Cleft Units
In New Zealand there are 5 Cleft Units. They are tertiary providers of specialised cleft care. You will be assigned to the cleft team closest to where you live.
In New Zealand we are fortunate that we have such dedicated and skilled medical staff caring for our children. Care of children born with cleft is managed in a very similar manner throughout the country.
Auckland
Middlemore Hospital
Cleft Unit – Plastic Surgery Department
Private Bag 93311, Otahuhu
Clinical Nurse Specialist: Megan Sanders – 09 276 0044 xtn 58922
Hamilton
Waikato Hospital
Cleft Unit – Burns, Plastics and Maxillofacial Department
Private Bag 3200
Hamilton
Clinical Nurse Specialist: Paulette Archer – 07 839 8899 xtn 95833
Wellington
Hutt Hospital
Cleft Unit – Plastic Surgery Department
Private Bag 31 907
Lower Hutt
Cleft Co-ordinators: Heather Leslie and Pauline Emmens
Please contact Pauline in the first instance on (04) 570-9540 or by email Pauline.emmens@huttvalleydhb.org.nz
Christchurch
Christchurch Hospital
Cleft Unit – Plastic Surgery Department
Private Bag 4710
Christchurch
Michelle Shand, Cleft Nurse Coordinator
Email: michelle.shand@cdhb.health.nz
Landline: 03 364 1974 xtn 81974
Mobile: 021 589 651
(part time position; messages will be responded to as soon as possible).
Dunedin
Dunedin Hospital
Great King Street
North Dunedin
Dunedin
Cleft Co-ordinator: Contact ENT Department, Dunedin Hospital – 03 470 9871