North Shore Hospital
124 Shakespeare Road
Takapuna
North Shore City 0622
www.healthpoint.co.nz
Speech Language Therapy - Inpatients | Waitematā | Te Whatu Ora
Street Address
Postal Address
North Shore Hospital
Private Bag 93 503
Takapuna
North Shore City 0740
Contact Details
Phone (09) 486 8920 extension 43805
Mobile 021 221 8132
Email Becca.Hammond@waitematadhb.govt.nz
Speech-Language Therapy Services are provided at:
North Shore Hospital
Phone: (09) 486 1491 ext 42827
and
Waitakere Hospital
Phone: (09) 839 0000 ext 46492
Staff Contact Details:
Becca Hammond (Professional & Clinical Leader)
021 223 8132
Dysphagia
Dysphagia is any problem in which the action of swallowing is either difficult to perform, painful, or swallowed material is disrupted somewhere in the passage from the mouth to the stomach. Dysphagia may be caused by an anatomical problem (e.g. cancer) or a neurological problem (e.g. after a stroke). Dysphagia may also occur as a result of impaired control of swallowing for other reasons (e.g. as a result of breathing difficulties, or when a patient is very frail).
https://www.healthpoint.co.nz/public/allied-health/speech-language-therapy-inpatients-waitemata/