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Auckland City Hospital

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The hospital is situated in a NZ$ 180 million building which was built between 2000 and 2003. It is nine levels high (ten including plant), five levels less than the older part of the hospital, which has now become the support building. The new structure with 75,575 m is one of New Zealand's largest
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was constructed for Ā£25,000, designed by Philip Herepath, architect to the provincial government. Administered by T M Philson, the new hospital became known for taking on many charity cases but, partly in response, was also continually understaffed and overcrowded. There were also complaints about
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The hospital is a research and teaching facility as well, providing training for future doctors, nurses, midwives and other health professionals. Rare or complex medical conditions from all over New Zealand may get referred here. The hospital is closely associated with
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The current hospital facility, opened in 2003, is an amalgam of four previously separate hospitals: Auckland Hospital (acute adult care), Starship (acute children's care), Green Lane Hospital (cardio-thoracic care) and National Women's Hospital (maternity, newborn and
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The emergency department alone sees about 47,000 patients annually (over 55,000 as of 2008), of which 44% are treated as in-patients. Colocated with its emergency department is the
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was housed in a timber building which occupied the Auckland City Hospital site from 1846 to 1877, providing four wards of 10 beds each, and having been designed by
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became Aotearoaā€™s new national health authorities and Auckland DHB as an entity was disestablished and became part of Health New Zealand.
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During the health reforms of the New Zealand health system in the early 1990s, Auckland Hospital was run as a business - in the model of
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children's emergency department, which sees another 30,000 patients annually, making the campus one of the busiest in
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The support building (old hospital) mostly contains administrative offices, clinical and housekeeping support,
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From 2001 until 2022, Auckland City Hospital was part of Auckland District Health Board. On 1 July 2022
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The Herepath building was demolished in 1964 to make way for a new structure designed by architects
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the limited training of the staff, which changed only with the hiring of a new matron,
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The older part of Auckland City Hospital, now the support building, as seen from the
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Big Bang and the Policy Prescription: Health Care Meets the Market in New Zealand
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The following information are excerpts from the construction company's database:
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in conjunction with McConnel Smith and Johnson Architects Sydney, and built by
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University of Auckland, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
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University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
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was superintendent of the hospital from 1859 to 1883.
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Auckland Hospital
Te Whatu Ora - Te Toka Tumai Auckland

Grafton
Auckland
Auckland
Funding
Public hospital
Type
General
Teaching
Affiliated university
University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Emergency department
Helipad
Official Website
Hospitals in New Zealand
public hospital
Grafton
Auckland
Starship Hospital
Green Lane Hospital
National Women's Hospital
Te Whatu Ora ā€“ Health New Zealand
Starship Hospital
Australasia
Starship Children's Health
Auckland Medical School

Frederick Thatcher

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