SWAN Hill Rural City Council has called for the feasibility study into a new Swan Hill hospital to be publicly released.

Cr Les McPhee, also the chair of the Swan Hill Needs a New Hospital campaign committee, moved an urgent motion at the recent ordinary meeting, telling council the committee's efforts had been met with silence.

Minister for Health Jenny Mikakos told The Guardian last year the study would not be released to the public as it was considered "commercial-in-confidence".

A frustrated Cr McPhee moved that council write to Ms Mikakos, calling on her to release the feasibility study "immediately".

"Council and the Swan Hill community have for a number of years been expressing a desire to be provided with a modern, state-of-the-art hospital suitable to meet the needs of this community," Cr McPhee said.

"The community has formed a Swan Hill Needs a New Hospital committee, which has been active over the last two years in advocating for a modern hospital to meet the needs of this growing community."

Cr McPhee said the community was becoming "increasingly frustrated" with the lack of information being provided about the progress of planning for a new hospital by the state government.

"I understand that the master planning work has now been completed and that a feasibility study has been undertaken for the Victorian Government looking at the options for the replacement of the Swan Hill hospital," he said.

"Given the extremely high level of interest within the Swan Hill community around this topic, I call on the health minister to immediately release this feasibility study and to provide commentary to the Swan Hill community on the government's intentions."

Cr McPhee said the community had a right to know the outcome of the study.

"This campaign has been ongoing for a number of years, I believe politicians have to remember they are elected to represent the community," he said.

"A hospital is a community asset, which increases the liveability of the area.

"It is a public building and the public must be kept informed about the process, all we're asking for is what we should be told anyway.

"They work for us, that is our building, let us know what is going to happen there."

Cr Chris Jeffery also spoke for the motion, adding a lot of people were waiting for an answer and "it is time" they received a response.

Cr Nicole McKay said the future of the health service was important for the whole region.

"I would just like to emphasise that as health services in the smaller and more distant areas are reduced, our hospital is ever more important to our whole region," Cr McKay said.

"We are looking to the future and the future of our entire community right across the municipality and into New South Wales as well, as we are the emergency service for a very big area.

"It is extremely important that the needs of our community are taken into account for the next 20, 30 or 50 years and that is what we are working for."

Cr McPhee said he hoped council's action would be met with a response from the government.

"We, ourselves, as a committee have written to the minister and to the CEO of the hospital, Mr (Peter) Abraham asking for this, we have got no response, so I am trying to bring it up to a more political level and see if that can add weight," Cr McPhee said.

"We have to put pressure on the minister, so that it can be released."

The motion was passed unanimously.