Services Outside NICU

Perinatal and Women’s Mental Health Psychology Service

The Perinatal and Women’s Mental Health Service supports women who are receiving antenatal care at the Royal, who have birthed at the Royal within the last year and live within the SESLHD, and parents whose babies are in the NICU. 

For more information, see the Perinatal and Women’s Mental Health Psychology Service page.

Babies on Postnatal Wards

There are about 3,000 births at the Royal Hospital for Women each year.  Our team provide neonatal services to all these babies.

Hospital in The Home (HITH)

We provide Hospital in The Home Program. HITH is a model of care that allows continuity of hospital care for your baby in your  home while under close supervision of our team. This program reduces the length of stay of a baby in the hospital and encourages smooth transition of care from controlled ICU environment to home. A range of clinical conditions and babies can be effectively and safely managed without needing to be in hospital. While HITH is entirely voluntary, it's important to know that your baby under the HITH program is still treated as an admitted patient, with the same standard of care that your baby would receive in hospital. You are taught to manage baby’s tube feeds at home while establishing full sucking feeds.