Rural Health

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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Wednesday 13 November 2024

Nurse Practitioner Fiona Blair started nursing straight off a dry stock hill country farm in the Waikato, choosing to... read more about Nurse practitioner brings wealth of experience to South Westland communities»

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Wednesday 23 October 2024Quick Read

West Coast whānau looking after family members at home can now attend free workshops run by a group of dedicated... read more about Korowai programme now available on the West Coast for caregivers of unwell whānau»

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Friday 18 October 2024Quick Read

Te Tai o Poutini West Coast is the first centre in New Zealand to receive accreditation to deliver Australian College... read more about West Coast first in New Zealand to receive accreditation to deliver remote medicine training»

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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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Monday 26 August 2024Quick Read

Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora is pleased to announce Scott Construction Limited has been appointed as the lead... read more about Contractor announced for Te Tai o Poutini West Coast’s new mental health facility Ngā Moana e Rua»

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Thursday 15 August 2024Quick Read

We are introducing some changes to how we provide services at Ngakawau Clinic, to ensure we can continue to support our... read more about Ngakawau Clinic to introduce changes to how services are delivered to support sustainability»

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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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Wednesday 7 August 2024Quick Read

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora West Coast is now a proud member of the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Program.... read more about Health NZ West Coast now a proud member of the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Program»

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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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Friday 12 July 2024Quick Read

Buller Health no longer needs to introduce alternate care plans to its acute care service this weekend as a permanent... read more about Buller Health’s weekend acute care services reinstated»

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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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Friday 14 June 2024Quick Read

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

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Monday 29 April 2024Quick Read

To be attributed to Andy Inder, Director Ageing Well – National Commissioning, Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora.... read more about Reefton’s aged residential care facility, Ziman House to close permanently»

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Friday 15 March 2024Quick Read

Ngakawau Clinic will be closed on Monday, 18 March to accommodate unplanned staff leave across our Northern team.... read more about Ngakawau Clinic closed on Monday (18 March) to accommodate reduced staffing in the Buller region»

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Wednesday 6 March 2024Quick Read

Ngakawau Clinic is introducing the following temporary changes to services over the next week to accommodate reduced... read more about Temporary changes to services at Ngakawau Clinic to accommodate reduced staffing capacity»

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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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Friday 21 July 2023Quick Read

From this evening (Friday, 21/07/2023) Buller Health’s acute care zone will be closed from 5:30pm until 7:00am on... read more about Buller Health’s weekend plans confirmed»

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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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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 14 April 2023Quick Read

The doors to Buller Health’s new facility – Te Rau Kawakawa will be open to the public on Friday, 28 April 2023 to... read more about Buller community invited to tour Buller Health’s new facility – Te Rau Kawakawa»

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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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Friday 16 December 2022

Swoop Aero is set to launch New Zealand’s first integrated drone logistics network in partnership with Te Whatu Ora... read more about Drone technology set to provide valuable support to the delivery of health care services on the West Coast»

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Thursday 8 December 2022Quick Read

Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand’s physiotherapy services on the West Coast are currently experiencing... read more about Temporary changes introduced to Te Whatu Ora physiotherapy services on the West Coast»

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Wednesday 2 November 2022Quick Read

This week marks a milestone for Te Whatu Ora Te Tai o Poutini West Coast’s COVID-19 response as the COVID-19... read more about Te Whatu Ora Te Tai o Poutini West Coast’s COVID-19 vaccination programme winds down with primary care continuing to lead on vaccinations»

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Friday 21 October 2022Quick Read

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

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Thursday 20 October 2022Quick Read

Changes to Buller Health’s maternity services will be introduced next week so hapū māmā (pregnant women) living in... read more about Changes to Buller Health’s maternity services to be introduced next week»

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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

Takiwā Poutini, the West Coast wellbeing Locality prototype, has appointed a Programme Manager in a significant step... read more about Media Release: Programme Manager appointed to Takiwā Poutini Localities team»

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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 23 September 2022Quick Read

Te Whatu Ora Te Tai o Poutini West Coast’s Studentship Programme has recently been renamed Te Kōunga o Te Hiringa... read more about Te Whatu Ora Te Tai o Poutini Studentship Programme renamed in honour of Gary Coghlan»

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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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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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Friday 12 August 2022

In response to on-going staffing pressures across the West Coast, the following changes to how health care services... read more about Temporary changes to the delivery of health care services to come into effect at Buller Health today»

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