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About the North Metropolitan Health Service

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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:

  • Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (external site)
  • Osborne Park Hospital (external site)
  • Graylands Hospital
  • King Edward Memorial Hospital (external site)

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.

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    Health Service Board The Board is legally responsible and accountable for the oversight of our hospitals and health services.
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    Executive The Executive group provides leadership and direction across all aspects of the health service.
  • Mission, Vision and Values
    Vision, Mission and Values Excellence in health care for our community.
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    Strategic Planning As a health service it is important that our efforts are focused on strategies that will deliver the best outcomes for the community we serve and the best working environment for our people
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    Work with us NMHS employs motivated and caring individuals to provide and support the delivery of safe high-quality care across our sites and services.
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    Annual Reports The annual report enables us to define and demonstrate what it takes to deliver our vision of excellence in health care for our community across the entire NMHS hospital and our service network.
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    Governance Clinical and corporate governance and accountability structures across NMHS.
Last Updated: 18/11/2020
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Acknowledgement of Country

The Government of Western Australia acknowledges the traditional custodians throughout Western Australia and their continuing connection to the land, waters and community. We pay our respects to all members of the Aboriginal communities and their cultures; and to Elders both past and present.

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