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Hospitals and Emergency Clinics
North Shore Hospital
North Shore Hospital serves the whole of the Waitemata District and features the following facilities:
Emergency Care Centre
North Shore Hospital is a 24hour service and sees, on average, 120 people at the centre daily. [This is figure is based on a yearly total of around 43,000 patients. Depending on the time of year (winter or summer seasons), the daily figure could range from 90 to 150 presentations].
All acute visits (referred by GP or self-referrals) are assessed and initially managed in the emergency care centre. All patients are triaged by a senior nurse according to the Australasian Triage Scale (ATS) as described by the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM – www.acem.org.au).
For further information on the Emergency Care Centre visit: http://www.emergency.org.nz/
Shore Care Accident and Medical Centres
Shore Care Accident & Medical Services
Open 24 hours, 7days
Auckland City Hospital
Auckland's new acute adult hospital on the Auckland District Health Board's Grafton site opened in October 2003.
It brings together the services of Auckland, Green Lane and National Women's Hospitals into one building, and links with Starship Children's Health. This represents a fundamental reorganisation of the Auckland District Health Board's staff and services. For further information see:
The Auckland District Health Boards website HERE
or the HealthPoint website HERE
Starship Children’s Hospital
Starship Children’s Health, located in central Auckland, is part of Auckland District Health Board, New Zealand’s largest public healthcare provider.
National Womens Hospital
http://www.adhb.govt.nz/nwhealthinfo/
National Women's inpatient, newborn and maternity outpatient services are located on the 9th floor of the support building at Auckland Hospital in Grafton.
National Women's Walk-In Centre, community outpatient services, and Gynaecology outpatient services continue to be provided on the Green Lane site on the 6th floor of the Greenlane clinical centre.
Gillies Hospital
www.gillieshospital.co.nz
Gillies Hospital is a private surgical hospital that is a joint venture between Surgical Group Ltd (a group of specialist surgeons) and Southern Cross Health Trust. There has been a private hospital on this site, 160 Gillies Ave Epsom, since 1943.
The hospital has been designed for a wide range of specialist surgery with a focus on short stay procedures.
Auckland Surgical Centre - Southern Cross Hospital
www.southerncrosshospitals.co.nz
