Senior doctors and dentists at Health NZ public hospitals and health services plan to strike for 48 hours on Tuesday 23 September and Wednesday 24 September.
Emergency departments will be open for emergencies only.
GPs, after-hours and urgent care clinics, and other community health providers are not affected by the strike and will continue to operate as normal.
Speech-language therapists are trained healthcare providers who work with people who have communication or swallowing disorders. We also work with the person's whānau (family) to overcome the problems.
For inpatient services:
For outpatient or community services:
For speech-language therapy services for children contact the Child Development Service on 06 878 8109 extension 5851.
All our services are available Monday to Friday, 8am to 4:30pm.
The speech-language therapy service is at:
Tauranga Hospital
829 Cameron Road
Tauranga South
Tauranga
Bay of Plenty
Whakatāne Hospital
Whakatāne Hospital
Stewart Street
Whakatāne
We provide speech-language assessment and treatment services for:
This may include:
We provide services to children who
We help adults with communication or swallowing difficulties due to conditions such as:
Your healthcare provider can refer you to our speech-language therapy service. You can also self-refer.
Children over 2 years with speech and language delays should put a service request through the Ministry of Education.
