National NICU/ SCBU units

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Units

Whangarei Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU)

PO Box 742, Whangarei (Updated Dec 2022)

• Level 2, eight cots
• 267 annual admissions
• Air and Road Transport Team

NICU Medical Director

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North Shore Hospital Newborn SCBU

Private Bag 93503, Shakespeare Road, Takapuna, North Shore (Updated Nov 2022)

• Level 2, 12 cots
• 350 annual admissions 

NICU Medical Advisor

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Waitakere SCBU

55 Lincoln Road, Henderson, Auckland 0610 (Updated December 2022)

• Level 2, 15 cots
• 350 annual admissions 

NICU Medical Advisor

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Te Toka Tumai - Starship Child Health

2 Park Road, Grafton, Auckland (Updated December 2022)

• Level 2, 30 cots
• Level 3, 18 cots
• 1,000 annual admissions
• 40 resourced bed spaces
• Flight and Retrieval team
• Newborn Homecare Team

NICU Medical Director

Nurse Specialist - 
Advanced Neonatal Practice

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Middlemore Hospital, Kids First Neonatal Care

Private Bag 93311, Otahuhu, Auckland (Updated December 2022)

• 16 intensive care beds
• 20 special care beds
• 1,400 annual admissions

NICU Clinical Leader

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Waikato Hospital, Waikids NICU

Pembroke Street, Private Bag, Hamilton (Updated December 2022)

• Level 1, 12 cots
• Level 2, 12 cots
• Level 3, 17 cots
• 800-1,000 annual  admissions
• 41 resourced bed spaces

NICU Medical Director

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Tauranga Hospital SCBU

Hauora a Toi Bay of Plenty, Cameron Road, Tauranga (Updated December 2022)

• Level 2, 12 cots
• 400 annual admissions
• Neonatal Homecare Nurse

Neonatal Unit Medical Director

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Rotorua Hospital SCBU

Private Bag 3023, Rotorua (Updated December 2022)

• Level 2, eight cots
• 270 annual admissions
• Eight resourced bed spaces

NICU Medical Director            

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Whakatāne SCBU

Hauora a Toi Bay of Plenty, Stewart Street, Whakatāne (Updated Nov 2022)

• Level 2, four cots
• 100 annual admissions

Neonatal Unit Medical Director

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Gisborne Hospital Neonatal Unit

421 Ormond Road, Private Bag 7001, Gisborne (Updated February 2023)

• Level 2, six cots
• 170-180 annual admissions
• Three resourced bed spaces

NICU Medical Director

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Hawkes Bay Hospital SCBU

Private Bag 9014, Hastings (Updated December 2022)

• Level 2A, cares for babies 28 weeks / 1,000 g (1kg) and above
• Level 3, two cots
• 350 annual admissions
• 12 resourced bed spaces

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Taranaki Base Hospital Neonatal Unit

Private Bag 2016, New Plymouth (Updated December 2022)

• Level 2A, cares for babies 28 weeks / 1,000 g (1kg) and above
• Level 2, six cots
• Level 3, two cots (High dependency, eg: short term ventilator)
• 300 annual admissions

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Palmerston North Hospital Neonatal Unit

Private Bag 11036, Palmerston North (Updated December 2022)

• Level 2, 12 cots
• Level 2A, cares for babies 28 weeks / 1,000 g (1kg) and above
• 14 resourced bed spaces
• 500 annual admissions
• Homecare

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Whanganui Base Hospital SCBU

Heads Road, Private Bag, Whanganui (Updated December 2022)

• Level 2, four cots
• 150 annual admissions 

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Wairarapa Hospital SCBU

96 Te Ore Ore Rd, PO Box 96, Masterton (Updated Feb 2023)

• Level 1 - 3 cots, up to level 2
• 2 resourced bed spaces
• Homecare support    

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Wellington Hospital NICU and SCBU

Capital Coast, Private Bag 7902, Wellington South (Updated February 2023)

• Level 3, 18 cots
• Level 2, 22 cots
• 1,000 annual admissions
• Air Transport Team
• Homecare team
• Specialty Practice Nursing program
• Post Grad. Cert – NN VU
• Career Pathway Available

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Nelson Hospital SCBU

Nelson/Marlborough Health, Private Bag 18, Nelson (Updated December 2022)

• Level 2, eight cots
• 220 annual admissions
• Homecare nurse

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Grey Base Hospital McBrearty Ward

Coast Health Care, Greymouth, West Coast (Updated May 2010)

• 2 level I cots
• combined with Maternity Care (and provides support to Westport Hospital)

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Christchurch Women’s Hospital NICU

Women’s and Children’s Health Division, Private Bag 4711, Christchurch (Updated December 2022)

• Level 3: 12 cots
• Level 2: 32 cots
• 900+ annual admissions
• Nursing Discharge and Outreach Service
• Air and Land Retrieval Team
• Human Milk Bank

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Timaru Hospital

Private Bag 911, Timaru (Updated December 2022)

• 2 level II cots 
• 60 annual admissions 

NICU Medical Director
Dr Mick Goodwin  MGoodwin@scdhb.heath.nz

Nurse Manager
Mark Liddy            paed@scdhb.health.nz 

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Dunedin Hospital NICU

Private Bag 1921, 201 Great King Street, Dunedin - Office: 03 474 0999 ext 59770 (Updated January 2023)

• Level 2 - 11 cots
• Level 3 - five cots
• 350 annual admissions (approx)
• 16 resourced bedspaces
• Air/ Road Retrieval and Transfer Transport team

NICU Joint Clinical Directors
Dr Peter Fowlie                  Peter.Fowlie@southerndhb.govt.nz
Dr Andrew Kelly                Andrew.Kelly@southerndhb.govt.nz

Charge Nurse Manager
Juliet Manning     juliet.manning@southerndhb.govt.nz

Associate Clinical Nurse Managers
Jo Dobson           jo.dobson@southerndhb.govt.nz
Karen Thomson  karen.thomson@southerndhb.govt.nz
Mary Fahey         mary.fahey@southerndhb.govt.nz

Nurse Educator
Pip Martin        Philippa.Martin@southerndhb.govt.nz  

Transport Coordinator
Jo Dobson           jo.dobson@southerndhb.govt.nz

Equipment Nurse
Janelle Tangney Janelle.Tangney@southerndhb.govt.nz

Outreach Nurses
Rose Bryant       rose.bryant@southerndhb.govt.nz
Diane Tredoux     Diane.Tredoux@southerndhb.govt.nz

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Southland Hospital Neonatal Unit

PO Box 828, Invercargill (Updated February 2023)

• Level 2 - six cots

NICU Medical Director
Ian Shaw - ian.shaw@southerndhb.govt.nz

Clinical Co-ordinator
Liz Hanning-Baird - liz.hanning-baird@southerndhb.govt.nz

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