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Starship Paediatric Diabetes and Endocrinology
Public Service, Endocrinology, Paediatrics
Description
The Starship Paediatric Diabetes and Endocrine service is a regional or Auckland-wide service providing care for all children with diabetes and endocrine disorders throughout the greater Auckland area.
Paediatric Diabetes service
The Diabetes service cares for children from the greater Auckland region for both inpatient and outpatient needs. It is a multidisciplinary clinic setting, accepting New Patients up to their 15th birthday.
Inpatient education is based at Starship Hospital: Ward 26a.
Acutely unwell patients are seen first in the Starship Children's Emergency Department.
Outpatient education including insulin pump starts, family follow-ups, psychology and dietetics is provided in the Paediatric Diabetes Centre at the Greenlane Clinical Centre.
Outpatient clinics as follows: Greenlane at Reception C (Monday, Tuesday and Friday), Ground Floor, Greenlane Clinical Centre, with satellite clinics at the Botany Downs SuperClinic, Point Chevalier and Pukekohe.
All clinics are multidisciplinary staffed by paediatric endocrinologists, doctors-in-training (fellows or registrars), nurse specialists and allied health staff.
Paediatric Endocrine Service
The Endocrine service cares for children in both the inpatient and outpatient setting, from the greater Auckland region.
Inpatient education is based at Starship Hospital: Ward 26a.
Outpatient clinics are held at Reception C, Ground Floor, Greenlane Clinical Centre. These clinics are consultant-led, staffed by a paediatric endocrinologist together with doctors-in-training (fellows or registrars). There is also an endocrine nurse specialist, primarily involved with follow-up of congenital hypothyroidism.
Endocrine dynamic testing is performed by the endocrine nurses (adult) at Level 1, Greenlane Clinical Centre in consultation with our service.
Consultants
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Dr Benjamin Albert
Paediatrician and Endocrinologist
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Dr Philippa Carter
Paediatrician and Endocrinologist
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Dr Jean-Pierre Chanoine
Paediatrician and Endocrinologist
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Dr Wayne Cutfield
Paediatrician and Endocrinologist
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Dr Alistair Gunn
Paediatrician and Endocrinologist
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Dr Paul Hofman
Paediatrician and Endocrinologist
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Dr Craig Jefferies
Paediatrician and Endocrinologist
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Dr Frances Mouat
Paediatrician and Endocrinologist
Referral Expectations
Please see HealthPathways https://aucklandregion.healthpathways.org.nz/index.htm
Document Downloads
- Information on the Starship Insulin Pump programme (PDF, 559 KB)
- Information on Long Haul Travel with Insulin Pump (PDF, 115.5 KB)
- Information on Long Haul Travel with Standard Insulin (PDF, 113.3 KB)
Other
The following links provide additional resources and information on the management of Diabetes:
- Diabetes (Overview) on Kidshealth.org.nz
- Diabetes teaching resources for young people and their families on the Starship website.
- Diabetes Youth Transition on the Starship website.
- Educational video for Schools on managing Diabetes on the Starship website
- see https://www.starship.org.nz/diabetesnetwork/ For resources developed by the New Zealand Clinical Network for Children and Young People's Diabetes Services including:
Resources for teens and young adults
School action and management plans - Starship Diabetes App: Available on the App store and Google Play. Download MediAppsNZ, and search for "starship"
Website
Contact Details
Greenlane Clinical Centre
Central Auckland
Website
Non-urgent calls or questions
Diabetes: calls to Diabetes Nurse Specialists can be made to DDI number (09) 631 0790 between 9am and 4pm weekdays or email Diabnurse@adhb.govt.nz.
Endocrinology: through the team support DDI (09) 307 4949 ext 24941 and please leave message, or email paedendo@adhb.govt.nz.
214 Green Lane West
One Tree Hill
Auckland 1051
Street Address
214 Green Lane West
One Tree Hill
Auckland 1051
Postal Address
Private Bag 92 189
Auckland Mail Centre
Auckland 1142
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This page was last updated at 4:00PM on August 10, 2023. This information is reviewed and edited by Starship Paediatric Diabetes and Endocrinology.