Guidance to support safe decision-making and planning for Well Child Tamariki Ora (WCTO) services during COVID-19.
Page last updated: 8 September 2021
On this page:
- Alert Level 1 guidance
- Alert Level 2 guidance
- Alert Level 3 guidance
- Alert Level 4 guidance
- Key contacts
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Find out information about Alert level 4 on the United Against COVID-19 website.
Alert Level 1 guidance
The objectives of this guidance for Alert Level 1 are to:
- support WCTO providers to re-introduce full WCTO services
- ensure pēpi and their whānau are safely re-engaged in Well Child Tamariki Ora services
- ensure an increased focus on equity of access to care for pounamu whānau (vulnerable families)
- maintain vigilance for the COVID19 virus
- maintain the safety of the clinical workforce.
Download the guidance:
- COVID-19: Alert Level 1 guidance for Well Child Tamariki Ora (Word, 274 KB)
- COVID-19: Alert Level 1 guidance for Well Child Tamariki Ora (PDF, 150 KB)
- Updated 26 May 2021
Alert Level 2 guidance
The objectives of this guidance for Alert Level 2 are to:
- provide clear messages to guide care delivery
- provide clear messages as a basis for providers to develop communications with whānau.
Download the guidance:
- COVID-19: Alert Level 2 guidance for Well Child Tamariki Ora (Word, 300 KB)
- COVID-19: Alert Level 2 guidance for Well Child Tamariki Ora (PDF, 392 KB)
- Updated 8 September 2021
- Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) Prevention Alert Level 2 Guidance (Word, 297 KB)
- Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) Prevention Alert Level 2 Guidance(PDF, 420 KB)
- Published 8 September 2021
Alert Level 3 guidance
The objectives of this guidance for Alert Level 3 are to:
- protect the wellbeing of tamariki and their whānau
- focus on equity of health outcomes
- limit the transmission of the COVID19 virus
- maintain the safety of the clinical workforce.
Download the guidance:
- COVID-19: Alert Level 3 guidance for Well Child Tamariki Ora (Word, 438 KB)
- COVID-19: Alert Level 3 guidance for Well Child Tamariki Ora (PDF, 588 KB)
- Published 30 August 2021
Alert Level 4 guidance
The objectives of this guidance for Alert Level 4 are to:
- refresh advice for WCTO service delivery in Alert Level 4
- minimise possibility of community spread of COVID-19 to protect whānau
- maintain the safety of the clinical workforce.
Download the guidance:
- COVID-19: Alert Level 4 guidance for Well Child Tamariki Ora (Word, 187 KB)
- COVID-19: Alert Level 4 guidance for Well Child Tamariki Ora (PDF, 130 KB)
- Published 26 August 2021
- COVID-19 - SUDI guidance at Alert Level 4 (Word, 179 KB)
- COVID-19 - SUDI guidance at Alert Level 4 (PDF, 120 KB)
- Published 26 August 2021
- Decision Tree for in-person contacts (Word, 309 KB)
- Decision Tree for in-person contacts (PDF, 170 KB)
- Published 26 August 2021
Key contacts
Rachael Hetaraka-Gotz, Acting Manager Well Child Tamariki Ora, [email protected]
Dr Timothy Jelleyman, Chief Advisor Child and Youth, [email protected]