Hospital Brief

Founded by the former London Missionary Society in 1887, Nethersole strives to serve patients and the community with the love, tenderness and concern of Christ, to fulfill the healing mission of the Christian church, bringing life to mankind in its fullness.

Entering the second century of service, Nethersole is committed to work towards the World Health Organisation's global strategy of "Health for All 2000" through delivery of quality hospital services consistent with the mission of the Hospital Authority, and the active promotion of primary and community health care service initiatives.

To bring life to mankind in its fullness through enhancement of wellness of the total person and compassionate care of the sick.

• To provide quality hospital service to meet the needs and in the interest of the clients.
• To build a caring, dedicated, frugal and efficient health care team.
• To establish a healthy community where everybody takes up personal health responsibility and participates in community health programme.

• Caring Culture ： Enliven the love, tenderness, sensitivity and concern of Christ for people while delivering wholistic care for patients and their carers.
• Value-added Management ： Utilise scarce resources effectively and efficiently in a responsible and outcome-focused manner; managing change with innovation.
• Empowered Team ： Build up a harmonious team with mutual trust, common vision, shared values and open communication.
• Quality Worklife ： Respect every staff as an individual, empower them as a team, and develop all in a positive working environment for self-actualisation while achieving organisation goals.
• Therapeutic HealthScape ： Create a safe, comfortable and inspiring physical environment conducive to recuperation.
• Community Orientation ： Promote and practise the concept of "Hospital without walls" through establishing a health care service of the Community, for the Community, by the Community.

• Therapeutic Environment
  To provide a safe physical environment, the design and lay-out of the Hospital is patient-focused. Psycho-architecture concepts have been incorporated. The Hospital has made full use of the impact of natural environment, sunlight, inspirational artwork, enlivening colour, on the body sensory perception to facilitate patients' recuperation.


• Contributing to a Green Environment
  The Hospital has incorporated energy efficient measures in capital works project, being the first hospital in Hong Kong to install the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Generating System in collaboration with the Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited. The system utilizes renewable landfill gas to generate electricity by an onsite generator. The waste heat is reclaimed to provide hot water and steam supplies for showering, sterilizing medical equipment, cooking and doing the laundry.


• Holistic Approach to Care
  The Hospital adopts the traditional total-person approach in healthcare, treating all patients with compassionate care and love. Clinical pastoral care with psycho-spiritual support is provided by its chaplaincy service to cater for the needs of our Care-Partners such as relatives or carers of the patients. The Hospital has introduced new facilities and services which include Interview Room for Relatives in CCMU; Waiting Room outside Operating Theatre; Quiet(Prayer) Room, Chapel, Requiem (in Mortuary).


• Service Network
  AHNH is an integral part of the New Territories East Cluster (NTEC) hospitals. The Hospital works closely with Prince of Wales Hospital (PWH), North District Hospital (NDH) and Tai Po Hospital (TPH) in the provision of tertiary, secondary and convalescent services respectively. It also collaborates with Department of Health, United Christian Nethersole Community Health Service (UCNCHS), non-governmental organisations, local community and volunteer groups and the private practitioners in Tai Po as partners in developing community health care services. In September 2017, AHNH and TPH formed the Community Relations Committee, aiming to enhance the relationship and mutual understanding between the hospitals and the Tai Po community, promote a positive image of the hospitals, organize health-related activities for community participation, and to encourage community stakeholders to share their views on the hospital services.


• Nethersole Culture
  "Caring Since 1887", Nethersole has inherited a culture which cares for its patients and staff, and their families. The culture also empowers its staff to work innovatively and effectively in harmonious teams despite resource constraints.