General Medicine Department Information

Main Office

1^st Floor, Riverside, 81020, fax 81025

Inpatient Services

Christchurch Hospital - Ward 23, Acute Medical Admitting Unit (Ward 24), and Ward 26

Clinical Director:

Dr David Jardine, 86010

Service Manager:

Dave Nicholl, 86218

Nursing Director:

Mark Crawford, 88996

Secretaries:

Mary Simes, 80155
Susan Crysell 86010
Annetta Walker, 86005

Physicians:

Juliet Berkeley, Mark Birch, Tom Cawood, David Cole, John Elliot, Valerie Fletcher, Ben Franks, Leighanne Hughes, Dave Jardine, Libby King, David MacGregor, Sarah Metcalf, Nigel Millar, Peter Moore, Alan Pithie, Anne Roche, Russell Scott, Andrew Sidwell, Steven Soule, Anthony Spencer, Chris Warren.

There are twelve acute medical admitting teams; two teams on call each day, rostered 1 in 6, and providing a default medical admitting service, admitting more than 12,000 patients per year. There is also an AMAU Team and an Acute Stroke Unit.

Consultation Guidelines

An acute consult service is provided.

Contact the Acute Medical Registrar/consultant via the hospital operator.

Outpatient Clinics

Currently these are provided by Doctors Birch, Fletcher, Hughes, Jardine and Spencer.

Rapid response clinics (Senior Registrar) 4 days per week.

Department Guidelines

Refer to the General Medicine "Green Book" (search for "green book" on the CDHB intranet).


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Document Owner:	Blue Book Editorial Committee (see Who's Who)
Issue Date:	December 2013
Next Review:	December 2015
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