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Thursday 5 December 2024Quick Read

West Coast residents needing additional support to access health care services at Te Nīkau Hospital & Health Centre... read more about West Coasters benefit from support provided by Greymouth-based Kaiatawhai team»

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Monday 23 September 2024

West Coast Health, the primary healthcare organisation on the Coast, has confirmed changes to how after-hours care is... read more about Changes to delivery of after-hours care on West Coast»

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Thursday 8 August 2024Quick Read

From this coming Sunday, Buller Health’s Acute Stabilisation Unit (ASU) will be operating as follows: From 8:30am on... read more about Buller Health’s Acute Stabilisation Unit to reduce services later this week due to staffing challenges»

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Tuesday 30 July 2024Quick Read

Buller Health will be introducing alternate care plans to its acute care service overnight on Wednesday in response to... read more about Buller Health’s Acute Stabilisation Unit to close overnight on Wednesday in response to reduced staffing capacity»

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Thursday 20 June 2024

Buller Health will be introducing alternate care plans to its acute care service to accommodate limited staffing. From... read more about Buller Health’s acute care service to operate under alternate plans in response to limited staffing»

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Thursday 15 February 2024Quick Read

This weekend, Buller Health will be introducing alternate care plans to its acute care service to accommodate reduced... read more about Alternate care plans in place at Buller Health this weekend to accommodate reduced staffing capacity»

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Wednesday 18 October 2023Quick Read

Ngakawau Clinic will be closed on Friday, 20 October and Tuesday, 24 October between 8:30am – 5pm. On these days,... read more about Ngakawau Clinic Labour Weekend hours»

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Monday 2 October 2023Quick Read

Ngakawau Clinic will be closed from 12:30pm on Monday, 2 October 2023 through to 8:00am on Wednesday, 4 October 2023.... read more about Ngakawau Clinic update – 29 September 2023»

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Wednesday 26 July 2023Quick Read

Ngakawau Clinic will be closed from today (Wednesday, 26/07/2023) through to 8:30am on Monday, 31 July 2023 while our... read more about Te Whatu Ora Te Tai o Poutini West Coast’s Ngakawau Clinic update»

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Tuesday 18 July 2023Quick Read

Further changes are being implemented in Buller Health’s after-hours acute care service for the remainder of this... read more about Alternative plans for Buller Health’s after-hours acute care service to remain in place all week»

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Thursday 13 July 2023Quick Read

Next week, Buller Health will be introducing alternate care plans to its acute care service to accommodate reduced... read more about Alternate acute care plans in place at Buller Health next week to accommodate reduced staffing capacity»

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Friday 7 July 2023Quick Read

Buller Health’s health care services will be temporarily operating at reduced capacity this Sunday (July 9) due to... read more about Buller Health’s services temporarily operating at reduced capacity this coming Sunday»

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Monday 8 May 2023Quick Read

Over the weekend, all Buller Health services were successfully moved across to our new facility – Te Rau Kawakawa.... read more about Buller Health services are now located in our new facility – Te Rau Kawakawa»

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Thursday 4 May 2023Quick Read

Health services are set to move across into Buller Health’s new facility – Te Rau Kawakawa this coming weekend. The... read more about Health services all set to move into Buller Health’s new facility – Te Rau Kawakawa»

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Friday 24 March 2023Quick Read

Te Nīkau Health Centre’s unplanned GP services will be operating at reduced capacity today, Friday 24 March 2023,... read more about Te Nīkau Health Centre’s unplanned GP services will be operating at reduced capacity today – Friday 24 March 2023»

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Friday 3 March 2023Quick Read

Buller Health’s health care services will be operating at reduced capacity this weekend due to staff illness. Over... read more about Buller Health’s health care services will be operating at reduced capacity this weekend»

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Tuesday 20 December 2022

West Coasters are being urged to ‘Have a safe-as summer’ by planning ahead before the summer holidays begin... read more about West Coasters urged to ‘Have a safe-as summer’»

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Friday 16 December 2022Quick Read

Buller Health is all set to reinstate it’s 24/7 acute care services from Monday, 19 December 2022. Temporary changes... read more about Buller Health’s 24/7 acute care services to be reinstated from Monday, 19 December»

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Wednesday 9 November 2022Quick Read

Due to staff redeployment, Ngakawau Clinic will be closed on Friday, 11 November 2022. During this time, all urgent... read more about Te Whatu Ora Te Tai o Poutini West Coast’s Ngakawau Clinic update»

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Tuesday 25 October 2022Quick Read

Urgent patient stabilisation and observation services provided by Buller Health’s Foote Ward team will remain... read more about Buller Health’s 24/7 acute care services to remain operating at reduced capacity»

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Wednesday 19 October 2022Quick Read

Due to staff leave, we have made some temporary changes to Ngakawau Clinic’s services. Next Tuesday (25/10/2022), the... read more about Te Whatu Ora Te Tai o Poutini West Coast’s Ngakawau Clinic update»

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Friday 7 October 2022Quick Read

Buller Health is all set to reinstate Foote Ward’s 24/7 urgent patient stabilisation and observation services from... read more about Plans in place to reinstate Buller Health’s 24/7 acute care services next week»

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Monday 3 October 2022Quick Read

Urgent patient stabilisation and observation services provided by Buller Health’s Foote Ward team will continue to... read more about Buller Health’s 24/7 acute care services to temporarily continue operating at reduced capacity»

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Friday 9 September 2022Quick Read

Urgent patient stabilisation and observation services provided by Buller Health’s Foote Ward team will be back to a... read more about Buller Health’s 24/7 acute care services set to be reinstated in early October»

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Friday 19 August 2022

On Sunday 21 August, all health services currently based in Westport’s Masonic Lodge will be relocating back to the... read more about All services moving back to Buller Health this Sunday»

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Wednesday 17 August 2022Quick Read

Te Whatu Ora – Te Tai o Poutini has announced Buller Health is temporarily moving its services as a precautionary... read more about Buller Health services relocating»

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Monday 15 August 2022

To ease the pressure on the West Coast health system and to protect vulnerable and older patients, from today, 15... read more about Te Whatu Ora Te Tai o Poutini West Coast makes changes to visitor policy to protect vulnerable patients»

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Thursday 4 August 2022Quick Read

The Ngakawau Clinic will remain closed today (4 August) and Friday (5 August). During this time, all urgent... read more about *** Ngakawau Clinic update ***»

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Wednesday 3 August 2022Quick Read

Installation of a brand new state-of-the-art Computed Tomography Scanner in Te Nīkau Hospital’s Radiology Department... read more about Installation of new CT scanner to start shortly»

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Tuesday 26 July 2022Quick Read

Due to winter illness our Ngakawau Clinic will be closed this Thursday (28 July) and Friday (29 July). We apologise for... read more about Ngakawau Clinic update»

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Tuesday 31 May 2022Quick Read

In response to a significant demand for health care services, West Coasters are being asked to contact their general... read more about “Contact your general practice team first” is the message from clinicians as we head into winter»

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Friday 8 April 2022Quick Read

Please attribute to Dr Graham Roper, Incident Controller for West Coast DHB’s COVID-19 Response Emergency Operations... read more about West Coasters asked to be patient and kind when accessing their general practice for health care»

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Friday 11 February 2022Quick Read

Our Buller Medical team are available for appointments today, tomorrow and Sunday at the Masonic Lodge, 51 Russell... read more about Buller Medical is open at the Masonic Lodge, 51 Russell Street, Westport»

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Thursday 10 February 2022

Please attribute to Philip Wheble, Incident Controller – West Coast DHB Buller Health has now relocated all health... read more about Health advice during Buller flooding event – update 2»

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Thursday 10 February 2022Quick Read

Buller Health has relocated health services to the Masonic Lodge, 51 Russell Street, Westport. If you live north of... read more about ** BULLER HEALTH HAS EVACUATED **»

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Thursday 10 February 2022Quick Read

Please attribute to Philip Wheble, Incident Controller – West Coast DHB West Coast DHB staff are preparing to... read more about Health advice during flooding event – update 1»

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Thursday 3 February 2022

Please attribute to Philip Wheble, Incident Controller – West Coast DHB Today our West Coast DHB teams have continued... read more about Health advice during severe weather event – update 3»

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Friday 6 August 2021Quick Read

Please attribute to Philip Wheble, Incident Controller – West Coast DHB. Zero fees for GP and Nurse Practitioner... read more about Access to free GP consultations for flood affected patients remain in place»

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Friday 30 July 2021

Please attribute comment to Phil Wheble, Incident Controller, West Coast DHB Flood event. From 4pm this afternoon... read more about All services back in Buller Health Centre from 4pm today»

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Monday 26 July 2021

Monday 26 July 2021 – 2.00pm Please attribute comment to Philip Wheble, Incident Controller, West Coast DHB Flood... read more about Health advice following West Coast Floods – Update 7»

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