North Metropolitan Health Service (NMHS) comprises an extensive hospital and health service network that aims to maintain and improve the health and wellbeing of more than 729,144 people (approximately 28% of Western Australia’s total population) within a catchment area of almost 1,000 square kilometres.
The population is projected to increase by 160,118 persons (+22%) between 2019 and 2030, especially in our most northern suburbs. The number of people aged 65 years and older will increase by 51,541 persons (+49%) during the same period.
In serving our population, the NMHS hospital network provides a combination of tertiary, secondary and specialist health care services including trauma, emergency and critical care; emergency and elective surgery; general medical; mental health; inpatient and outpatient services; women, children and neonate services; rehabilitation; aged care; and palliative care.
The NMHS comprises of a mix of tertiary, specialist and generalist hospitals including:
NMHS also has a Public Private Partnership arrangement in place for north metropolitan residents to receive high quality public health care services from Joondalup Health Campus (external site).
The NMHS is a statutory authority governed by the NMHS Board.