There are many health services that operate in the community and sometimes in people’s homes.
Waikato DHB funds or directly provides many of these community based health services. Rural and Community services are based at our rural hospitals and in 17 community bases for Family Health Teams across the DHB district.
Description
To learn about the services provided by Waikato DHB Rural and Community teams, watch this 6 minute video.
Family Health Teams include the following health professionals
The service also operates three rural hospitals which are located in communities other than Hamilton, and serve the towns and rural areas in their vicinity:
- Tokoroa Hospital
- Te Kuiti Hospital
- Taumarunui Hospital
Thames Hospital is a secondary hospital that is managed as part of a Waikato Hospital/Thames Hospital arrangement.
Other Rural and Community services include
- Acute Home Support
- Clinical nurse specialists (continence, gerontology, Waikids, wound care)
- Community Equipment and Supply
- Community Oral Health (dental)
- Ear nurses
- Sexual Health
- Vision and hearing technicians
More information about what happens when we visit you .
Key personnel
Jill Dibble
Group Manager
Rural and Community
Location
List, locations and contact numbers of Waikato DHB Rural and Community Family Health Teams
Referral information
Referrals to community services are usually by a GP or other health professional. All referrals to the service are received and processed at the Community Regional Referral Centre fax: 07 858 1071. Referrals cannot be sent directly to the professional group or base.
Other health and disability support services and community-based programmes are provided by Waikato DHB's Mental Health and Addiction, Women’s Health, Waikids, and Older Persons and Rehabilitation, and Waikato Hospital outreach services including:
- Mental Health and Addictions community services
- Disability Support Link
- START (home-based rehabilitation for people who have had a hospital stay)
- Palliative Care (Regional Service with Hospice Waikato and community based nurses)
- Home-based dialysis
- Heart failure management service