New Zealand Maternal Fetal Medicine Network (NZMFMN) - Auckland
Public Service
Click on the following link to view the New Zealand Maternal Fetal Medicine Network (NZMFMN) homepage.
Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) is a branch of Women’s Health which includes high-risk pregnancy where the mother or baby or both has a problem. For most women the expectation is that pregnancy will be a happy time without problems and most will not need MFM services. However for the women who do these services are provided throughout New Zealand.
Common Questions about NZMFMN:
NZMFMN Auckland
Click here to view a virtual tour of the Auckland City Hospital Labour and Birthing Suite in English or Chinese.
The Clinical staff at NZMFM Auckland include specialist consultants and midwives.
Services provided
Welcome to the New Zealand Maternal Fetal Medicine Network (NZMFMN)
This Network was established in 2009 with support from the Ministry of Health to promote excellent MFM services around New Zealand and support maternity healthcare providers in District Health Boards. It is also hoped to encourage recruitment and retention within the sub-speciality field of Maternal Fetal Medicine.
MFM includes the care of women with a high risk pregnancy. This may include women with a medical condition themselves or previous history of poor obstetric outcome. From the fetal perspective pregnancies complicated by fetal anomaly and complex multiple gestation are also cared for by MFM specialists and subspecialists.
The subspecialities were developed by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology to :
- improve knowledge, practice, teaching and research
- promote the concentration of specialised expertise, special facilities and clinical material that will be of considerable benefit to some patients
- improve the recruitment of talented graduates into areas of recognised subspecialisation
- establish a close understanding and working relationship with other disciplines
- encourage co-ordinated management of relevant clinical services throughout a region
- accept a major regional responsibility for higher training, research and audit in areas of recognised subspecialisation
- establish, as far as possible, consistency in recruitment, training and assessment across areas of recognised subspecialisation.
Catchment area for NZMFMN - Auckland
The NZMFMN Auckland catchment area includes: Northland, Waitemata, Auckland, Counties Manukau, Waikato, Lakes and Bay of Plenty
Referral Forms
When you send the referral form make sure you include:
- Ultrasound scans
- Blood Test results
- Any other relevant documentation
Guidelines
Please click on the following link to view
Recommendations of practice on the Wahi Rua NZMFM homepage
Patient Information Leaflets
Please click on the following link to view
Patient information leaflets -English and Māori on the Wāhi Rua NZMFMN homepage.
Waiting Times
Referrals to Fetal Medicine are triaged each weekday and we endeavour to provide appointments or contact the woman or referrer to discuss the case.
Waiting times for patients will vary depending on gestational age and availability of the doctor's clinic appointment times.
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