Fewer visitor restrictions now apply

For visitors to all facilities (effective from and last updated on 16 September 2022)

Some visitor restrictions for all Te Whatu Ora Te Tai o Poutini West Coast health facilities remain in place, but we have relaxed others.

There is still a heightened risk to vulnerable people in hospital and so people must continue to wear a mask when visiting any of our facilities and follow other advice designed to keep patients, staff and other visitors safe.

Kia whakahaumaru te whānau, me ngā iwi katoa – this is to keep everybody safe:

Visitors or support people must not visit our facilities if they are unwell. Do not visit if you have recently tested positive for COVID-19 and haven’t completed your isolation period.

Patients in single rooms may have more than one visitor while patients in multi-bed rooms can have one visitor only per patient to ensure there is no overcrowding.

People can have one or two support people to accompany them to outpatients appointments.

Women in labour in a birthing suite, in Te Nīkau Hospital’s Maternity Ward and in Buller’s Kawatiri Maternity Unit can have the usual support people, subject to space, for the duration of their stay in our facilities.

Eating or drinking at the bedside is at the discretion of the Clinical Nurse Manager. Visitors must not eat or drink in multibed rooms because of the increased risk when multiple people remove their mask in the same space.

Hand sanitiser is available and must be used.

Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding as our staff work hard to protect and care for some of the most vulnerable in our community.

Mask wearing

Surgical/medical masks must be worn at all sites, except in counselling, mental health and addiction services where it’s on a case-by-case agreement with patients. Masks will be provided if you don’t have one. In higher-risk environments, people, including young children, may not be able to visit if they cannot wear a mask.

Any member of the public with a mask exemption is welcome in all our facilities when attending to receive health care and *treatment. Please show your mask exemption card and appointment letter to staff at the entrance. *Treatment includes coming into the Emergency Department, outpatient appointments, surgery or a procedure.

Visiting patients with COVID-19

People are able to visit patients who have COVID-19 but they must wear an N95 mask – this will be provided if you don’t have one.

Other methods of communication will be facilitated e.g. phone, Facetime, Zoom, WhatsApp etc where visits aren’t possible.

You must NOT visit our facilities if you

are COVID-19 positive

are unwell. Please stay home if you have a tummy bug or cold or flu/COVID-19-like symptoms (even if you’ve tested negative for COVID-19).

Te Whatu Ora West Coast Aged Residential Care facilities

Visitors are welcome at our Aged Care Residential facilities, subject to the space available. All visitors must wear a surgical mask.

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Immunisation / Children – Official Information Act Request Response

Date: 7 Oct 2021
Document Type: General information, Official Information Act response
ID: WCDHB-9599

Immunisations for Maori and Pacific children / vaccine hesitancy including in relation to the Covid vaccine.

Tags children Immunisation Official Information Act request response

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Children, in care, hospital – Official Information Act Request Response

Date: 23 Aug 2021
Document Type: General information, Official Information Act response
ID: WCDHB-9584

Policies and practices, if any, regarding admitting children in care to hospital

Tags children hospital in care Official Information Act request response

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Dog injuries, children

Date: 13 May 2021
Document Type: General information, Official Information Act response
ID: WCDHB-9544

1. How many children aged 0-14 have presented to hospital with a dog-related injury in the last year?
2. How many of those children required a procedure (e.g sutures), or admission? 3. What were the ethnic and age demographics of those children?

Tags children Dog injuries Official Information Act request response

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Q1 How COVID-19 has impacted on community oral health service for pre-school and primary school children

Date: 9 Sep 2020
Document Type: General information, Official Information Act response
ID: WCDHB-9452

RE Official information request WCDHB 9452

I refer to email dated 1 July 2020 to the Ministry of Health which they subsequently partially transferred to us on 23 July 2020 requesting the following information under the Official Information Act from West Coast DHB regarding how COVID-19 has impacted on the community oral health service for pre-school and primary school children. Specifically question 1.

1. Can you please let me know the current percentage of overdue cases across the Northern, Midland, Central and Southern regions– and how that compares to the past two years.
a. What are the longest wait times?
b. Where are they?

Tags 2020 children COVID-19 Official Information Act request response Official Information Act response OIA OIA request response oia response oral health

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Regarding the state of children and adolescent oral health to assess whether there has been any further investment in services since the 2008 major reorientation program to the Community Oral Health Service (COHS)

Date: 5 Aug 2019
Document Type: General information, Official Information Act response
ID: WCDHB-9314

RE Official Information Act request WCDHB 9314

I refer to your letter dated 30 May 2019 and received on 5 June 2019 requesting information under the Official Information Act from West Coast DHB regarding the state of children and adolescent oral health to assess whether there has been any further investment in services since the 2008 major reorientation program to the Community Oral Health Service (COHS).

We also acknowledge that to save time you have provided a template for us to complete based on data already available through Titanium Dental Software.
The West Coast DHB Template is attached as Appendix 1

Tags 2019 adolescent children dental Official Information Act request response Official Information Act response OIA OIA request response oia response Oral

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