The complete vision of the Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery to become a reality with the Commonwealth Government agreeing to contribute $30m to the $180m project.

St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney’s MRI Guided Focused Ultrasound Unit – the first in the Southern Hemisphere – begins operation, providing personalised, non-invasive, precision treatment for people experiencing essential tremor.

St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne ranked in the top 100 hospitals worldwide by Newsweek magazine.

SVHA successfully trials a new program that takes staff training around ethical decision-making from the lecture theatre to the bedside.

St Vincent’s Hospital Correctional Health established to provide primary care services at Sydney’s Parklea prison.

St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney opens its new 20-bed Haemotology and Bone Marrow Transplant ward.

St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney pioneers an Australia-first surgical technique by targeting lymph nodes affected by cancer around the prostate.

SVHA coordinates more than 20 different health and community organisations in a campaign to encourage governments to provide greater funding and better planning for alcohol and other drug treatment services.

St Vincent’s Health acquires 100% full ownership of Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital from the Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters. The hospital is renamed St Vincent’s Private Hospital Northside.

St Vincent’s Care Services continues to grow, transitioning five aged care facilities to its portfolio from other organisations: one in Victoria, and two each in NSW and Queensland.

St Vincent’s Health continues to reduce its carbon footprint, cutting its total energy use by 2.1% against 2017-18 figures, despite the addition of new facilities.

Workplace safety efforts across the organisation continue to bear fruit. The number of injuries resulting in lost work days has dropped 71% since 2013.