Auckland Spinal Rehabilitation Unit (ASRU)

Public Service

The Auckland Spinal Rehabilitation Unit (ASRU) is a supra-regional spinal injury rehabilitation service which provides comprehensive, interdisciplinary rehabilitation care for people with spinal cord impairment from the central North Island to the Far North.

ASRU is part of Counties Manukau Health and is located at 30 Bairds Road in South Auckland in close proximity to Middlemore Hospital.

ASRU is one of only two supra-regional spinal cord rehabilitation services in New Zealand, the other service being Burwood Spinal Unit at Burwood Hospital in Christchurch.

Our catchment area's southern border extends from Taumarunui, Turangi and across to Wairoa/Gisborne. 

The inpatient unit consists of 20 beds dedicated to short term spinal cord rehabilitation for patients aged 15 and older who have sustained neurological deficits from a spinal cord injury due to trauma/injury or illness.  For more information, see Inpatient Service.

The outpatient service offers lifelong support for clients living in the ASRU supra-regional catchment area.  Patients are either reviewed at the Auckland Spinal Rehabilitation Unit in Auckland or at an Outreach Clinic in their local region. For more information, see Outpatient Service.

SPECIAL NOTICE

OUTPATIENT APPOINTMENTS
If you have an outpatient appointment (where you have an appointment to see a doctor, nurse or therapist) you will need to sign in at ASRU reception for contact tracing and clearly show your visitor’s sticker.

If you are feeling unwell, please stay at home and call to reschedule your appointment.

 

Useful links and Contact Information

• https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus
• https://covid19.govt.nz/
• https://nzspinaltrust.org.nz/covid-19/
• http://www.disabilitysportauckland.co.nz

 

New Zealand Spinal Cord Injury Registry (NZSCIR) 

The role of the New Zealand Spinal Cord Injury Registry

• The NZSCIR collects information about people who have had a Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) to help improve our understanding of SCI in NZ. This can help improve how we support people with an SCI; how we prevent SCI; and how we can prevent SCI related medical complications.
• This nationwide registry covers participants with either traumatic or non-traumatic SCI from both supra-regional spinal services in NZ (Auckland and Christchurch).
• A range of information is collected including age, gender, ethnicity, basic SCI data and where treatment was received. If consent is given, we add details about participants’ treatment, complications, rehabilitation, and medical conditions.
• We follow consenting participants to see how SCI affects those in the community and what services are needed to ensure ongoing community participation.

Further information

You can join the registry or find more information, reports and our contact details on the NZ Spinal Trust Website www.nzspinaltrust.org.nz

Spinal Consultants

• Dr Suresh Subramanian
• Dr Bensy Mathew
• Dr Dawn-Louise Adair

Urology Consultants

• Dr Anna Lawrence
• Dr John Tuckey
• Dr Stephanie Kotes

 

Hours

Mon - Fri: 8:00am - 4:30pm

Contact

30 Bairds Road, Papatoetoe, Auckland

Street address

30 Bairds Road
Papatoetoe
Auckland
Auckland 2025

Postal address

Correspondence to: Private Bag 93319 Otahuhu Auckland 1640 or: ASRUSchedulingTeam@middlemore.co.nz

Phone: (09) 270 9000 or 0800 774 642

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