Services are delivered by specialist stop smoking nurses and advisors.
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Stop Smoking Services | West Coast
Cowper Hub, Grey Base Hospital
Contact Details
Phone (03) 769 7488
Mobile 027 648 1158
Street Address
High Street
Greymouth
West Coast 7805
Buller Health Hospital
Contact Details
Phone (03) 788 9238
Mobile 027 648 1159
Street Address
Cobden Street
Westport
West Coast 7825
Description
Provides inpatient and outpatient support for West Coast DHB patients wanting help to quit smoking.
Staff
Fees and Charges Categorisation
Free
Fees and Charges Description
Visits are free to the smokefree cessation advisors and NRT is subsidised.
Hours
Cowper Hub, Grey Base Hospital
| Mon – Thu | 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM |
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Public Holidays: Closed Good Friday (18 Apr), Easter Sunday (20 Apr), Easter Monday (21 Apr), ANZAC Day (25 Apr), King's Birthday (2 Jun), Matariki (20 Jun), Labour Day (27 Oct), Waitangi Day (6 Feb).
Buller Health Hospital
| Mon – Tue | 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM |
|---|---|
| Wed | 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM |
Public Holidays: Closed Good Friday (18 Apr), Easter Sunday (20 Apr), Easter Monday (21 Apr), ANZAC Day (25 Apr), King's Birthday (2 Jun), Matariki (20 Jun), Labour Day (27 Oct), Waitangi Day (6 Feb).
Languages Spoken
English
Programmes
West Coast DHB provides inpatient and outpatient support for patients, or anyone in the West Coast, wanting help to quit. Smokefree cessation advisors are employed by Grey Base and Buller Hospitals. Greymouth cessation advisor is based in the Cowper Hub, Greymouth, and the Buller cessation advisor is based in Dunsford Ward at Buller Hospital. They provide face to face support and NRT onsite and home visits if required. Appointments and sessions are flexible to suit client need. Appointment times are within normal working hours during the week and can be scheduled as often as required. Support is usually on a one-to-one basis and partners are welcome. Further groups can be facilitated if requested. Smokefree Pregnancy Incentives Programme Are you pregnant and wanting help to stop smoking? This 12-week programme provides you with ongoing support to quit and NRT (if needed) PLUS New World vouchers for every week you stay smokefree. You can gain smokefree rewards of up to $300 while on this programme – and a further $50 voucher if you are smokefree two weeks after baby is born. The incentives programme has now been extended to cover smokefree support for the first four months after the baby is born.
West Coast DHB provides inpatient and outpatient support for patients, or anyone in the West Coast, wanting help to quit. Smokefree cessation advisors are employed by Grey Base and Buller Hospitals. Greymouth cessation advisor is based in the Cowper Hub, Greymouth, and the Buller cessation advisor is based in Dunsford Ward at Buller Hospital. They provide face to face support and NRT onsite and home visits if required. Appointments and sessions are flexible to suit client need. Appointment times are within normal working hours during the week and can be scheduled as often as required. Support is usually on a one-to-one basis and partners are welcome. Further groups can be facilitated if requested. Smokefree Pregnancy Incentives Programme Are you pregnant and wanting help to stop smoking? This 12-week programme provides you with ongoing support to quit and NRT (if needed) PLUS New World vouchers for every week you stay smokefree. You can gain smokefree rewards of up to $300 while on this programme – and a further $50 voucher if you are smokefree two weeks after baby is born. The incentives programme has now been extended to cover smokefree support for the first four months after the baby is born.
- Programme Areas
Stop smoking
- Programme Type
Maternal stop smoking, Stop smoking support
- Regions
West Coast
- Age Groups
Youth / Rangatahi, Adult / Pakeke, Older adult / Kaumātua
- Referral Types
Self referral, GP, DHB clinical services
Referral Process
Please contact us directly.
Description
West Coast DHB provides inpatient and outpatient support for patients, or anyone in the West Coast, wanting help to quit.
Smokefree cessation advisors are employed by Grey Base and Buller Hospitals. Greymouth cessation advisor is based in the Cowper Hub, Greymouth, and the Buller cessation advisor is based in Dunsford Ward at Buller Hospital. They provide face to face support and NRT onsite and home visits if required.
Appointments and sessions are flexible to suit client need. Appointment times are within normal working hours during the week and can be scheduled as often as required. Support is usually on a one-to-one basis and partners are welcome. Further groups can be facilitated if requested.
Smokefree Pregnancy Incentives Programme
Are you pregnant and wanting help to stop smoking?
This 12-week programme provides you with ongoing support to quit and NRT (if needed) PLUS New World vouchers for every week you stay smokefree. You can gain smokefree rewards of up to $300 while on this programme – and a further $50 voucher if you are smokefree two weeks after baby is born.
The incentives programme has now been extended to cover smokefree support for the first four months after the baby is born.
Additional Details
Face to face / Kanohi ki te Kanohi
Website
https://healthpoint.co.nz/mental-health-addictions/stop-smoking/stop-smoking-services-west-coast/