Anaesthesia and pain management — Wellington, Hutt and Kapiti

To contact the anaesthesia and pain management team:

• phone 04 385 5920
• email anaesthesia.department@ccdhb.org.nz

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

Wellington Regional Hospital — Google Maps (external link)

Acute pain service

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:

• operating theatres at Wellington Regional Hospital and Kenepuru Community Hospital
• delivery suite
• radiology, angiography, CT, MRI and nuclear medicine
• radiotherapy
• gastroenterology
• cardiac catheter laboratory
• emergency department
• intensive care unit.

Outpatient services

Anaesthesia provides outpatient services for:

• anaesthesia pre-assessment of surgical and obstetric patients
• people who have had allergic reactions to anaesthetic drugs
• people referred for control of chronic pain.

Specialists and surgeons carrying out procedures where anaesthesia is needed will arrange for an anaesthetist to administer medication and provide care.

Referral information for healthcare professionals

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.