Nurses at Health NZ public hospitals and health services plan to strike from 7am to 11pm on both Tuesday 2 September and Thursday 4 September. Emergency departments will be open for emergencies only.
GPs, after-hours and urgent care clinics, and other community health providers are not affected by the strikes and will continue to operate as normal.
Industrial action — Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Oraexternal link
CAFLink connects children, adolescents and their families with mental health services in Canterbury.
To contact the CAFLink single point of entry, freephone: 0800 218 219external link (option 1)
CAFLink single point of entry is at:
Hillmorton Hospital
Entrance 3
Building 23, Kahurangi
21 Sylvan Street
Christchurch
CAFLink is a central point of contact for referrals to mental health services. We provide:
Our referral process includes:
Referrals for outpatient services go to the CAF North and CAF South community and outreach teams.
[LINK] CAF community mental health services
Referrals to CAFLink usually come from a healthcare provider, such as a GP. If you do not have a GP, contact us to discuss a referral.
Referrers querying ADHD need to have a completed SNAP-IV Questionnaire (listed below) in addition we require SNAP-IV from both parents x 2 (or significant other) and school plus School Support for Health and Wellbeing Assessment. Send all these forms to the child or youth's GP to make a referral.
Caddra SNAP QuestionnairePDF26 KB
Instructions for Caddra SNAP QuestionnairePDF21 KB
School Support for Health and Wellbeing Assessment - Years 1-8DOCX40 KB
School Support for Health and Wellbeing Assessment - Years 9-13DOCX39 KB
