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.
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Southern Forensic Services provides clinical expertise in forensic mental health assessment, treatment and recovery. This often occurs during or after people have interacted with the criminal justice system.
Opening hours 8:30am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.
Opening hours 8:30am to 4:30pm, Monday to Friday.
369 Taieri Road
Dunedin
Forensic mental health services
Private Bag 1921
Dunedin 9054
New Zealand
Kew Road
Invercargill
Forensic mental health services
PO Box 828
Invercargill 9840
New Zealand
Our CMHT provides forensic mental health assessment and support for people based outside of hospital.
Where our referral criteria are met, we provide forensic mental health advice and input for:
In select other situations where forensic expertise is requested.
Wakari Hospital in Dunedin offers a medium secure inpatient forensic mental health service, Ward 9A.
Southern Forensic Services has referral pathways with Corrections (for people residing in prisons) and with the Ministry of Justice (for people referred for Justice Liaison Nurse input or health assessor reports).
Within the health system, we are a tertiary service and we generally provide input where people are already under the care of a secondary mental health service.
