Provision of urology services for Te Whatu Ora Waitematā patients is part of the regional urology service.
Urology services provided at North Shore and Waitakere hospitals include consultations, investigations and elective surgery.
Inpatient urology surgery and urodynamic tests are currently only available at the North Shore Hospital site not at the Waitakere site. Flexible cystoscopy and TRUS prostate biopsies are available at both hospital sites. Transperineal Prostate Biopsies under anaesthetic and Intravesical Botox treatments are predominantly carried out at Waitakere Hospital.
Urology outpatient clinics consist of first assessment and follow-up appointments. Patients are seen by a consultant urologist, registrar, fellow, MOSS, urology nurse practitioner or urology nurse specialist. The majority of urology outpatient clinics are at North Shore Hospital. Limited appointments are available at Waitakere Hospital.
Te Whatu Ora Waitematā cannot admit acute urology patients. Patients presenting to either North Shore or Waitakere hospitals' emergency departments will be transferred to Auckland City Hospital if they require admission or acute surgery.
What is Urology?
Urology is the branch of medicine that looks at diseases of the urinary system in females and the genitourinary system in males.
The urinary system is made up of the:
Urology is the branch of medicine that looks at diseases of the urinary system in females and the genitourinary system in males.
The urinary system is made up of the:
- kidneys (where urine is formed from material filtered out of the blood)
- ureters (tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder)
- bladder (a balloon-like organ that stores urine)
- urethra (the tube that carries urine to the outside of your body).