Intensive Mental Health Services | Hawke's Bay

Mental Health Service

Description

Intensive Mental Health Services are provided through the Ngā Rau Rākau inpatient facility and Harakeke day programme.

Staff

Our ward provides a comprehensive range of specialist staff working in the mental health environments. The staff are made up of a variety of different disciplines and roles, we currently have working in Nga Rau Rakau:

Psychiatrists: A medically trained specialist in mental health who, as a doctor, focuses on the definite signs and symptoms of mental illness to formulate a diagnosis and treatment. Psychiatrists are able to prescribe medication.
Psychologist: Assess the current emotional and lifestyle problems of clients, their social and family histories, and examine how feelings, actions, beliefs and culture interact to shape the person's experience and difficulties.
Social Worker: Look after social and practical needs such as family assistance, welfare benefits, housing, jobs etc.
Occupational Therapist: Use activities and occupations to enable people to recover from mental illness. Occupational therapists work with people to regain lost abilities, or to develop new skills and interests.
Registered Nurses: Is a registered nurse who provides specialist treatment, care and support for people with emotional, mental and behavioural problems. They are skilled in the specialised use of communication, counselling, psychopharmacology, applying specialty knowledge in the provision of clinical assessment, monitoring, therapeutic interventions, treatment, and referral to other health professionals.
Care Associates: Non-clinicians who work with people with mental illness to provide support and practical assistance on the ward.
Cleaning staff: Make sure that the ward is clean and hygienic.

Fees and Charges Categorisation

Free

Languages Spoken

English

Programmes

Ngā Rau Rākau

Ngā Rau Rākau opened on the 19 January 2016 and is a specialised intensive mental health service to treat people during acute episodes of their mental illness. It is a 23 bed ward that is divided into 3 wings: Kahikatea (sub-acute wing): This is a 6 to 8 bed wing depending on the need and is for peole who need a less acute environment prior to their discharge. Kowhai (open wing): This is a 10 to 14 bed wing depending on the need and is for people requiring acute admission to hospital. This is separated into 2 wings that can be split by gender. Pukatea (secure wing): This is a 3 to 5 bed wing depending on the need and is for people who require a secure environment while they are acutely unwell. People should only require this environment for a short period of time to stabilise before transfer to Kowhai. All patients admitted to Pukatea must be under the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 as they are unable to leave the wing. Harekeke (day programme) - caters for group activites, outings, one-on-one sessions for inpatients and community whaiora.

Programme Areas: Crisis / acute, Mental health
Programme Type: Acute services
Regions: Hawke's Bay
Age Groups: Youth / Rangatahi, Adult / Pakeke, Older adult / Kaumātua
Referral Types: DHB clinical services

Description

Kahikatea (sub-acute wing): This is a 6 to 8 bed wing depending on the need and is for peole who need a less acute environment prior to their discharge.

Kowhai (open wing): This is a 10 to 14 bed wing depending on the need and is for people requiring acute admission to hospital. This is separated into 2 wings that can be split by gender.

Pukatea (secure wing): This is a 3 to 5 bed wing depending on the need and is for people who require a secure environment while they are acutely unwell. People should only require this environment for a short period of time to stabilise before transfer to Kowhai. All patients admitted to Pukatea must be under the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 as they are unable to leave the wing.
Harekeke (day programme) - caters for group activites, outings, one-on-one sessions for inpatients and community whaiora.

Additional Details

Face to face / Kanohi ki te Kanohi

Public Transport

Hawke's Bay DHB offers free bus free bus transport for outpatients and their caregiver/support person to and from scheduled appointments at Hawke’s Bay Hospital and at Napier Health.

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