HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDER DIVISION

Nelson Marlborough District Health Board is the predominant provider of publicly funded health services in Nelson and Marlborough. It does this through the provider division, which has a service agreement with the planning and funding division in the same way as other providers in the region.

The division provides an extensive range of services and manages patient facilities that extend across the top of the South Island:

• Nelson Hospital, including the Acute Mental Health Unit,
  in Nelson City
• Wairau Hospital in Blenheim
• Braemar, the location for the CAMHS services, IDSS administration
• Community homes for people who have intellectual disability throughout the Nelson City/Richmond area
• Alexandra Hospital in Richmond operates as a psychogeriatric facility and has 37 beds
• In Murchison, the Arthur McCaa Community Hospital has 6 continuing care , 2 GP & 2 resusitation beds and is a base for
  community services
• Motueka Community Hospital provides 12 continuing care & 3 acute GP admitting beds beds and encompasses a community
  service base
• Golden Bay Community Hospital, in Takaka, provides 7 continuing care & 5 GP admitting and 3 maternity  beds as well as providing a base for community services

Services are also provided from a number of Community Health bases, at Picton, Wakefield, Havelock and Mapua, and School Dental Clinics. Regional Public Health services are based in Nelson and Blenheim.

Services provided are:

• Medical
• Surgical
• Maternity
• Child health
• Oral health
• Intellectual disability support services
• Mental health
• Elderly health
• Rural services
• Associated services
• Emergency services
• Radiology
• Laboratory services

Contact Us

General Manager’s Office
Nelson Hospital
Private Bag 18
Nelson
Phone 03 546 1987
Fax 03 546 1811
Email glenda.crichton@nmdhb.govt.nz