John Hunter Children’s Hospital is one of three children’s hospitals in NSW and a specialised tertiary referral paediatric hospital in Newcastle. We provide complex medical, surgical, major trauma and neonatal care services for Northern NSW.

Over the course of a year, we see more than 20,000 children and young people in the emergency department, admit 9,000 patients to hospital and perform 30,000 treatments through outpatient clinics.

The specialist paediatric rheumatology clinic is held every month on the third Thursday.

Clinics rotations are as follows:

  • Dr Jeff Chaitow (twice a month on Thurdays)
  • Dr Davinder Singh-Grewal (every second month on Thursdays)

Contact us

Phone: (02) 4921 3000

Location: Our Outpatients clinic is located on Level 2 (entrance level) of the Hospital.

Ask for directions at the Information desk, or turn left before it, walk past the Pharmacy and you’ll find the Clinic on your right further along. It’s well signposted.

Postal address: Kookaburra Circuit, New Lambton Heights NSW 2305