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

Document Library

Our latest key plans and reports are listed at the top of this page, other recent documents are listed by date under these documents. You can also find many national publications, including responses to OIA requests on the Te Whatu Ora national website.

Use the search menu (left) to apply a filter to list other documents published by Te Whatu Ora Te Tai o Poutini West Coast, including our annual reports, annual plans and strategic plans.  Each document has a document type, a summary, and topics and tags associated with it.

1284 documents.

HWNZ 2019 Application Form – Word format

Health Workforce New Zealand Hauora Maori Fund 2019 Application Form – Microsoft Word format

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Board Meeting November 2018

The purpose of this report is to seek the Board’s confirmation and support to a schedule of meetings for the Board and its Committees, both statutory and non-statutory, for the 2019 calendar year as required by the NZ Health and Public Disability Act 2000.

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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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Advisory Committee Meeting – 2 November 2018

Advisory Committee Papers for 2 November 2018 Meeting

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Tatau Pounamu Meeting papers for October 2018

Tatau Pounamu Advisory Group meeting papers for 19 October 2018 meeting

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Between April 1 and August 31 this year how many patients were referred to Greymouth Hospital for radiology examinations and how many were referred back to their GP?

Between April 1 and August 31 this year how many patients were referred to Greymouth Hospital for radiology examinations and how many were referred back to their GP?

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Total number of recorded assaults made against staff from January 2013 – August 2018

Total number of recorded assaults made against staff from January 2013 – August 2018

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Consumer Council Agenda – 8 October 2018

Consumer Council Agenda – 8 October 2018

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Board Meeting September 2018

  • Date: 28 Sep 2018
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Information relating to specialist appointments. Number funded, number missed, total cost of funding and cost of missed appointments.

Information relating to specialist appointments. Number funded, number missed,total cost of funding and cost of missed appointments.

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All information regarding implementation of safer rosters provided by Schedule Ten of the NZRDA and DHBs February 2017 – February 2018.

All information regarding implementation of safer rosters provided by Schedule Ten of the NZRDA and DHBs February 2017 – February 2018.

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MoU between CDHB and Police regarding calls for service at Hillmorton Hospital

  • Date: 17 Sep 2018
  • ID: CDHB 9922

Memorandum of Understanding between CDHB and Police regarding calls for service at Hillmorton Hospital.

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Buildings Facilities Identified as needing remediation or building works

Buildings that have been identified as needing remediation. all new buildings planned by the DHB. Since Jan 2016 copies of any reports, documents, correspondence relating to a facilities stocktake.

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Car parking revenue received by DHB from Staff and Public car parking since January 2018

Car parking revenue received by DHB from Staff and Public car parking since January 2018

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