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Gore Hospital Services
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Description
Gore Hospital has 16 inpatient beds for acute medical, and assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for our patients. We have around 800 admissions a year to our inpatient area.
We also have a 24/7 Emergency Department that is equipped with a modern High Dependency Unit (HDU) for severe trauma and critically ill patients. The HDU has full resuscitation facilities and patients can be stabilised in this unit and are often transferred to the ward or to another hospital for specialist intervention.
Gore Hospital offers a wide range of services to their patients including:
- 24 hour / 7 day Emergency Department
- Inpatient and outpatient services, including public and private clinics
- Maternity
- Mobile Surgical Services
See below for more information on all services.
Services
Gore Hospital provides dietitian services for patients on a part-time basis. Outpatient clinics are usually held weekly, with additional clinics as required. For more information, please contact our dietitian on: 03 209 3030
Gore Hospital provides dietitian services for patients on a part-time basis. Outpatient clinics are usually held weekly, with additional clinics as required. For more information, please contact our dietitian on: 03 209 3030
Gore Hospital provides dietitian services for patients on a part-time basis. Outpatient clinics are usually held weekly, with additional clinics as required.
For more information, please contact our dietitian on: 03 209 3030
Service types: Community nursing.
Service types: Community nursing.
Service types: Community nursing.
Service types: Home support, Meals on wheels.
Service types: Home support, Meals on wheels.
Service types: Home support, Meals on wheels.
When an injury, illness or disability limits a person's ability to function, an occupational therapist can help them stay independent. The Occupational Therapy Department offers daily living retraining, adaptive equipment, housing modifications, cognitive assessments, concussion follow-up and preoperative joint replacement home visits. For more information or to schedule an appointment please call: 03 209 3014
When an injury, illness or disability limits a person's ability to function, an occupational therapist can help them stay independent. The Occupational Therapy Department offers daily living retraining, adaptive equipment, housing modifications, cognitive assessments, concussion follow-up and preoperative joint replacement home visits. For more information or to schedule an appointment please call: 03 209 3014
When an injury, illness or disability limits a person's ability to function, an occupational therapist can help them stay independent.
The Occupational Therapy Department offers daily living retraining, adaptive equipment, housing modifications, cognitive assessments, concussion follow-up and preoperative joint replacement home visits.
For more information or to schedule an appointment please call: 03 209 3014
Physiotherapists assess, diagnose and treat movement disorders resulting from injury, disease or lifestyle factors. Our Physiotherapy team at Gore Hospital provides inpatient, outpatient and community physiotherapy services. Physiotherapy services are available to patients in our medical, maternity and rehabilitation wards. Our outpatient clinic supports patients with joint, respiratory, and neurological disorders. We also assess and support clients with issues around mobility, balance and falls. In-home/community assessments can be completed in certain circumstances. For more information call: 03 209 3013
Physiotherapists assess, diagnose and treat movement disorders resulting from injury, disease or lifestyle factors. Our Physiotherapy team at Gore Hospital provides inpatient, outpatient and community physiotherapy services. Physiotherapy services are available to patients in our medical, maternity and rehabilitation wards. Our outpatient clinic supports patients with joint, respiratory, and neurological disorders. We also assess and support clients with issues around mobility, balance and falls. In-home/community assessments can be completed in certain circumstances. For more information call: 03 209 3013
Physiotherapists assess, diagnose and treat movement disorders resulting from injury, disease or lifestyle factors. Our Physiotherapy team at Gore Hospital provides inpatient, outpatient and community physiotherapy services.
Physiotherapy services are available to patients in our medical, maternity and rehabilitation wards. Our outpatient clinic supports patients with joint, respiratory, and neurological disorders. We also assess and support clients with issues around mobility, balance and falls. In-home/community assessments can be completed in certain circumstances.
For more information call: 03 209 3013
Speech language therapy is provided on a part-time basis. Our speech language therapist works closely with patients who have communication problems due to injury or disease, including the identification, remediation and prevention of issues with swallowing and effective communication. For more information or to schedule an assessment, please call our speech language therapist on: 03 209 3030
Speech language therapy is provided on a part-time basis. Our speech language therapist works closely with patients who have communication problems due to injury or disease, including the identification, remediation and prevention of issues with swallowing and effective communication. For more information or to schedule an assessment, please call our speech language therapist on: 03 209 3030
Speech language therapy is provided on a part-time basis. Our speech language therapist works closely with patients who have communication problems due to injury or disease, including the identification, remediation and prevention of issues with swallowing and effective communication.
For more information or to schedule an assessment, please call our speech language therapist on: 03 209 3030
Visiting Hours
Visiting hours at Gore Hospital are 2.00pm to 4.00pm and 6.00pm to 8.00pm
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Privacy
The Health Information Privacy Code (1994) has been developed essentially for health agencies and their consumers and has strict guidelines with regard to your privacy and our obligations to assist you in protecting your privacy while you are a patient at Gore Hospital.
The Code covers how healthcare providers should collect, record, store and disclose an individual's health information. The code also allows that health providers can share your information with other agencies as appropriate. Only authorised people entitled to view the information in the course of providing and evaluating services to the patient shall have access to individual health records. For more information on the Health Information Privacy Code visit the Privacy Commissioner website at: www.privacy.org.nz.
Information obtained by staff at Gore Hospital about you is held in strictest confidence and is used for your ongoing healthcare.
If you feel your privacy has been breached in any way you can contact the Chief Executive, Gore Hospital, or the Privacy Commissioner.
- Contact: Chief Executive, Gore Hospital Ph: (03) 2093030
- Privacy Commissioner Ph: 0800 803 909
Access To Personal Medical Records
All patients have the right of access to their own personal medical records. Information shall be made available to a patient upon request unless a reason exists under the Health Information Privacy Code (1994) for withholding it. Patients can inspect their health record and are entitled to request a copy of all of it, or a selected part of it.
To ensure records are provided to authorised people only, we may ask for the identity of the person making the request to be verified. It is acceptable for a patient to request or authorise another person to access their records on their behalf. A written authority is required.
Please write to, or contact, Medical Records, Gore Hospital, P O Box 274 Gore 9740, if you wish to view or have copies of your records. If you are an inpatient and wish to view your medical records, please ask the nursing or medical staff.
Release of Information
As a patient, you can if you wish to do so, request that no information is released about you or your presence in hospital. Please do not hesitate to discuss with your nurse if you do not want any information released.
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Contact Details
Gore Hospital
Southland
Email
Website
9 Birch Lane
Gore
Southland 9710
Street Address
9 Birch Lane
Gore
Southland 9710
Postal Address
Gore Health Ltd
PO Box 274
GORE 9740
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This page was last updated at 12:55PM on March 25, 2025. This information is reviewed and edited by Gore Hospital Services.
Social workers support individuals, whanau and communities to achieve quality of life and empower them to manage their own lives. Our social workers complement and enhance services provided by other healthcare professionals. Please contact our social workers on: 03 209 3030
Social workers support individuals, whānau and communities to achieve quality of life and empower them to manage their own lives. Our social workers complement and enhance services provided by other healthcare professionals.
Please contact our social workers on: 03 209 3030