New HITH Centre to support rapid multidisciplinary assessment

The Hospital in the Home (HITH) Centre at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital was opened on Monday 1 December to allow rapid multidisciplinary assessment and follow up of patients referred to, admitted or discharged from the program.

The opening of the centre reflects a growing shift in healthcare away from the hospital setting to providing safe, personalised treatment by clinicians in the home environment

North Metropolitan Health Service (NMHS) Chief Executive Robert Toms said at the opening that the Centre represented the expansion of the program and taking healthcare in a new direction

“This modern approach reflects a growing shift in healthcare in which safe, personalised treatment can be delivered in the comfort of home,” he said.

HITH patient Kathleen Wear has praised the service and said she felt comfortable in the knowledge that the nurse was on call 24 hours if needed and that a nurse would be visiting the next day.

"All the nurses that visited me were professional, reassuring and friendly, and I also liked that I wasn't taking up a hospital bed that someone else needed more than me," she said.

Since January 2025, there has been about 650 episodes of care with HITH, with patients being able to receive multi–disciplinary care in the comfort of their own home.

Importantly the program has received a 100 per cent satisfaction result from their patients.

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