ASHBURTON & RURAL HEALTH SERVICES
Services
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Diagnostic Services |
Maternity |
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District Nursing |
Meals on Wheels |
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Elderly Care |
Nurse Specialists |
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General Medicine |
Outpatient Clinics |
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General Surgery |
Park Street Day Centre |
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Home Support |
Rehabilitation Care |
| Other Hospital-based services at Communities within Canterbury in this Division are listed below | |
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Akaroa Hospital |
Darfield Hospital |
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Ellesmere Hospital |
Waikari Hospital |
| Oxford Hospital |
Kaikoura Hospital |
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Tuarangi Home in Ashburton |
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A menu of services is displayed permanently on the left hand side of your screen. View our People page for staffing details.
Ashburton Maternity Centre has a very experienced team of Midwives offering various options of care, to support women and families/whanau, throughout pregnancy, childbirth and the six week post-natal period.
The Midwives are happy to visit women in their own homes or provide care in our friendly Maternity Centre.
Women who birth elsewhere, either Timaru or Christchurch, can choose one of our Midwives to provide antenatal and post natal care.
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Ashburton
Maternity Centre holds Pregnancy and
Parenting classes on a regular basis.
Phone the centre on 307 8483 for dates and bookings of the classes.
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| Ashburton
Maternity Centre holds Pregnancy and
Parenting classes on a regular basis.
Phone the Ashburton Maternity Centre on (03) 307 8483 for dates and bookings for your classes.
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Radiology services at the hospital provide all routine x-rays for the Hospital and for the General Practitioners in the town. CT, Ultrasound and Barium examinations are also available.
A Laboratory service is provided by Canterbury Health Laboratories and available on site. The service includes both Hospital requirements and General Practitioner requests for tests. Much of the testing is actually carried out at the base laboratory but essential service for acute hospital admissions are provided on site. Blood transfusion service is also available.
The District Nursing services are available every day for long and short term care for patients at home. This service is for patients who require nursing care at a level greater than the Home Based Support services are able to provide. IV therapy at home can be arranged for some patients as an alternative to hospital care while undergoing IV therapy. Palliative care nursing support at home is also included in this service.
Elderly care is provided for with the Assessment, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service and the best option for care is decided through this assessment process. The assessment services put in place supports which are required to keep people in their own home, as this is what is required by most elderly folk. If continuing to live in their own home is unsafe, then a range of care providers within the area provide rest home or hospital care for the elderly. Tuarangi Home is available for continuing care for the elderly and is a hospital within Rural Health Services.
Specialist General Medical care is available mostly on an acute admission basis for inpatient or day patient care. Where tertiary level specialist intervention is required then the patient is transferred to Christchurch Hospital which is a tertiary level hospital.
Palliative Care is also provided in ensuite rooms with facilities for family and friends.
Surgical
Inpatient and Day Patient planned operations are available of a general
nature under the public health system.
As well as planned surgery the hospital also admits patients for a large range of acute surgical conditions.
The hospital has three Specialist General Surgeons to provide the surgical services 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
If the nature of your condition is serious and requires more advanced surgical intervention then referral to the tertiary hospital will be arranged.
Operations routinely performed at Ashburton are listed below. View our People page to see a list of Consultants.
Planned General Surgery
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Endoscopy Service
- Gastroscopy
- Colonoscopy
- D&C
Acute Surgical Services
- Acute trauma
- Fracture care
- Acute abdominal pain
- Appendicectomy
- Miscarriage
- Caesarean
Section
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Surgical
assessments for planned surgery in the public health service are carried
out in the Outpatients Department during normal office hours.
Referral to these services is through your regular General Practitioner.
Inpatient or Day Patient is available for surgical, gynaecological and medical admissions. The type of stay is dependent upon the the reason for your admission. Currently 60% of all planned Surgical Operations only require a day stay.
Allied Health Services (Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Language Therapy and Dietetics) are available during Inpatient care.
This area of home care service is in two sections, Personal care and Home Help. Personal care is provided to support older persons and those recently discharged from hospital to care for themselves at home. Home Help is assisting the same groups with looking after their homes to a standard which they would normally manage if they were able to do this work themselves. Frequently persons at home have both services. The services are accessed by referral from your General Practitioner or other Health Professional. Government assistance is provided in most cases or private care if preferred.
Meals on Wheels are available by referral from your GP, District Nurse or other Health Professional. You just need to ask about your individual requirements and you will be assessed to establish your needs. The meals are available five days a week and in some cases frozen meals are available. These are helpful for rural people where access on a daily basis is difficult.
The following Clinical Nurse Specialists provide assessment on an outpatient basis and group education sessions on a regular basis: Diabetes, Continence, Stoma, Cardiac, Asthma. Please phone 03 307 8465 for more information about an individual service and clinic appointment times.
Consultation by one of our General Consultants or by a Visiting Consultant is by appointment upon referral from your General Practitioner.
The range of consultations includes:
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Park Street Day Centre is a place which offers older folk -
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Park
Street Day Centre is open every week day, except Wednesday, from 9am to
4pm. Park Street Day Centre operates from the Corner of Park and
Tancred Streets.
A Drop in Service for the elderly is available on the Park Street Day Centre's four open days. More information on this service is available from the Park Street Day Centre.
Park Street Day Centre aims to provide opportunities for members to maximise their abilities which enable them to live in their own home for as long as possible. Emphasis is placed on maintaining and enhancing daily living skills. You will be cared for by a team of committed staff and volunteers, especially trained in the skills required for Park Street Day Centre.
Park Street Day Centre is available to local citizens, 65 years and over, who have an age related disability and have been referred and assessed by the AT & R Unit. Assessment for Private Park Street Day Centre is available from the Park Street Day Centre.
- Park Street Day Centre is provided free except for the midday meal charge of $3.50.
- Private members charge is $15.00 per day.
A daily canteen service offers fresh fruit and smaller grocery items which can be purchased from staff. Completed craft work is also able to be purchased from the sales table.
Assessment, Treatment and Rehabilitation care is available from the Chalmers/ATR Ward at Ashburton Hospital. Patients are referred to this service from either their General Practitioner or a Consultant. The service focuses on getting people back on the road to recovery and assists by using the multidisiplinary team approach to the care provided.
