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A new private hospital on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula aims to boost mental health services in the region – and beyond.
The $30 million Avive Clinic Mornington Peninsula features 60 beds and gives patients choice in recovery, flexible pathways and access to clinical teams and psychiatrists.
Avive Health Co-founder and Co-CEO Greg Procter said the new facility was a "game-changer" for mental health care both locally and across the sector.
"Today's opening celebration is the culmination of 18 months of hard work from our Avive team, which has embraced the challenge to improve the health and wellbeing of Australians and their families," he said at the hospital's official launch in May 2024.
"We look forward to working with private and public providers and the community to deliver much-needed mental health services to Mornington Peninsula, across Victoria and beyond."
Like Avive's other mental health hospital in Brisbane, the Victorian site was developed in what the group calls a "uniquely different business model", with all aspects of the treatment journey being clinician-led from facility design to program offerings.
"Avive Health is focused on delivering better patient experiences and outcomes, while delivering healthcare differently and embracing the latest technology from across the globe," Mr Procter said.
"GPs, health professionals and patients can choose from our immersive inpatient programs, or supportive day patient programs – whichever suits each patient's recovery journey."
Co-founder and Co-CEO Mark Sweeney said Avive had invested in patient-focused technology including electronic tablets which let clinical teams access and share treatment information, complete rounding, capture real-time patient input and adjust care during a hospital stay.
"We have also invested heavily into a range of building technologies and management systems such as circadian rhythm lighting, true presence sensors, security and access control technology – all designed to improve the patient experience and ultimately, outcomes specific to what each of our patients need," he added.
Avive Clinic Mornington Peninsula features a boutique hotel-like environment with 60 single patient rooms with ensuites across two wings together with group and art therapy rooms, psychiatrists' consulting suites, a dedicated fitness studio and gymnasium, as well as landscaped outdoor retreat areas.
It provides inpatient treatment, day patient programs and outpatient consultations for people living with alcohol use disorders, anxiety disorders, depression and mood disorders, early life, and adult trauma, including defence and emergency first-responders.
"Our hospitals are designed specifically for mental health," Mr Sweeney said.
"By recognising the connection between a person's health and their physical surroundings, we've created environments that actively support recovery along every step of a patient's hospital treatment journey."
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