Building plans for the Grampians Rural Clinical School will be unveiled to 60 Deakin University medical students when they visit Ballarat Health Services today.

The Grampians Rural Clinical School will be built at Ballarat Health Services' Base Hospital with completion of the works in time for the arrival of the first intake of students in February 2010.

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Major changes and key development initiatives during the past four years have seen Ballarat Psychiatric Services become a leader in quality outcomes for clients and their families.

Ken Burnett, Psychiatric Services Executive Director, said that the service had been very proactive in improving access, which had lead to more people being treated.

"We have one

The ageing population and high burden of disease rates in the Grampians region have contributed to a massive increase in demand at Ballarat Health Services.

For the 2007-2008 financial year BHS has seen unprecedented demand in the Base Hospital emergency department, inpatient admissions, operating theatre and outpatients attendances.

Births for the 2007-2008 financia