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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

Referral Expectations

Other

The following links provide additional resources and information on the management of Diabetes:

Contact Details

Greenlane Clinical Centre

Central Auckland

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

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Street Address

214 Green Lane West
One Tree Hill
Auckland 1051

Postal Address

Private Bag 92 189
Auckland Mail Centre
Auckland 1142

This page was last updated at 4:19PM on September 11, 2024. This information is reviewed and edited by Starship Paediatric Diabetes and Endocrinology.