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Services & Clinics

What we do

CNARTS provides medical, nursing and allied health expertise for:

  • all stages of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
  • home and unit based dialysis
  • kidney, pancreas and islet transplant
  • conservative care
  • young adult transition care
  • obstetric nephrology care
  • surgical management of renal patients.

Services provided at CNARTS include:

  • Management of all kidney conditions and chronic kidney disease (CKD)
  • Inpatient and outpatient consultant-led service (medical and surgical)
  • Peritoneal and haemodialysis - in hospital, self-managed, in home and via outreach ‘satellite’ units across South Australia (SA)
  • Clinical trials
  • Dialysis Start Program
  • Dialysis access - medical and surgical
  • Kidney, pancreas and islet cell transplantation — covering patients in both South Australia and Northern Territory
  • Youth transition clinics
  • Obstetric Nephrology Service – pre-pregnancy planning for men and women, antenatal care and post-partum follow up
  • Kidney Care Team – CKD and renal treatment options education and support
  • Renal nurse practitioners - home therapies, haemodialysis and supportive care
  • Allied Health renal specialists: dietetics, social work, pharmacy, psychology, Aboriginal health practitioner
  • Renal nurse specialist consultation and service coordination for: vascular access, transplantation, complex care needs
  • 24/7 onsite and on-call medical staff
  • Regional area and telemedicine consults.

We do not provide services related to urinary tract obstruction, assessment of renal tumours, prostatic and other urological issues and paediatric nephrology.

Where to find us

Level 7F, Royal Adelaide Hospital.

These CNARTS services are available at the Royal Adelaide Hospital:

  • outpatient clinics
  • acute inpatient dialysis
  • outpatient dialysis
  • peritoneal/home dialysis
  • day centre renal biopsy/infusions.

We also have clinics in metropolitan Adelaide and regional locations, and offer specialised Aboriginal health services.

Here are the services provided at each metropolitan Adelaide location.

CNARTS service locations
Outpatient clinics
Acute inpatient dialysis
Outpatient dialysis
Peritoneal / Home dialysis
Day centre renal biopsy / infusions

Royal Adelaide Hospital

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

Lyell McEwin Hospital

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Hampstead Dialysis Centre

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

Here are the services provided at each location.

CNARTS service location
Outpatient Clinics
Acute inpatient dialysis
Outpatient dialysis
Peritoneal / Home Dialysis
Day centre renal biopsy / infusions

Kanggawodli

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

nunkuwarrin Yunti

Yes

No

No

No

No

Outpatient (OPD) Clinics and  Outpatient Dialysis are available in the following locations:

  • Gawler
  • Tanunda
  • Clare
  • Maitland
  • Port Pirie
  • Port Augusta
  • Whyalla
  • Murray Bridge
  • Berri
  • Ceduna
  • APY Lands, delivered by Purple House Inc. 
  • Broken Hill, NSW

Here are the services provided at each location.

CNARTS service locations
Outpatient clinics
Acute inpatient dialysis
Outpatient dialysis
Peritoneal / Home dialysis
Day centre renal biopsy / infusions

Payneham

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

Brighton

No

No

Yes

No

No

Who we are

Consultants and surgeons

  • Assoc. Prof Shilpa Jesudason – Head of Unit
  • Dr Jobert Anjelo
  • Dr Samantha Bateman
  • Assoc. Prof Robert Carroll
  • Assoc. Prof Philip Clayton
  • Prof. Toby Coates  - Director of Transplantation
  • Dr Michael Collins
  • Dr Tony Elias – Acting Dialysis Director
  • Dr Georgina L Irish
  • Dr Jola Kapojos
  • Dr Maleeka Ladhani
  • Prof. Stephen McDonald – Senior Consultant Nephrology
  • Dr Lachlan McMichael
  • Prof. Chen Au Peh
  • Assoc. Prof Nitesh Rao
  • Dr Bee Tan
  • Dr Alison Weightman
  • Dr Chii Yeap
  • Dr Shantanu Bhattacharjya - Director of Transplant Surgery and Surgery in Renal Failure
  • Dr Santosh Olakkengil
  • Dr Christine Russell
  • Dr David King – Head of Unit, Vascular Surgery
  • Dr Ewan Macaulay

Clinical teams

Home dialysis unit, located at Hampstead Health.

Phone: 8222 1533 |  8222 1528 | 8222 1529
Email: Health.HomeDialysisUnit@sa.gov.au
 

Contact the kidney care team nurses to get detailed information and options for your renal treatment.

Phone: 0408 233 866 | 0409 151 417
Email: Health.CNARTSKidneyCare@sa.gov.au

Phone: 0427 940 223
Phone RAH switchboard on 7074 0000 and request speed dial 81463
Email: Brian.Farmer@sa.gov.au

Research, teaching and quality improvement

CNARTS has a strong culture of academic nephrology excellence. We encourage and support all unit members in research activities including formal research qualifications.

Our staff hold a variety of leadership roles in nephrology professional organisations for Australia and New Zealand, with strong academic ties to research institutions.

CNARTS is closely linked and co-located to the Australian and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant registry (ANZDATA), one of the leading clinical quality registries for kidney failure in the world.

View our most recent annual research report.

CNARTS is accredited to provide undergraduate teaching, basic physician training and advanced training in nephrology.

We have a strong focus on teaching, training and mentorship of junior doctors.

Many of the unit alumni have advanced, highly successful careers in nephrology in Australia and New Zealand.

CNARTS is committed to ongoing improvement and innovation in safety and quality in patient care, with several quality improvement projects and cross-sector collaborations undertaken each year.

See the latest report into our integrated care project. 

Once your referral has been received it will be triaged according to clinical urgency.

If your referral is accepted, you will either:

  • receive a letter, phone call or text message confirming your appointment time, date and location
  • receive a letter confirming you have been waitlisted for an appointment.

If the referral is declined, your GP or referring medical practitioner will be notified.

Outpatient services

Find out information about specialist outpatient appointments, how to be referred, plus information when attending an outpatient clinic.

Dialysis

Starting and undergoing dialysis can be an overwhelming experience for many patients and their loved ones.

We've compiled information and resources to help you with managing your kidney condition, starting dialysis, where to get help if you need it and much more.

Kidney Health Australia

Kidney Health Australia provides patients with valuable resources and support relating to kidney health, dialysis and kidney disease.

Dialysis New Start program

The CNARTS Dialysis New Start Program is an intensive multidisciplinary service supporting patients and their care providers, during the medically and socially challenging period of starting life-saving dialysis.

Patients are under the oversight of the program for the period of starting and stabilising on dialysis, which is usually between 4 and 6 weeks.

Patients are supported by a care team of specialised nurse practitioners, dialysis nurses, nephrologists, dieticians and pharmacists, with additional support from occupational therapy, social work and psychology services if needed.

The Dialysis New Start Program co-ordinates these services, links in with primary care, and ensures that all patients have access to high quality, safe and patient centred care.

Note: the Dialysis New Start program is only available for patients starting their dialysis treatments at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.

For queries about the Dialysis New Start Program contact the Renal Nurse Practitioner.

Preparing for dialysis toolkit

The preparing for dialysis toolkit provides a range of fact sheets, giving you general information on starting dialysis, support information plus guides on how to manage your medications, appointments and your kidney health.

The information in this toolkit is designed to be a general resource.

Ensure you discuss any specific needs and ask your kidney team and supporting health professionals about any concerns or queries you might have.

If you are taking any anti-viral medication for COVID-19 and are undergoing dialysis, ensure you know the facts and keep up to date with possible symptoms and side effects.

Patient videos

eReferrals, fax or email are all accepted.

Use the Clinical Prioritisation Criteria (CPC) as a referral guide. 

To ensure timely triage, include all demographic and clinical details. 

The service triages referrals according to clinical urgency. 

Urgent and serious referrals

If you are concerned about the appointment being delayed or if the patient's condition is deteriorating, contact the registrar to discuss. 

Registrars are on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Patients requiring immediate assessment should be sent directly to the Emergency Department.

CNARTS referral locations

CNARTS covers central and northern regions of SA and western NSW, therefore multiple hospitals are available to send referrals, all with various services. 

Find all locations, services and and referral contact information for CNARTS services below.

Royal Adelaide Hospital

Referrals, acute dialysis service

Provides acute inpatient dialysis services. If your patient is on dialysis or in likely need of dialysis, phone ahead and talk to the registrar or on-call Consultant.

Lyell McEwin Hospital

Referrals, acute dialysis service

Provides acute inpatient dialysis services. If your patient is on dialysis or in likely need of dialysis, phone ahead and talk to the registrar or on-call Consultant.

Modbury Hospital

Referrals only and inpatient dialysis.

Broken Hill Hospital

Referrals only.

Medications advice

For urgent enquiries about medications, contact the renal pharmacist via the RAH switchboard and request speed dial 81006.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients undergoing renal dialysis and accessing services through CNARTS, are also able to access extra services in place to help, from diagnosis through to starting and accessing treatment. 

Renal Aboriginal health practitioner

The Renal Aboriginal Health Practitioner is available to help with any specific concerns, issues or services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and their families. 

Get in touch with our team about how they can assist patient and families living with kidney disease and download our toolkit for more 

Rural Support Service mobile dialysis truck

The RSS operates a mobile dialysis unit for kidney dialysis patients wanting to visit their home communities in the most remote areas of South Australia.

The 'truck' has 3 dialysis chairs and provides short-term dialysis to a number of communities including:

  • the APY Lands (Amata, Pukatja, Fregon)
  • Marla
  • Coober Pedy
  • Yalata.

The Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health and Wellbeing Hub (The Hub)

The Hub is staffed by a team that includes Aboriginal Health Practitioners, who work to raise awareness and advocate on behalf of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients to assist in providing culturally appropriate services, to achieve good health outcomes.

CNARTS oversees kidney, pancreas and islet transplantation services for patients across SA, NT and in rural and remote areas.

For support and information about kidney, pancreas or islet transplants contact the transplantation nurse team. 

Donating a kidney

Donating a kidney, for a family member, friend or another loved one, is a big decision.

There are a variety of resources available to help you with this life-changing action.

Be informed, get support and find out what it means to be a living donor. 

Get information to understand what it means to be a living donor from DonateLife, the national authority on organ and tissue transplantation.

Kidney Health Australia provides great resources for potential kidney donors, as well as a range of fact sheets and booklets about kidney, pancreas and Islet transplants, for transplant patients and carers.

The ANZKX program matches incompatible kidney donor and recipient pairs with other incompatible pairs across Australia and New Zealand.

Find out more about how the paired kidney exchange works.

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