Oamaru Hospital

24/07/2025

Nurses, healthcare assistants and some midwives at public hospitals and health services are planning to strike for 24 hours, from 9am on Wednesday 30 July to 9am on Thursday 31 July.

Patient safety will be our priority:
✅ Anyone in hospital will get the care and support they need.
✅ Our hospitals and emergency departments will stay open.
✅ Maternity services for women in labour, inpatient and birth services will continue.
✅ Visiting hours will stay the same.
✅ To maintain patient safety, most clinics will be closed, and appointments will need to be rescheduled.
✅ If you have an appointment on the day of the strike, come to your appointment unless we have contacted you directly.
✅ Any appointments that are deferred will be rescheduled for the next available time.
✅ Anyone needing it will receive emergency care.

We value the hard work and dedication of our staff.

To find out more, visit: tewhatuora.govt.nz/industrial-action

09/12/2024

Planned Nurses Strike tomorrow, Wednesday 11 December, 1 to 5pm.
Again, patient safety will be our priority.

New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) union members are planning to strike on Wednesday 11 December.

Patient safety will be our priority:

Anyone in hospital will receive the care and support they need.
Our hospitals and emergency departments will remain open.
Maternity services for women in labour, inpatient and birth services will be available.
Visiting hours will stay the same.
To maintain patient safety, some clinics will be closed and some appointments will need to be rescheduled.
If you have an appointment on the day of the strike, come to your appointment unless we have contacted you directly to reschedule.
Any appointments that are deferred will be rescheduled for the next available opportunity.
Anyone in need of emergency care will receive it.

We value the hard work and dedication of our staff. We remain focused on continuing negotiations with the union to avoid this planned strike.



To find out more, visit our website https://shorturl.at/19EOq

01/12/2024

We are so very proud of our staff, and this week especially proud of Uinita, who won the Supreme Award at the Ara Institute of Canterbury’s end-of-year Pacific Achievement Awards, for dedication to her studies and commitment to her community.

Congratulations Uinita, very well deserved! 🏆

https://www.chrislynchmedia.com/news-items/dedicated-oamaru-nursing-student-wins-top-pacific-achievement-award/?fbclid=IwY2xjawG5ssxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHVyxubYrGQCtGVew49E_Tr4l0D1h4vS1_AprSFoI9MYtIIL2V0YGiUhb7w_aem__-S9h-2XXPD4LOSLeW8mGg

An Oamaru nursing student’s dedication to her studies and commitment to her community has been recognised with the Supreme Award...

28/11/2024

Planned Nurses' Strike Tuesday 3rd December - patient safety will be our priority

New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) union members are planning to strike on Tuesday 3 December. If the strike goes ahead, patient safety will be our priority:

• anyone in hospital will receive the care and support they need
• our hospitals and emergency departments will remain open
• Maternity services for women in labour, inpatient and birth services will be available
• visiting hours will remain the same
• to maintain patient safety, some clinics will be closed and some appointments will need to be rescheduled.
• if you have an appointment on the day of the strike, come to your appointment unless we have contacted you directly to reschedule.
• any appointments that are deferred will be rescheduled for the next available opportunity.
• anyone in need of emergency care will receive it.

We value the hard work and dedication of our staff. We remain focused on continuing negotiations with the union to avoid this planned strike.

To find out more, visit our website http://spr.ly/6183tOVR3

02/10/2024

UPDATE: TONITE CANCELLED. TODAY SESSION STILL ON UNTIL 3PM.
We do not want to encourage our community to venture out at night under the current Red Alert weather conditions. We will update you as to how you can provide your feedback soon.
It's now or never to have your say TODAY! It is warm and dry at the Brydone Hotel, so come in for a cuppa and see what it is all about:

Oamaru Brydone Hotel – Afternoon session - 1:30pm – 3:00pm
Oamaru Brydone Hotel – Evening session - 5:30pm – 7:00pm

🔊: Oamaru, tomorrow it's your turn to talk Health Futures at the Brydone!

EVENING SESSION CANCELLED

Health NZ is partnering with Waitaki District Council and Te Runanga o Moeraki to hear your views on the future of health services in the Waitaki District. There's an online survey, but also some in-person engagement events happening tomorrow afternoon and evening in the Moeraki Room at the Brydone Hotel.

Oamaru Brydone Hotel – Afternoon session - 1:30pm – 3:00pm

Oamaru Brydone Hotel – Evening session - CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS

Come along and talk about which services you use to stay healthy, which you use when you're unwell and your positive and negative experiences of health services in the District.

18/09/2024

WAITAKI HEALTH FUTURES PROJECT

Health NZ are running some public engagements across the district, details below. No registration necessary, just turn up!

👉 Kurow Memorial Hall - Drop In Session - Monday 30 September - 5.30 - 7pm
👉 Palmerston Community Centre - Tuesday 1 October - 5.30 - 7pm
👉 Oamaru Te Whare Koa Community Marae - Wednesday 2 October - 5pm - 7pm
👉 Oamaru Brydone Hotel, Moeraki Room - Thursday 3 October - 1.30 - 3pm
👉 Oamaru Brydone Hotel, Moeraki Room - Thursday 3 October - 5.30 - 7pm
👉 Oamaru Library - Drop In Session - Friday 4 October - 10am - 12pm
👉 Hampden Library - Drop In Session - Saturday 5 October - 9am - 12pm
👉 Oamaru Pacific Island Community Group - Contact them for details.

To find out more information, and to complete the Health NZ survey, click here: https://www.southernhealth.nz/WaitakiHealthFuturesProject

16/09/2024

We are looking at ways to improve coordination and access of health and wellbeing services in Waitaki.

We want to know how you use these services, and what you and your whānau like and what you don’t like about them.

This survey contains 8 questions. You may complete the form as many times as you wish.

Click the following link to take the survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WaitakiHealthFuturesProject

The survey closes on Sunday, 6 October 2024.

30/05/2024

🏥: Oamaru Hospital Information and FAQ

Following Council's approval of agreements reached between Te Whatu Ora | Health New Zealand and Waitaki District Health Services Ltd on Tuesday, Councillors also agreed to provide the community with further information about the process leading to the decision.

We have created a FAQ, and provided more detail - including relevant documentation - at the link below. If you have further questions, we will endeavour to answer them as fully as possible. Please ask them in the comments below.

https://www.waitaki.govt.nz/Facilities/Oamaru-Hospital

28/05/2024

✅: Council approve Oamaru Hospital agreements

Waitaki District Councillors today approved the agreements negotiated between Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora and Waitaki District Health Services Ltd. (WDHSL) for the transfer of staff and services to Health New Zealand on July 1 2024.

Mayor for the Waitaki District, Gary Kircher says: “Today marks a bittersweet change for our community, as we confirm the conditional agreement with Health NZ to take back our Ōamaru Hospital. It has been part of Council life since the late 1990s and has seen its share of highs and lows.

However, we have had to accept that now is the right time for it to go back into HNZ’s control, and I am pleased with the conditions negotiated by our hospital company and our CEO, Alex Parmley.

I wish to thank all of those involved in these negotiations, and a special thanks to our hardworking hospital staff, and board members over the last 25 years, for delivering the health services that the Waitaki community needs”

https://www.waitaki.govt.nz/News/Council-approve-Oamaru-Hospital-agreements

12/03/2024

Anyone know of available housing or accommodation for a family of 5? Our new Registered Nurse has moved over from the UK with her family - fully furnished preferable.

If you have ANY available housing/accommodation - send details through to feedbackoamaru@southerndhb.govt.nz, and we can post the details on to our staff noticeboard.

(note any communication, negotiations and agreements will be with the employee directly, and WDHSL are not involved in this process)

12/03/2024

We are looking for a NZ Registered Dietician with a minimum of 2 years' experience to join our Outpatients team! Know anyone...?

Dietitian Permanent, part-time (0.5 FTE)     Waitaki District Health Services Ltd. (Oamaru Hospital) has a vacancy for a New Zealand Registered Dietitian to join our Outpatients team. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 2 years’ experience.   You will be seeing a range of patients in bot...

20/02/2024

Have your say!

OAMARU AREA - HEALTH SHUTTLE SURVEY
Click the following link: https://forms.office.com/r/brA7iQgH1j

Click here to download for print: https://www.waitakihealth.co.nz/files/795/file/Hato-Hone-St-John-Health-Shuttle-Survey-Printable-pdf

A Community Meeting is being held - see details in other post.