Community nurses — Wellington, Hutt and Kapiti

District nurses and community health services provide care to people in their homes or at community clinics throughout Wellington, Hutt and Kapiti.


Contact us

For the community health service, contact:


Where to find us

Wellington Regional Hospital

Street address:

Ewart Building
2b Coromandel Street
Newtown 6021

Ewart Building — Google Maps (external link)

Hutt Hospital

Street address:

638 High Street 
Boulcott
Lower Hutt 5010

Hutt Hospital — Google Maps (external link)

Kenepuru Community Hospital

Street address:

16 Hospital Drive 
Porirua 5022

Kenepuru Community Hospital — Google Maps (external link)

Kapiti Health Centre

Street address:

Warrimoo Street 
Paraparaumu 5032

Kapiti Health Centre — Google Maps (external link)

Hours

Operating hours are 8am to 4:30pm, Monday to Friday.

After hours are:

  • 4:30pm to 10pm, Monday to Friday
  • 8am to 4:30pm, Saturday and Sunday.

Services we provide

District nurses provide specialist nursing care, including:

  • home visits, provided to housebound patients
  • nursing clinics for people who are not housebound.

Once you have been referred to the community nursing service, a nurse will be in touch to assess your nursing care needs. You will either receive visits at home or be asked to attend the clinic.

You will be discharged from the service when:

  • you have finished your plan of care
  • you no longer require specialist nursing care
  • when your needs can be met by your healthcare provider.

If you are finding it difficult to attend the clinic, discuss this with your nurse.

At-home care

Services provided at home include:

  • specialist nursing care to prevent a hospital admission or follow-up support for patients after they leave hospital — this includes caring for people who have had a stoma, or tracheostomy
  • home-based chemotherapy services
  • assessment and treatment of complex and chronic wounds — for example Doppler assessments or compression bandaging
  • compression bandaging
  • venous leg ulcer care
  • Doppler assessment
  • administering medication at home
  • assessing respiratory conditions and support managing chronic respiratory disease, including providing oxygen to be used at home and other support to improve lung function
  • help with eating through feeding tubes
  • care of patients with long-term conditions
  • continence assessment and treatments, including bladder scanning and treatment of children with chronic bed wetting conditions
  • palliative care services, in partnership with Mary Potter Hospice
  • short-term home support services, personal care and home help.
  • Meals on Wheels
  • IV therapy.

There is no fee for home-based care provided by our district nurses.


Referral information

Care is provided based on a needs assessment.

A referral for this service can come from a healthcare provider, or you may be referred after hospital admission.