Haere maiHow can we help?
Central Hawke’s Bay Health Centre provides a myriad of services to its local community. The health centre offers six inpatient beds and outpatient physiotherapy and occupational therapy clinics, as well as a district nursing service.
When you are discharged from hospital
Please note that you are responsible for your own transport home, regardless of how you arrived at Hawke's Bay Fallen Soldiers' Memorial Hospital. If you have had an anaesthetic you must not drive for 24 hours.
Paediatric and child servicesIf your child is unwell, injured or in need of surgery, and 15 years old or younger, they will be cared for in Hawke's Bay Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital Children's Ward.
Patients in hospital and the community are offered a comprehensive diagnostic service by the Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora, Te Matau a Māui Hawke's Bay Laboratory Service. The laboratory operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
If your family doctor thinks you are suffering from a complaint to do with the nervous system they may ask advice from a neurologist, who is a specialist in diagnosing such complaints. Your doctor may also decide to refer you to a neurologist for an opinion.
Otolaryngology or ear, nose and throat services include head & neck surgery, and skin cancer of head and neck. Access to this service is through referral from your family doctor or GP, or from another specialist service. An ear nurse is available Monday to Friday from 8am to 4.
Looking inside your body made easyWhen you come to Hawke’s Bay Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital it is possible that we will not immediately know what’s going on inside your body.
The Speech and Language Therapy Department assess, diagnose, treat, report and provide advice for adult patients with communication and swallowing disorders.
Our aim is to maximise communication potential and promote management of swallowing difficulties.
We provide services to inpatients, outpatients and community patients within Hawke’s Bay.
The health of our children is a priority for parents, the community and the Hawke’s Bay District Health Board's Child Health Team.
Better Breathing Hawke’s Bay Pulmonary and Heart Failure Rehabilitation
Better Breathing Hawke’s Bay provides a free, community-based service for people who have breathing difficulties caused by chronic lung disease or heart failure. The service is provided by a multidisciplinary team of health care and allied health care professionals.