH National Child Health Poll has found.
Champions for Children: Meet trauma surgeon Warwick Teague
In our latest Champions for Children profile, we sat down with Warwick Teague, lead burns surgeon and Director of the RCH Trauma Service, to learn more about fire safety and first aid, and how to prevent burns injuries.

Support Us

- Give sick children like Sam the greatest gift of all: Christmas with their families
  Your generosity is essential in ensuring the RCH can continue providing lifesaving care for patients like Sam so they can be with their loved ones this Christmas.
- Support lifesaving care at the RCH
  With your support, the brightest medical minds like Associate Professor Warwick Teague and his team at the RCH Trauma service can provide the greatest care to critically injured patients.

The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne

COVID-19 information

Appointments

Don’t meet us by accident this summer

RCH National Child Health Poll

COVID-19 resources

Introducing Baby Chat!

My RCH Portal: Your record at your fingertips

Good Friday Appeal

Celebration of RCH turning 150 years old

Kids Health Info

Travel a long way to get to the RCH?

Don’t meet us by accident this summer

RCH National Child Health Poll

COVID-19 resources

Introducing Baby Chat!

My RCH Portal: Your record at your fingertips

Good Friday Appeal

Celebration of RCH turning 150 years old

Kids Health Info

Travel a long way to get to the RCH?

Emergency Department status

Celebrating 150 years in 2020

Emergency Department status

Celebrating 150 years in 2020

Archives and collections

Archives and collections

Archives and collections

The Royal Children's Hospital

The Royal Children's Hospital