Nurses at Health NZ public hospitals and health services plan to strike from 7am to 11pm on both Tuesday 2 September and Thursday 4 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 strikes and will continue to operate as normal.
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Ashburton community maternity unit provides primary birthing care and postnatal maternity services.
To contact Ashburton community maternity unit, call: 03 307 8483external link
Recommended visiting hours are between 10am and 7pm. Birth support people can visit at any time.
Ashburton community maternity unit is at:
Ashburton Maternity Unit
Oak Grove
Ashburton, 7700
We provide 24-hour midwifery and nursing care during and after birth.
We provide a relaxed homelike environment enabling uninterrupted birth and adjustment to parenthood, with time to support you during breastfeeding. This may include an extended stay to establish breastfeeding if you live remotely.
Our maternity unit is fully equipped for childbirth, and the midwives are regularly trained to deal with emergencies. We occasionally transfer women to tertiary services at Christchurch Women's Hospital if necessary.
If you give birth at Christchurch Women's Hospital, you can transfer to Ashburton community birthing unit for postnatal care.
We provide:
We have a kitchen for tea, coffee, toast and biscuits. The kitchen opens to an enclosed courtyard garden. We provide a supper of scones, muffins or cakes in the evenings.
A cafe is open on the Ashburton campus from 9am to 3.30pm, Monday to Friday.
Birthright works with single parent families throughout New Zealand to facilitate the growth of confidence, skills and resilience within the family unit and its individual member.
