FRANKSTON Hospital is set to undergo a name change once its redevelopment is complete. Early next year, Frankston Hospital will be rebranded the Peninsula University Hospital. The name change comes as Peninsula Health strengthens its ties with Monash University.
Monash University executive dean of medicine, nursing and health sciences, Professor Christina Mitchell, says hundreds of university students make positive contributions to the hospital each year. “Over 940 Monash students delivered approximately 307,000 clinical placement hours across allied health, nursing and midwifery and medicine with Peninsula Health in the last year and we partner together in excellent research at the National Centre for Healthy Ageing,” she said.
“Monash University is thrilled to be a collaborator in Peninsula University Hospital, to provide integrated education and research to support health care in our communities. Peninsula University Hospital represents an opportunity to further embed world-class education and research into the fabric of healthcare in the growing health, education and research precinct centred in Frankston.”
Peninsula Health CEO Helen Cooper said “Peninsula University Hospital represents the future of healthcare in our region – smarter, more connected, and deeply grounded in research and education. “We are proud to be working hand-in-hand with Monash University, and our other tertiary partners, to create a health service that not only treats but teaches, learns and leads.”
The centrepiece of the $1.1 billion redevelopment is a new clinical services tower, which will add 130 beds to the hospital, a new operating theatre suite with 15 new theatres, a rooftop helipad, expanded women’s and children’s services, a new medical imaging department, and new spaces for mental health and oncology services.
The tower is expected to treat around 35,000 patients each year.Along with the name change, Peninsula Health said that it will offer expanded clinical placement programs and new joint professorial roles in the future. It will also focus on “new investment opportunities in medical research, infrastructure, and technology to support advanced patient care,” a Peninsula Health media release read.
Health infrastructure minister Melissa Horne toured the construction site last week – she said “the Frankston Hospital redevelopment is set to transform healthcare in Melbourne’s south east and the Mornington Peninsula – meaning more care, closer to home for local families.”
First published in the Frankston Times – 15 July 2025