About our Elective Surgery Centre (ESC)

- Opened in 2013
- Is situated in the North Shore Hospital campus, Shakespeare Road, Takapuna
- Dedicated solely to providing uninterrupted elective surgical procedures (non-emergency) for the growing population of the Waitemata District
- Has four operating theatres, 40 inpatient beds, 12-bedded recovery room
- Stand-alone sterilising department
- Separate outpatient department
The aims of the ESC:
- to create the most productive and cost-effective surgical public hospital in the country
- allow a greater flow of patients from admission to discharge
- maintain a very high level of patient care and comfort
- increase the number of elective procedures (5,500 procedures per year by 2016/17)
- reduce the overall cost of workload
- re-invest savings into other areas
- separate elective services from emergency/acute care
- creates efficiency and productivity by having an uninterrupted service all year round
- group patients together who are having the same type of surgical procedure
- have dedicated teams of clinicians working together collaboratively to support shorter patient journeys in hospital