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.

See West Coast COVID-19 vaccination clinics for info on vaccinations link COVID-19 Vaccination • West Coast • Healthpoint

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.

More COVID-19 information

September

22 documents.

Whataroa Clinic Roster – September 2024

  • Date: 29 Aug 2024
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  • ID: SW-Roster-Whataroa-092024

Whataroa Clinic Roster for September 2024

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Hari Hari Clinic Roster – September 2024

  • Date: 29 Aug 2024
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  • ID: SW-Roster-HariHari-092024

Hari Hari Clinic Roster for September 2024

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Haast Clinic Roster – September 2024

  • Date: 29 Aug 2024
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  • ID: SW-Roster-Haast-092024

Haast Clinic Roster for September 2024

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Franz Josef Glacier Clinic Roster – September 2024

  • Date: 29 Aug 2024
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  • ID: SW-Roster-FranzJosef-092024

Franz Josef Glacier Clinic Roster for September 2024

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Fox Glacier Clinic Roster – September 2024

  • Date: 29 Aug 2024
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  • ID: SW-Roster-Fox-092024

Fox Glacier Clinic Roster for September 2024

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Consumer Council Agenda – 1 September 2022

Consumer Council Agenda – 1 September 2022

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Board Meeting – Friday, 24 September 2021

Board Papers for the West Coast DHB Board meeting Friday, 24 September 2021 meeting

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Tatau Pounamu Meeting papers for September 2021

Tatau Pounamu Advisory Group meeting papers for 3 September 2021 meeting at IFHC Meeting Room, Corporate Services, Te Nīkau Hospital and Health Centre and via Zoom

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Advisory Committee Meeting – 9 September 2021

Advisory Committee Papers for 9 September 2021 Meeting

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Board Meeting – Thursday, 24 September 2020

Board Papers for the West Coast DHB Board meeting Thursday, 24 September 2020 meeting

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Advisory Committee Meeting – 10 September 2020

Advisory Committee Papers for 10 September 2020 Meeting

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Board Meeting – Friday, 27 September 2019

Board Papers for the West Coast DHB Board meeting Friday, 27 September 2019 meeting

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Advisory Committee Meeting – 27 September 2019

Advisory Committee Papers for 27 September 2019 Meeting

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Tatau Pounamu Meeting papers for September 2019

Tatau Pounamu Advisory Group meeting papers for 13 September 2019 meeting at Board Room, Corporate Services, Grey Base Hospital

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Measles Fact Sheet

Measles Fact Sheet – News item

With the large number of measles cases around the country, we can expect to see some measles cases on the Coast at some stage.

Measles is a highly infectious virus that can be life threatening. Complications occur in about one in three people, and for them measles can be serious, even fatal.

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All correspondence to and from WCDHB Board and staff re Westport Integrated Family Health Centre since April 2018 (a)

All correspondence to and from WCDHB Board and staff re Westport Integrated Family Health Centre since April 2018 (a)

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All correspondence to and from WCDHB Board and staff re Westport Integrated Family Health Centre since April 2018

All correspondence to and from WCDHB Board and staff re Westport Integrated Family Health Centre since April 2018

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How many Urogynaecological mesh procedures were undertaken at your DHB in the past year?

How many Urogynaecological mesh procedures were undertaken at your DHB in the past year?

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All information re complaints made over last three years: Complaints: Patients against Staff, Staff against Patients and Staff against Staff.

All information re complaints made over last three years: Complaints: Patients against Staff, Staff against Patients and Staff against Staff.

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