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.

PET-CT, Referrals, Providers – Official Information Act Request Response

PET CT referral suppliers: 1. Which PET CT suppliers do you use for your PET CT referrals? 2. How are the tenders for these referrals accessed and when are they put out to tender? 3. Are any of your PET CT referrals currently under contract with your suppliers and if so when are the contracts up for renewal? 4. Are there any extra costs to the DHB for providing PET CT scans to patients, e.g. travel costs, accommodation?

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Contractors / management – Official Information Act Request Response

•Over the last 5 years what are the names of contractors, who have worked for longer than one year, in a DHBs tier 1,2 or 3 management position, and what was the daily or weekly or year rate paid to each of these contractors?

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Covid – Official Information Act Request Response

Copy of the community based isolation and quarantine plan to respond to potential outbreaks of Covid-19

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GPs / Enrolments – Official Information Act Request Response

A list of all registered GP Practices registered with your, including their practice name and physical address.
2. A total number of GPs working Full Time and Part Time with each of the above practices.
3. A total figure of current enrolled GP patients for each of the above practices.

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Tatau Pounamu Meeting papers for November 2021

Tatau Pounamu Advisory Group meeting papers for 12 November 2021 meeting at Board Meeting Room, Corporate Services, Te Nīkau Hospital and Health Centre and via Zoom

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Tatau Pounamu Meeting papers for October 2021

Tatau Pounamu Advisory Group meeting papers for 15 October 2021 meeting at Board Meeting Room, Corporate Services, Te Nīkau Hospital and Health Centre and via Zoom

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Board Meeting – Friday, 5 November 2021

Board Papers for the West Coast DHB Board meeting Friday, 5 November 2021 meeting

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Mental Health – Official Information Act Request Response

Mental Health: Q10, How long does a vulnerable person remain in the system post discharge so they can access support quickly. Q19, What risk/benefit model is utilised to asses a person’s vulnerability who has been discharged from ‘active’ supoort?

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Covid vaccinations / ice cream – Official Information Act Request Response

Ice-cream being served to Covid vaccination recipients Hokitika this weekend. Where is the icecream money coming from?

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Stroke information – Official Information Act Request Response

Stroke information / thrombolysis treatment / Referrals to Stroke Foundation, Stroke Central? / How many received rehabilitation? Number of secondary strokes.

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ICU / Online training / Nurses – Official Information Act Request Response

1. A breakdown by DHB showing how many nurses had completed the online ICU training module for nurses by August 17, and also now (most up to date figures available).”

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Maternal Mental Health Pathway for all

Maternal Mental Health Pathway for all

Services and support available for pregnant/postnatal Women;

  • In community
  • Clinical Assessment
  • Urgent services

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Aged Care Facilities – Official Information Act Request Response

Aged care facilities, total number funded, number of residents in facilities, number of facilities that have closed, Reason for closure.

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Immunisation / Children – Official Information Act Request Response

Immunisations for Maori and Pacific children / vaccine hesitancy including in relation to the Covid vaccine.

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OIA responses – Official Information Act Request Response

OIA response times:1.From 1 January to 30 June 2021, how many OIA requests did your agency receive? 2.From 1 January to 30 June 2021, what was the average OIA response time, in working days (including any extension time)? 3.From 1 January to 30 June 2021, what was the longest OIA response time, in working days (including any extension time)? 4.From 1 January to 30 June 2021, what percentage of OIAs required a time extension? 5.From 1 January to 30 June 2021, what percentage of OIAs were refused? 6.From 1 January to 30 June 2021, what percentage of OIAs were partially refused or redacted?

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Fossil fuel – Official Information Act Request Response

1.A list of all hospital, mental health wards, psychiatric care facilities, rest homes & healthcare facilities as well as administrative & miscellaneous buildings the Ministry of Health knows are using fossil fuels, with a breakdown of fossil fuel type, and region. 2.An outline of any plans that the Ministry of Health or Energy Efficiency Conservation Authority have to transition these institutions off fossil fuels, and the names of these institutions and the transition plan.

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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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Gloriavale / vaccinations – Official Information Act Request Response

Any correspondence with Gloriavale around vaccinations in the past year, or internal reports, external reports etc.

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ICU occupancy – Official Information Act Request Response

ICU bed occupancy (% of ICU beds occupied or number of occupied bed days and total number of available beds) for the period 1 Jan 2018 until the most recent available date. Could this please be provided in the smallest time periods possible (days, if available, otherwise weeks, otherwise months).

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Staff Surveys – Official Information Act Request Response

The latest two staff surveys relating to morale, job safety, security, bullying and harassment and similar from all departments. – In whatever format or formats it has been communicated to senior leadership. -And any resulting changes from leadership including emails to staff and/or unions.

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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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Ovarian cancer – Official Information Act Request Response

RE sonography waiting times for ovarian cancer symptoms in your region as part of our submission to the Health Select Committee – can you please provide the current wait time for an urgent, semi urgent and routine transvaginal ultrasound (or just ultrasound generally if your data does not make the distinction), and any criteria for evaluating the urgency of a request (general, or ovarian if you have) and include the current Health Pathways criteria for your DHB for ovarian cancer

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Te Nikau coal boiler – Official Information Act Request Response

Are you looking to move away from a coal boiler at Te Nikau to biomass – is there a report on this? Can I see a list of what defects have not been rectified at Te Nikau?

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RMO – Official Information Act Request Response

RMO FTE on ED runs 2016 and 2021, ED patient volumes last five years, ED presentations January and June 2021 by time band and day

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SMOs – Official Information Act Request Response

Provide the following information identified by Department/Specialty and by Hospital – that is, Christchurch, Hillmorton, Burwood, Princess Margaret, Ashburton Hospitals. • Availability Allowance. • Average after-hours call hours. • Call ratio. • Shift patterns (where they exist). • Recovery Time Agreements. • % of Non-Clinical time

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WCDHB Studentship 2021 Application Form (Printer-friendly version)

  • Date: 10 Sep 2021
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Studentship 2021 Application Form (Printer-friendly version)

Applicants must be enrolled in an education programme at a recognised New Zealand education institution.  At the completion of their study, the applicant intends to work specifically, but not exclusively within West Coast rural health. 

Applicants must have resided on the West Coast of the South Island or have strong links or whakapapa back to Te Tai o Poutini.

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WCDHB Studentship 2021 Application Form (Computer-typeable version)

  • Date: 10 Sep 2021
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  • ID: Stdtsh2021AppForm-CT

Studentship 2021 Application Form (Computer-typeable version)

Applicants must be enrolled in an education programme at a recognised New Zealand education institution.  At the completion of their study, the applicant intends to work specifically, but not exclusively within West Coast rural health. 

Applicants must have resided on the West Coast of the South Island or have strong links or whakapapa back to Te Tai o Poutini.

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Advisory Committee Meeting – 9 September 2021

Advisory Committee Papers for 9 September 2021 Meeting

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Covid Vaccination Programme / Pharmacy staff – Official Information Act Request Response

1.The number of Pharmacy employees at your DHB that are currently seconded to the COVID Vaccination Programme and what their profession is (e.g. Pharmacist, Pharmacy Technician, Pharmacy Assistant etc.). 2.What they were paid prior to their secondment and what they are currently paid under the Covid Vaccination Programme.

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HIMSS Maturity report – Official Information Act Request Response

All original communications including briefings, reports, memos, aides memoirs, cabinet papers and texts regarding the following information:
• Around the eight DHBs who reported HIMSS maturity levels.

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Covid DNAs – Official Information Act Request Response

The number of scheduled COVID-19 vaccination appointments that were missed data to date since 1 July 2021 (i.e. since we moved to NIBS National booking system)

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Covid Vaccination Programme / Pharmacy staff – Official Information Act Request Response

1.The number of Pharmacy employees at your DHB that are currently seconded to the COVID Vaccination Programme and what their profession is (e.g. Pharmacist, Pharmacy Technician, Pharmacy Assistant etc.). 2.What they were paid prior to their secondment and what they are currently paid under the Covid Vaccination Programme.

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Gender, hormone, transgender – Official Information Act Request Response

1. How many people were referred to the DHB for gender reassignment hormone therapy in each calendar year since 2006 until the present time?
2. What was the breakdown of ages in each of those years (youngest/oldest/median age)?
3. How many were transitioning male to female and how many female to male in each of those years?
4. How many children were referred for puberty blocking drugs in each calendar year since 2006?
5. How many people had psychological treatment for gender dysphoria in each calendar year since 2006?
6. How many people had double mastectomies (top surgery) as treatment for gender dysphoria in each calendar year since 2006?
7. What was the breakdown of ages in each of those years?

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