HOSPITAL VISITING

All hospital visitors are recommended to wear a medical face mask. For more information about visiting: Visitors and family. See our COVID-19 page for general COVID-19 advice, detailed hospital visiting guidelines and COVID-19 tests.

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Last updated:
16 September 2022

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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Te Whatu Ora West Coast Medical Centres Fee Schedule

Te Whatu Ora West Coast Primary Practice Medical Centres fee schedule, effective 12 December 2023.

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Buller Health Centre Locum Doctors

Buller Health Locum doctors, numbers, costs, length of stay.

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Buller Health Locums / GPs – Official Information Act Request Response

1. How many locum doctors did Buller Health employ in the year to June 30, 2021, and how many FTE positions does that equate to? 2. How many permanent GPs did Buller Health employ in the same period and how many FTE positions does that equate to? 3. What was the cost of locum doctors for salaries and other expenses? 4. What was the minimum and maximum length of stay among locum doctors working at Buller Health during the year? 5. What was the cost of permanent doctors’ for salaries and other expenses? 6. How many practice nurses did Buller Health employ in the year to June 30, 2021, and what does that equate to in FTEs? 7. What was the cost of practice nurses for the year to June 30, 2021? 8. What were the commuting costs, accommodation costs and other expenses for Buller Health’s clinical director, Dr Murray Wiggins, during the year? 9. On average, how many days a week does Dr Wiggins work remotely for Buller Health and how many days a week is he on site in Westport? 10. Where is Dr Wiggins based?

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GPs / Enrolments – Official Information Act Request Response

A list of all registered GP Practices registered with your, including their practice name and physical address.
2. A total number of GPs working Full Time and Part Time with each of the above practices.
3. A total figure of current enrolled GP patients for each of the above practices.

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Buller Health Locums GPs and Nurses

Buller Health Locums GPs and Nurses

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