Child Health
Including private paediatric services, condition specific child health support organisations through to child welfare and youth support.
Child Welfare & Youth Support
A wide range of organisations provide services to assist child welfare and youth support. Many of these services are free and are provided by not for profit organisations. Handy Numbers Healthline 0800 611 116 Oranga Tamariki Helpline (Frmly Child, Youth & Family) 0508 FAMILY (0508 326 459) Parent Helpline 0800 568 856 PlunketLine 0800 933 922 What’s Up 0800 942 8787 Youthline 0800 37 66 33
View AllPaediatric Otolaryngology
Services may include treatment for ear infection, otitis media, grommets, glue ear, cholesteatoma, congenital ear deformities. May also include tongue and lip ties, tonsillitis, broken nose, OSA, tonsillectomy, nose and sinus disorders.
View AllPaediatric Ophthalmology
Services may include treatment for lazy eye (amblyopia), glasses for near sightedness, far sightedness, astigmatism and squint (strabismus).
View AllPaediatric Plastic Surgery
Plastic surgery for children, including cleft lip and palate, craniofacial surgery, burns and scar revision and prominent ears.
View AllPaediatric Orthopaedics
Services may include treatment of cerebral palsy, club foot, other congenital differences, gait abnormalities (limping), broken bones and fractures, bone or joint infections and tumours.
View AllPaediatric Urology
Services may include treatment for bedwetting and daytime urinary incontinence, undescended testes, bladder and kidney stones, neurogenic bladder (associated with spina bifida), repair of genitourinary trauma, genitourinary malformations and birth defects.
View AllPaediatric Surgery
Services may include treatment for umbilical and inguinal hernia, circumcision, constipation and abdominal pain, head injuries, tongue tie release, bedwetting and daytime urinary incontinence, undescended testes, birthmarks, paediatric endoscopy and laparoscopy.
View AllOther Paediatric Specialist Services
Paediatric Medical Specialists are available in a wide range of specialities. Private specialists provide a valuable service when you do not wish to wait on a public waiting list, when you wish to choose a recommended specialist or when you need a second opinion.