Clinical Services

We assess and treat people over the age of 65 who have developed mental health problems for the first time

There are four different psychiatry services linked to the Mater Hospital

The Psychology Department has four staff members who are linked to different teams across the hospital – cardiac rehabilitation, heart and lung transplant, liaison psychiatry, liver centre and pain medicine.

This service provides advanced imaging services to the patients and clinicians within the hospital.

Rehabilitation is specialist type of healthcare. It is about assisting patients with their recovery after a serious injury, illness or surgery.

Renal Medicine, also known as Nephorology, is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders and diseases of the kidney.

Respiratory medicine manage a wide range of breathing-related difficulties and lung disorders.

Our multidisciplinary team cares for patients with arthritis, musculoskeletal and rheumatologic disorders.

If you are attending the hospital for elective surgery and need to stay overnight it is likely that you will stay in the Scheduled Care Ward (SCW).

We help both inpatient and outpatient smokers to stop smoking. The service operates on a daily basis and includes follow-up contact for up to one year.

This service helps patients and their families with any psychological, emotional, social or practical difficulties during their hospital stay.

Speech and language therapists (SLTs) work with people who have speech, language, voice or swallowing issues.

The National Spinal Injuries Unit is located at the Mater Hospital and provides specialised, coordinated, interdisciplinary, medical and surgical care to patients with spinal cord injuries.

This service assesses and treats patients who are admitted to the hospital with stroke.

If you are attending the hospital for elective surgery and are likely to go home on the same day you may be admitted to the Surgical Day Ward.

If you are attending the hospital for a minor surgical procedure you may be asked to attend theatre as an extern patient.

An ultrasound scan uses sound waves to create images of organs and structures inside your body.

Upper GI Surgery refers to surgery of the upper gastrointestinal tract. Hepatobiliary (HPB) surgery is a specialist area of surgery that provides treatment for conditions of the liver, pancreas and biliary tract.

Urology is the medical and surgical management of conditions of the kidneys, ureters, bladder, prostate, testes and genitalia.

The vascular laboratory carries out assessments to try to find areas of blockage and disease in a patient's vascular (blood) system.