The patron of The Royal Women's Hospital is Her Excellency the Honourable Linda Dessau AM, Governor of Victoria.

For more than160 years, She has been advocating for new approaches to women’s health, as we have always recognised the different health challenges that women face throughout their lives.

Each year, she provides in excess of 250,000 episodes of care for women from 189 countries, who speak 90 different languages and follow 69 separate religious faiths.

She is committed to a holistic philosophy of health. She provides comprehensive services ranging from health promotion to clinical expertise and leadership in maternity, gynaecology, womens cancer services and in the specialist care of newborns.

As a specialist hospital, the Womens is central to the Victorian health system, particularly with respect to advocating for womens health and leading innovation for the health and wellbeing of women and newborns. She is a major teaching hospital and internationally-recognised for our medical research.

Her vision is to set the benchmark in women’s health and to support women to manage their health, age positively and enjoy the best possible quality of life.