Senior doctors and dentists at Health NZ public hospitals and health services plan to strike for 48 hours on Tuesday 23 September and Wednesday 24 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 strike and will continue to operate as normal.
About the strike
Outpatients department — Tairāwhiti
Gisborne Hospital's outpatients department provides clinic appointments for a range of specialities.
Contact us
To contact the outpatients department:
- phone: 06 869 0500 (extension 8500)
If your appointment letter lists a different extension number, use the number on your letter.
Where to find us
The outpatients clinic reception is at the front of the hospital at:
421 Ormond Road
Gisborne
Gisborne Hospital map
Services we provide
The outpatients service provides many different treatments and procedures, for different medical specialties. Services include:
- biopsies
- dressings and stitches
- removing drains
- vein assessment
- radiology assessment, including x-ray, MRI, CT, ultrasound, echocardiograms
- hearing screening
- eye injections
- steroid injections
- heart tests
- minor surgery.
Referral information
Your healthcare provider will refer you to see a specialist at the outpatients clinic. High priority referrals will be booked as soon as possible. Routine referrals will be booked within 4 months.