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

Facilities

53 documents.

Deinstitutionalisation Mental-Health Facilities

RE Official information request WCDHB 9446

I refer to your email dated 21 June 2020 requesting the following information under the Official Information Act from West Coast DHB regarding the number of patients in psychiatric hospitals 1990 to 2010. I note your request was clarified on 7 July 2020. Specifically:

• The number of persons confined ‘living’ in Seaview Asylum in the years 1990 to 2010. Either as at 31 December of the year or annual average. Please include the proportion of people confined per 100,000 population (rate of confinement).

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Grey Base acute and community mental health facility: Please provide a copy of the new detailed seismic assessment.

RE Official information request WCDHB 9438

I refer to your email dated 23 June 2020 requesting the following information under the Official Information Act
from West Coast DHB regarding Grey Base Acute and Community Mental Health facility. Specifically:

1. Please can you also provide a copy of the new detailed seismic assessment.

Please find attached as Appendix 1 the Grey Base Hospital Acute and Community Mental Health Detailed
Seismic Assessment dated 22 June 2020.

Please note we have redacted information pursuant to section 9(2)(a) of the Official Information Act i.e. ….to
protect the privacy of natural persons, including those deceased”.

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Level of insulation at Reefton Integrated Health Centre / Ziman House.

Official Information Request WCDHB 9401

I refer to your email dated 27 February 2020 requesting the following information under the Official Information Act from West Coast DHB.

1. I wanted to enquire into the level of insulation at the Reefton Integrated Health Centre/ Ziman House.
a. Is there underfloor insulation, double glazed windows and when the last time the ceiling was pink batted.
b. Also if there were any plans to insulate the building in the future?

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Buller Health Services are on the Move – Flyer

In preparation for the demolition needed to make way for construction of the new Buller Health facility, we are relocating a number of services to other areas of the
facility over the weekend starting Friday 22 November 2019.
From Monday 25 November, our Cobden Street entrance will become the single point of entry for the majority of our services, including Buller Medical Centre.

This flyer contains information that you need to know if you’re planning to visit the facility.

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Summary of Feedback on the Proposed Health Facility for Westport

A summary of community feedback on the draft concept plans and site as at 20 April 2018

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Buller Integrated Health Floor Plan – Revision F

Buller Integrated Health Floor Plan, Revision F.  (Revised: 9 February 2018)

Concept Design. 

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Buller Public Meeting

Proposed Health Facility for Westport

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Buller Public Meeting – April 2018

Proposed Health Facility for Westport

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WCH Facilities Newsletter – January 2018

West Coast Health Facilities Redevelopment Update

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West Coast Health Facilities Redevelopment Update – November 2017

Topics in this issue: Grey facilities: Where we’re at!; What to expect in the new Grey health facilities, and more.

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WCH Facilities Newsletter – August 2017

West Coast Health Facilities Redevelopment Update

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WCH Facilities Newsletter – April 2017

West Coast Health Facilities Redevelopment Update

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Minister’s announcement – Extra $9.7m for West Coast redevelopment

Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says the Government has approved an extra $9.7 million in funding to ensure the new Grey Base Hospital is a high quality facility with construction starting next week.

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