The Bay of Islands Hospital is located in Kawakawa and provides primary and secondary care to the people of the Bay of Islands and the Mid North.
The hospital provides comprehensive medical and paediatric services with all the supporting services and also provides a substantial community health service.
Facilities include:
- 15 bed inpatient ward (a mixture of general medicine & paediatric beds)
- Four post-natal beds with two delivery suites
- Four-bed Accident Department
- Radiology and Laboratory services
- 8 station satellite haemodialysis unit (a support service to the Whangārei Hospital renal service)
- Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy
- Outpatient Clinics
- Community Health Services including Alcohol and Drug Services, Mental Health, Paediatric Outreach Services, Diabetes, Community, Nursing, Public Health and Social Work
Information for Patients
Our approach to your care
A matou whakatata ki o tumanako
Our staff at Bay of Islands Hospital recognises that you know best how your body responds to illness and other life experiences and what is right and acceptable for you. We would like you to continue making decisions regarding your health and caring for yourself with our assistance and support.
There will be some things that you will be able to do for yourself and others that you will need help with. We will support your right to be fully informed about your health situation and care. Please don't hesitate to ask for more information or to question anything you don't understand.
We encourage the support of a close relative or friend and would be happy to discuss how you might like them involved in your care. If your child is a patient, you are welcome to stay with your child.
Please click on the following links for information about:
At the Hospital
People You May Meet at Bay of Islands Hospital
Your Rights
Going Home
Map of the Hospital
After Hours GP Services
Since Feb 2009 the mid-north GPs have combined to operate their emergency GP services from the Bay of Islands Hospital. Please note that the GP services are by appointment only. This is not a drop in service and patients wishing to see the GP on call in an emergency need to phone for an appointment. The phone number to use is your usual GPs' phone number.
There will be a charge for seeing the GP in an emergency at the Bay of Islands Hospital. This is not a free hospital based service and payment will be required.
There are a number of benefits of having the emergency GP service based at the Bay of Islands Hospital, including improved co-operation between GPs and hospital services and a more sustainable GP workforce.