New Zealand Liver Transplant Unit (NZLTU)
Description
The NZ Liver Transplant Unit provides the following services for NZ residents:
- Liver Outpatient Service: hepatology, hepatitis treatment clinics, NAFLD clinic
- Liver Transplant assessment and follow-up for transplant patients
- Surgical review of transplant patients/Hepatobiliary referrals should go through General Surgery
- Hepatoma Clinic review/Specialist Radiology Referrals for Hepatoma Radiology Conference (refs received nationally)
- Fibroscans
- Liver Research Service/currently running a variety of trials
- ACC/Medical Reports
- Maternity/Medical Council review by request
Non-resident patients:-
Fibroscan by referral from medical practitioner - charge of $269.45
Practitioners
Procedures
Charges
For immigration and non-resident fibroscans, the cost is $269.45 (includng GST). Payment is to be made prior to, but on the day of the Fibroscan with the Cashier's office (behind main reception) on Level 5, Auckland City Hospital. This will be confirmed when the Fibroscan appointment is made.
Referrals from medical practitioners are to be sent to the Central Referrals Office on centralreferrals@adhb.govt.nz
Accommodation
Lions Transplant House, 2 Glasgow Terrace, Grafton provides accommodation where possible for patients pre- and post-liver transplant.
Patients referred from hospitals outside of Auckland will require travel and accommodation expenses to be organised by their local travel coordinator.
For general information on Auckland City Hospital (maps, parking, refreshments etc) please click here.