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Manaakitanga Inpatient Unit | West Coast

Mental Health Service

Today

12:00 AM to 12:00 AM.

Description

Manaakitanga Inpatient Unit provides care and treatment for service users/tangata whai ora experiencing an acute mental illness.

Staff

Psychiatrist, Registered Nurses, Occupational Therapist and Mental Health Assistants

How do I access this service?

Referral

Fees and Charges Categorisation

Free

Fees and Charges Description

No fees apply.

Hours

12:00 AM to 12:00 AM.

Mon – Sun midnight – midnight

The Manaakitanga Inpatient Unit is staffed 24 hours, 7 days a week.

Visiting

Visiting hours are 2.00pm to 8.00pm, unless arranged ahead of time with nursing staff.

We encourage friends and whānau to visit patients because it helps them get better. Sometimes staff will ask you not to visit because the patient is resting, in treatment, or too unwell. Staff will let you know if this is the case, and will tell you when you can visit again. You may still be able to phone.

For the safety of all patients, visitors and staff, please think carefully about what you bring to the unit, or ask a nurse if you are unsure. Knives, medication, drugs and alcohol are all banned.

Visitors under 16 years old must have a responsible adult with them.

Languages Spoken

English

Programmes

Manaakitanga Inpatient Unit

Some mental health service users/tangata whai ora experiencing a crisis will have to stay at the hospital while they recover. These people stay in the Manaakitanga Inpatient Unit [IPU]. The IPU is located at Grey Base Hospital alongside the Community Mental Health team. This co-location provides improved integration between inpatient and community mental health services. Inpatient services include intensive, acute and sub-acute services. Privacy All service users/tangata whai ora have a right to privacy. If you see someone you know at Manaakitanga Inpatient Unit, please don’t talk about them to anyone else. Cultural and spiritual support Service users/tangata whai ora values, identity and belief systems are an important part of their journey back to health. Māori tangata whai ora can speak to a Pukenga Tiaki cultural worker who will talk to them about their cultural needs and advise unit staff of any specific tikanga. Interpreters are available for patients who speak different languages. Service users/tangata whai ora can request clergy to visit them, and a service is held every Wednesday in the hospital chapel.

Programme Areas

Crisis / acute, Mental health

Programme Type

Acute services

Regions

West Coast

Age Groups

Youth / Rangatahi, Adult / Pakeke, Older adult / Kaumātua

Referral Types

DHB clinical services

Description

Some mental health service users/tangata whai ora experiencing a crisis will have to stay at the hospital while they recover. These people stay in the Manaakitanga Inpatient Unit [IPU].

The IPU is located at Grey Base Hospital alongside the Community Mental Health team. This co-location provides improved integration between inpatient and community mental health services.

Inpatient services include intensive, acute and sub-acute services.

Privacy 

All service users/tangata whai ora have a right to privacy. If you see someone you know at Manaakitanga Inpatient Unit, please don’t talk about them to anyone else.

Cultural and spiritual support

Service users/tangata whai ora values, identity and belief systems are an important part of their journey back to health.

Māori tangata whai ora can speak to a Pukenga Tiaki cultural worker who will talk to them about their cultural needs and advise unit staff of any specific tikanga.

Interpreters are available for patients who speak different languages.

Service users/tangata whai ora can request clergy to visit them, and a service is held every Wednesday in the hospital chapel.

Disability Assistance

Wheelchair access

Additional Details

Face to face / Kanohi ki te Kanohi

Public Transport

St John runs two rural shuttle services from Monday - Friday. St John do not charge a fee for this services, however they do accept donations to help cover costs.

Click here for more information on transport, parking, maps and directions.

Parking

Parking is FREE at Grey Base Hospital.

Contact Details

12:00 AM to 12:00 AM.

71 Water Walk Road
Greymouth
West Coast 7805

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Street Address

71 Water Walk Road
Greymouth
West Coast 7805

Postal Address

Te Nikau Grey Hospital
PO Box 387
Greymouth 7840

This page was last updated at 11:53AM on March 25, 2024. This information is reviewed and edited by Manaakitanga Inpatient Unit | West Coast.