What we do

We work in partnership with Victoria's public health services to understand their requirements. We meet these needs by establishing collective agreements (purchasing contracts) for medical consumables, pharmaceuticals and medical equipment, as well as non-medical products and services they need via large-scale collective tenders.

Under section 131 of the Health Services Act 1988 (Vic), we administer several compliance-related functions, and we work with health services to assist them in meeting their compliance and probity obligation.

As well as providing an end-to-end health supply chain for Victoria's public health services, we have a function under the Act to extend access to our collective agreements to health or related services that have been assessed as 'eligible services' under the Act.

Our core business functions - Procurement and Logistics - are reinforced by our supporting functions. The Finance, Risk and Governance; Information Technology; and People, Culture and Safety operations ensure stable governance and structures to help us achieve our goals and pursue our transformation agenda. 

Read more about our role in Victoria's public health system in our publications including our Annual Report and monthly HSV Update newsletter.

Content reviewed: November 2024