The general gynaecology service provides care to women living in the Auckland DHB catchment of Central Auckland. National Women’s Health is also a major centre for Gynaecology Oncology, Urogynaecology and Fertility patients.
The service comprises:
- One inpatient ward (Ward 97) at Auckland City Hospital (ACH)
- Women’s Assessment Unit (WAU) at ACH for both Gynaecology and Obstetric patients
- Day surgery at Greenlane Clinical Centre (GCC)
- Outpatient services at GCC including:-
- General and Specialty Gynaecology Clinics
- Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit
- Epsom Day Unit providing first trimester termination service
- Colposcopy.
District Services
- Secondary gynaecology, including menstrual disorders, pelvic floor dysfunction endometriosis, pelvic pain and sterilisation
- Colposcopy and treatment of cervical and vulvo-vaginal epithelial abnormalities
- Management of miscarriage and pregnancy failure
- Complex hormone replacement therapy and family planning
- Vasectomy consultation and procedures.
- Contraception clinic
Regional Services
- First and second trimester termination of pregnancy
- Fertility services – Fertility Plus is one of three providers in the Auckland region. Services include reproductive endocrinology
- Recurrent pregnancy loss diagnosis and management
- Gynaecology Oncology
- Vulval clinic provides an extended regional service for all vulval disorders. There are 3 centres in New Zealand – Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch
- Female Multidisciplinary Clinics.
Wards and Clinics in the Gynaecology Service
Inpatient Services – Ward 97, Auckland City Hospital
Gynaecology inpatients is a 22 bed ward providing care for women with acute gynaecology problems, preoperative and postoperative care for General Gynaecology, Gynaecology Oncology and women following breast surgery . It also provides care to women with early pregnancy complications and medical terminations of pregnancy up to 20 weeks gestation.
The service has access to the ACH Level 8 High Dependency Unit (HDU) and the Critical Care Unit for those women requiring a higher level of care and monitoring.
Outpatient Clinics
The Gynaecological Outpatient Clinics are held at the Greenlane Clinical Centre and include:
- General Gynaecology (i.e. menstrual disorders, pelvic floor dysfunction, sterilisation)
- Contraception Clinic
- Hormone replacement therapy and family planning
- Endometriosis and pelvic pain
- Urogynaecology
- Pre-admissions clinic
- Colposcopy
- Gynaecology Oncology
Long Acting Contraceptive Clinic (LARC)
Free contraceptive service to all women living within ADHB. We offer an initial consultation and assessment and a range of contraceptives. We also offer pregnancy testing, STI testing and cervical screening.
Call 0800 527200 for enquiries or to book an appointment. If you need to, please leave a message and your contact phone number for us to get back to you.
Visit the National Women's Health website for more information.
Epsom Day Unit (EDU)
Epsom Day Unit (EDU) is the Auckland Regional Service for first trimester terminations (up to 12.6 weeks on day of referral) of pregnancy. The boundary for the Auckland region is from Mercer in the south to Warkworth in the north.
Referral to EDU is made by a General Practitioner (GP), from a Family Planning Clinic, or self-referral by women. The appointment is made by telephone with the scan and referral letter sent through to the clinic. GPs and FPA clinics are aware of referral criteria to the clinic.
EDU provides a two-day service and it is important that women are aware of this before coming to the clinic.
Call (09) 631 0740 for enquiries.
Fertility Plus
NWH Fertility Plus offers a range of secondary and tertiary reproductive endocrinology, infertility and sub-fertility services to the women of the Northern Region. Fertility Plus is one of three public providers in the Auckland region. Private investigation and treatment is also available. Fertility is accredited by the Australasian Reproductive Technologies Accreditation Committee.
Publicly funded fertility treatment is available to women under 40 years of age, who are non-smokers and have a BMI under 32. If couples do not meet the criteria for publicly funded fertility treatment, private treatment is available.
Email fertplus@adhb.govt.nz for enquiries.
Visit the National Women's Health website for more information.
Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit (EPAU)
EPAU is a nurse-led outpatient service, with access to a pregnancy loss counsellor and medical support. This service is based at GCC and provided for women referred for the management of early pregnancy complications, including miscarriage, ectopic and molar pregnancy. Women are offered the options of Conservative (no intervention), Medical or Surgical management of miscarriage.
Gynaecology Oncology
NWH is the regional service provider for surgical gynaecology oncology, providing services to CMDHB, WDHB and Northland. An extended regional surgical service is offered to Gisborne, Waikato and the Bay of Plenty. This service has a close association with Blood and Cancer Services of ACH (chemotherapy and radiation therapy services).
Visit the National Women's Health website for more information.
Women’s Assessment Unit (WAU)
This service is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and provides acute care for women experiencing pregnancy and gynaecological complications.
If an acute situation occurs and assessment is required immediately, a woman will be referred to the Women’s Assessment Unit by her General Practitioner. In WAU the patient will be seen by the Gynaecology on-call team to determine the most appropriate mode of treatment and the necessary investigations will be carried out.
Women's Health Pain Clinic
Please visit the National Women's Health website for more information
nationalwomenshealth.adhb.govt.nz