Senior doctors and dentists at Health NZ public hospitals and health services plan to strike for 48 hours on Tuesday 23 September and Wednesday 24 September. Emergency departments will be open for emergencies only. GPs, after-hours and urgent care clinics, and other community health providers are not affected by the strike and will continue to operate as normal.
About the strike
District nursing — Nelson Marlborough
The Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Nelson Marlborough district nursing service delivers specialist nursing care in the community. We provide care both in the home and in a clinic setting, depending on your needs.
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District nursing services
Nursing and patient education is provided for:
- specialist wound care
- stoma management
- continence management
- intravenous medications administration
- catheter management
- palliative care
- respiratory and oxygen maintenance
- ACC nursing services
- complex condition management
- cancer care (oncology).
District nursing clinics are held at:
Referral information
You will be referred to the district nursing service before you are discharged from hospital or by your healthcare provider.