The Newborn and Paediatric Emergency Transport Service (NETS) is the emergency service for sick or injured babies, infants and children needing transfer to a specialist perinatal or paediatric centre.
Originally established in 1979, NETS incorporated various hospital-based services to become a single state-wide service in 1995.
Today, NETS provides a service to over 250 hospitals in NSW, the Australian Capital Territory and beyond. NETS is staffed by a dedicated team of doctors, nurses, ambulance drivers, technical and support staff who maintain a 24 hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week service.
Specialist transport nurses in the Clinical Coordination Centre are the frontline of the service; taking calls from hospitals small and large. They link the caller with a NETS retrieval specialist to give advice and chair a discussion with specialists from a wide range of tertiary hospitals.
Our location
We are located the Bankstown Aerodrome, in Sydney's south-west, with satellite services for newborns in Newcastle and Canberra. Our NETS ambulances support local needs in Wagga Wagga and the Shoalhaven.