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
Social work — Tairawhiti
Social workers at Gisborne Hospital in Tairāwhiti respond to emotional, psychological, social and practical needs.
Contact us
To contact social work services:
- phone: 06 869 0500
Where to find us
Our social workers are based throughout the community as well as at:
Gisborne Hospital
421 Ormond Road
Services we provide
Our social workers:
- advocate for people to make sure their rights, responsibilities and entitlements are respected
- help patients and their whānau, family or carers to adjust to changes resulting from a health condition or disability
- connect people with community services and assistance.
They can help you and your whānau with:
- grief and loss
- the effects of hospitalisation
- adjusting to a newly-diagnosed condition or disability
- traumatic births
- pregnancy options
- trauma (accidents, amputations, acute illness)
- stress and mild anxiety
- family and carer issues, including vulnerable children and adults
- frequent admissions due to lack of social support
- isolation as a result of health issues.
Referral information
You can access a health social worker through your healthcare provider, such as a:
- GP or family doctor
- district nurse
- public health nurse.
If you are in hospital, you can access a health social worker through:
- nursing or medical staff members
- other hospital staff, such as a kaitiaki or physiotherapist.