This section provides information about public hospitals and specialist services, including emergency departments and elective services.
Hospitals and specialist care
In this section
- Contact details for public hospitals, information on the services they provide, and where to find reports on hospital performance. Read more
- Elective services, often known simply as ‘Electives’, are medical or surgical services for people who do not need to be treated right away. Read more
- Emergency departments treat people who require urgent attention. This section covers emergency department triage and the interface with primary care. Read more
- 18 district health boards have introduced a new way of caring for people who need a hip or knee joint replacement or who have a fractured hip. Read more
- The special high cost treatment pool is money set aside by the Ministry of Health for one-off treatments not otherwise funded by the public health system. Read more
- The National Travel Assistance Scheme provides financial help to people who are referred by a specialist to another specialist, and need to travel long distances or travel frequently to see them. Read more
- In New Zealand, there are many more people waiting for an organ transplant than there are organs available. Read more
- ACC and the Ministry of Health are working together to develop a joint national Spinal Cord Impairment (SCI) Strategy and implementation plan. Read more
- Publications relating to hospitals and specialist care services in New Zealand. Read more