Maternal Child and Youth
 
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The ward is situated on the ground floor of the main ward block and is accessible to visitors via a rear entrance. The ward has been designed to cater for the wide range of needs of sick children and adolescents and accommodates paediatric medical and surgical patients and also provides the venue for paediatric medical outpatient clinics.
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Maternity (Ward One and Delivery Suit)
The Gisborne Maternity Unit is situated next to the main entrance of the Hospital and consists of 5 birthing rooms, a labour/birth pool room, 8 post/antenatal rooms. We cater for approximately 700 births per year.
The Antenatal clinic is situated in the Morris Adair Building and appointments are made by the woman's Lead Maternity Carer (LMC) through the antenatal clinic midwife.
TDH has a team of Lead Maternity Carer midwives who provide continuity of care in the community for women from early pregnancy through the childbearing process to 4-6 weeks postnatal.
TDH has at present 2 Obstetricians and 4 Paediatricians on staff.
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Neonatal Unit
The Neonatal Unit is situated within the Maternity unit. The unit provides a Level 2 neonatal special care service. The six-bed unit is modern and well equipped.
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Child, Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
The CAMHS team provides liaison between Child Health and Mental Health services. This multidisciplinary team works to provide specialist assessment, treatment and support service for children and their families with mental illness.
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Child Development Service
This team provides an ongoing assessment and therapy service for children aged from birth to school leaving age and who have neurological and/or developmental disabilities. This service is largely provided within the community.
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Diabetes Education
The educators office and main clinic venue is located on the first floor, Morris Adair Building and Paediatric Diabetes clinics are held in the children's ward. A comprehensive secondary level service is provided with medical specialist, podiatry, dietetic and retinal photography input. Close liaison with GPs is provided and ongoing support to people with Diabetes and their families/whanau.
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Dietetics
The dietetics department provides a clinical service to both inpatients and outpatients as well as a limited home visiting service for patients referred for follow up at home with specialised diet therapy relating to enteral feeding. Outpatients may be referred by GP, medical specialist and other health professionals. Dieticians provide advice to the food service contractors on the special diet menus only, not the standard menus.
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Family Violence Intervention
A Family Violence Co-ordinator is employed to develop a hospital-widesystemic response to child abuse, partner abuse and elder abuse and to co-ordinate TDH response to family violence.
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