DESCRIPTION
Starship Children's Health Service provides a wide range of complex medical, surgical and mental health services for children and young people throughout New Zealand and the South 
Pacific.
Services are provided in inpatient, outpatient, daystay and community settings, including the Community Child Health and Disability Service, Safekids and Paediatric Home Care. Outpatient clinics for the Auckland region are conducted in Starship, Tamaki, West Auckland and the North Shore. Approximately 45 Outreach Clinics are provided by Medical Services in a variety of localities throughout the country. The paediatric specialty teams include nurse specialists who provide nursing expertise within each specialty. Many other patients are treated in outreach services, both outpatient and day surgery. Starship specialists travel to other hospitals to provide outreach services.
The hospital was New Zealand's first hospital built exclusively for children and young people and their health needs. It is located on the Auckland City Hospital site, Park Road, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand. Starship was opened on 18th November 1991. The name was chosen because of the design of the building and in the hope that children and young people would think of it as a less frightening place to go.
HIGHLIGHTS
Starship's prime focus is on delivering family-centred care in a child friendly environment. 
Starship was designed to appeal to children and young people. It is built around a central atrium with a rainforest theme, a playground and natural light.
Starship is:
- Committed to quality care and service.
- A major teaching centre. It aims to lead the nation in paediatric training and research.
- Seeks to employ health professionals enthusiastic about paediatrics in a variety of health fields.
List Of Speciality / Department:
- Anaesthesia
- Cancer Services - see (Haematology / Oncology)
- Chaplain
- Child Abuse - see (Te Puaruruhau)
- Child and Family Unit
- Children's Research Centre (CRC)
- Children's Therapy
- Community Child Health and Disability Service
- Consult Liaison Team
- Daystay Unit
- Developmental Paediatrics
- Diabetes
- Ear, Nose and Throat
- Emergency Department
- Family Information Service
- Family Violence Intervention Programme
- Gastoenterology / Cystic Fibrosis Service
- General Paediatrics
- General Surgery & Urology
- Haematology / Oncology
- Heart Ward and Clinic
- Home Care
- Human Resources
- Imaging - see (Radiology)
- Immunology
- Infection Control
- Infectious Diseases
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- Mental Health - see (Child and Family Unit)
- Metabolic
- Neuroservices
- Newborn Service
- Northern Health School
- Nutrition Services
- Orthopaedics
- Otorhinolaryngology - see (Ear, Nose and Throat)
- Outpatient Clinics
- Pacific Family Support Unit
- Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Service
- Palliative Care Team
- Play and Recreation Department
- Quality and Safety
- Radiology
- Renal
- Security
- Social Work Team
- Surgical Services - see (General Surgery & Urology)
- Te Puaruruhau
- Transition Lounge
- Trauma Service
- Volunteer Services
- Wards
- X-ray and other imaging - see (Radiology)
- Intensive Care
- Kaiatawhai (Maori Health)
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