Bendigo Health Funded at $598 Million for 2025-26

Bendigo Health has been funded at $598.058 million for the year to 30 June 2026, according to its Statement of Priorities agreed with the Victorian Department of Health. The agreement prices the service's activity at $6,516 per national weighted activity unit and covers admitted, non-admitted, community and mental health services used across the Bendigo region.

What the funding covers for Bendigo households

The Statement of Priorities is the document that sets what Bendigo Health is paid to deliver, so it is the clearest published guide to the services local households can expect from the city's public hospital and its community care programs over the year. Bendigo Health lists those community services, including aged and community care and outpatient clinics, on its own service pages.

Capital works on the record

On the capital side, the Victorian 2025-26 State Capital Program lists the new rehabilitation centre for Bendigo at a total estimated investment of $63.5 million, with $8.4 million of that spending falling in 2025-26. The budget papers record that main works are complete and that the estimated completion date is quarter three of 2025-26, revised to align with the demolition of the previous building.

The same capital program lists separate Bendigo projects outside health, including water treatment and reclamation upgrades and the Camp Hill Primary School works, each with its own line item and completion date. Regional health services can also apply for capital grants through the state's Regional Health Infrastructure Fund, which is a statewide program rather than a Bendigo-specific allocation.

What to watch next

The next confirmed figures for Bendigo Health will come with the service's annual report and the next Victorian budget papers, which restate each capital project's total estimated investment, the spending booked in the year and the revised completion date. Readers can check both against the documents linked below.

Correction: an earlier version of this article was headlined "Bendigo Gets $X Million for Health and Training Services", carrying an unfilled template placeholder instead of a figure, and reported a $47 million line item for regional health capital works that does not appear in the Victorian 2025-26 State Capital Program. The headline and the article have been rewritten against the primary funding documents, which are now linked as sources.