A-Z Services

The National Referral Laboratory provides a national and international diagnostic service for a range of inherited metabolic disorders, focussing predominantly on the lysosomal storage disorders and peroxisomal disorders.

Our Neonatal Growth and Development Program aims to provide support and surveillance of the long-term growth and development of children who started their journey in the Neonatal Unit.

NICU is where a transdisciplinary team cares for babies who require respiratory support, central line management and continuous observation. These babies may be born ill and/or prematurely.

Stage Two of the Neonatal Nursery Redevelopment is now complete, with our new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ready to welcome its first patients.

The WCH nursery provides care at all levels to babies born within WCH, other hospitals in SA and interstate areas such as Mildura, Broken Hill and Alice Springs.

The Nephrology Department incorporates the WCH Dialysis Unit and provides inpatient and outpatient services for children and young people living in South Australia and parts of NT who suffer from kidney disease, high blood pressure and kidney failure.

The Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology Department provides medical diagnostic and treatment services for children with neurological disorders.

The Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology Department provides medical diagnostic and treatment services for children with neurological disorders.

The Neurosurgery Department is the major provider of neurosurgery services to children 0-17 years of age within South Australia, NT, western NSW and wester Victoria.

Find out about South Australia's plans for a new world-class $2.05 billion Women's and Children's Hospital.

Newborn screening involves looking for a range of rare but serious health conditions in the first days of life. The purpose is to identify conditions as early as possible so that life-saving treatments can be provided.

Learn about the multidisciplinary group of doctors, scientists and research staff who contribute to the NewbornsInSA research program.

Newland provides care to babies, children and teenagers admitted for elective or emergency surgical care.

Ngangkita Ngartu, the Aboriginal Family Birthing Program at the WCH provides antenatal and postnatal care in a culturally sensitive environment, with the support of Aboriginal Maternal Infant Care Practitioners/Workers/Trainees, midwives and doctors.

If you do not have a Medicare card, you will be required to pay for all hospital services received at the Women's and Children's Hospital. This includes, but is not limited to, outpatient, emergency department and admitted care.

Nuclear Medicine is a medical specialty that uses very small amounts of radioactive substances, (also called "tracers") to diagnose or treat disease. It is one way of acquiring images of the body, like x-rays and ultrasound.

Nutrition resources on pregnancy and breastfeeding, gestational diabetes, and other issues affection women's health.

The Department of Nutrition's highly qualified Dietitians provide clinical nutrition services including nutrition assessment, management and education for inpatients and outpatients of the Women's and Children's Hospital.

Nutrition resources for specific medical conditions in children and adolescents.

The Department of Nutrition's highly qualified Dietitians provide clinical nutrition services including nutrition assessment, management and education for inpatients and outpatients of the Women's and Children's Hospital.