NZNO nurses, healthcare assistants and some midwives plan to strike from 9am on Wednesday 30 July to 9am on Thursday 31 July. Patient safety is our priority and our hospitals will remain open. Continue to attend all appointments unless we have contacted you directly to reschedule.
The anaesthesia and pain management teams at Wellington Regional Hospital and Kenepuru Community Hospital help people manage pain during and after surgery and other medical procedures.
To contact the anaesthesia and pain management team:
The anaesthesia and pain management team is based at the Wellington Regional Hospital.
Street address:
Clinical Services Block — Level 10
Wellington Regional Hospital
49 Riddiford Street
Newtown
Wellington 6021
Our acute pain service works with patients in the wards at Wellington Regional and Kenepuru Community Hospital to help ensure patients are comfortable after their surgery or procedure.
Our anaesthetists work in these areas:
Anaesthesia provides outpatient services for:
Specialists and surgeons carrying out procedures where anaesthesia is needed will arrange for an anaesthetist to administer medication and provide care.
All patients who are booked, or placed on waiting lists, for operations or procedures where the surgeon thinks the patient will need anaesthesia care must complete the appropriate adult or child (if younger than 17 years) health questionnaire.
The questionnaire is normally completed at the surgical outpatient clinic when the decision is made to operate. This questionnaire must be filled out and signed before your surgery can go ahead.
