Children's health — Waikato
Children's health services is part of Waikids which integrates both hospital and community based children's health programmes across Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waikato.
On this page
Where to find us
Children's health services are located at:
Elizabeth Rothwell Building, Level B3
Corner Pembroke Street and Selwyn Street
Waikato Hospital
Hamilton 3204
Paediatric surgery
Contact us
To contact the paediatric surgery inpatient administrator:
- phone: 07 839 8716
- fax: 07 839 8765
To contact Waikids clinics:
- phone: 07 839 8899 (extension 90096)
To contact the children's surgical ward (Ward E4):
- phone: 07 839 8899 (extension 96526)
Where to find us
The Waikids Clinics and Administration is at:
Elizabeth Rothwell Building, Level 6
Corner Pembroke Street and Selwyn Street
Waikato Hospital
Hamilton 3204
The paediatric surgical ward (Ward E4) is at:
Elizabeth Rothwell Building, Level 4
Corner Pembroke Street and Selwyn Street
Waikato Hospital
Hamilton 3204
Services we provide
We provide tertiary level surgical services for infants, children and adolescents within the Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waikato and Te Manawa Taki | Midland health region, including:
- neonatal surgery
- paediatric urology
- general surgery of childhood
- thoracic and abdominal conditions
- trauma.
In addition to the standard open procedures, we are able to offer these services:
- cystoscopic
- endoscopic
- colonoscopic
- laparoscopic
- thoracoscopic.
As part of the women's and children’s directorate, we work closely with the paediatric medical and allied services teams to provide a high standard of care for our patients.
We are also part of Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waikato's Waikids for services focussed on children and young people.
We employ 1 Fellow and 3 Registrars in paediatric surgery, we are accredited to provide training for 1 Royal Australasian College trainee in paediatric surgery.
We run Waikids surgical clinics at Waikato Hospital.
We also run clinics in:
- Thames
- Te Kuiti
- Taumarunui
- Tokoroa
- Gisborne
- Rotorua
- Tauranga
- Taupō
- Whakatāne.
Many procedures can be completed with a daycase admission but when required we admit patients to our children’s surgical ward.
Waikids
From the day a Waikato baby is born until they become an adult, they are a Waikid.
Waikids is the brand that integrates all child and youth health services provided by Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waikato, whether they are provided in:
- hospital
- clinics
- the community
- people's homes.
A more integrated approach is helpful to families using our services. It helps avoid duplication and coordinates the care of a child and family.
All Waikids services are committed to:
- raising awareness about health issues
- caring for children with health issues and their families
- keeping children healthy.
If you use our services, you may see the Waikids brand used in our programmes, our forms or publications, and even in the names of our paediatric (child health) wards and clinics.
It is there because we care about the health of pēpi, tamariki and rangatahi and want to work with them and their whānau for better health.