Adult health services - medical and surgical

North Shore and Waitakere Hospitals work together to provide the following secondary specialist services.

Medical specialties
These include:

• General Medicine
• Haematology
• Gastroenterology
• Diabetes
• Rheumatology
• Endocrinology
• Dermatology
• Cardiology
• Respiratory Medicine
• Infectious Diseases.
   

Emergency medicine
This includes providing emergency care via the Emergency Care Centres at both North Shore and Waitakere Hospitals.

Surgical specialities
These include:

• Acute (urgent) and elective general surgery
• Orthopaedics
• Elective Urology*
• Elective Otorhinolaryngology (Ear, Nose, Throat)*.

*Auckland City Hospital provides acute Urology and Otorhinolaryngology Services.
 

Surgery is also supported by:

• Peri-operative (theatre) suites at North Shore and Waitakere Hospitals
• An Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at North Shore Hospital
• An Anaesthesiology Department.
   

The secondary specialist services provided by Waitemata DHB also include:

• Outpatient clinics
• Day procedures
• Inpatient services.
   

These are delivered at Waitakere Hospital, North Shore Hospital and Waitemata DHB’s Red Beach Clinic in Rodney. In addition, Auckland City Hospital provides visiting services, including oncology, at North Shore Hospital and neurology at both North Shore and Waitakere Hospitals. A self-care renal dialysis service is also operated at the Waitakere Hospital site in partnership with Auckland DHB.