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Lakes District Hospital Queenstown Hospital Services

Public Service, Community, Allied Health, Dietitian, Emergency, Maternity/Birthing Facilities, Occupational Therapy (OT), Speech Language Therapy

Today

12:00 AM to 12:00 AM.

Description

Lakes District Hospital is situated in Frankton, near Queenstown, and services all the communities in the Queenstown Lakes District including Garston, Kingston, Glenorchy, Queenstown, Arrowtown and the Wakatipu Basin.  Lakes District Hospital is 2½ hours from our base hospital (Southland Hospital) by road and 45 minutes by helicopter.  

There are over 1 million district visitors annually with a permanent population of about 47,000 people.

Lakes District Hospital staff see a variety of work with up to 1,400 ED presentations per month leading to about 50 transfers to secondary or tertiary hospitals.  Lakes District Hospital consists of 25 beds, a mix of maternity, acute medical, radiology, emergency and outpatient departments. 

There is a vending machine in the Emergency Department reception area with some snacks available. 

In 2019, refurbishment work was completed, including the addition of a new Emergency department, Radiology suite including a CT scanner, and refurbishment of the Outpatients department, including Telemedicine rooms.

Services provided include:

  • 12 beds for Inpatient Acute Care
  • 5 Maternity beds
  • 10 beds for Level 2 Emergency service that provides assessment and stabilisation 
  • Outpatient Clinics, Day Surgery and the Mobile Surgical Bus which visits every 6 weeks
  • Specialists visit Lakes District Hospital to provide outpatient clinics and day surgery for minor procedures
  • Allied Health Services physiotherapy, occupational therapy, social work, speech language therapy, dietitian and district nursing, allied health assistants
  • Diagnostic services of radiology, bed-side ultrasound, X-Ray and CT are also provided. We have digital radiology at the hospital
  • Mental Health and Dental Services are co-located to the hospital and provide a wide range of services.

Consultants

Hours

12:00 AM to 12:00 AM.

Mon – Sun midnight – midnight

Ward Visiting Hours – 11am to 6.00 pm daily.  Children are not to be left unsupervised on hospital grounds.

Please note only two designated visitors for each ward patient on any one day and one at a time with the patient. This is to keep us and our patients safe.

We appreciate that this may be difficult for you and your loved ones.  If you need to visit someone on the General Ward for compassionate reasons or to accompany a child please ask to speak to the Charge Nurse.

Thank you for your patience and for helping to keep us all safe.

Please note the above is subject to change without notice due to COVID 19 Alert Level restrictions.

Services

Emergency Department
Inpatient Services
Outpatient Clinics
Wakatipu Community Mental Health Team
District Nursing

Service types: Community nursing.

Service types: Community nursing.

Mobile Surgical Bus
Wakatipu Community Oral Health Clinic
Meals on Wheels

Service types: Home support, Meals on wheels.

Service types: Home support, Meals on wheels.

Chaplaincy Service

Visiting Hours

Ward Visiting Hours – 11am to 6.00 pm daily. 

Children are not to be left unsupervised on hospital grounds. 

Please note only two designated visitors for each ward patient on any one day and one at a time with the patient. This is to keep us and our patients safe. 

We appreciate that this may be difficult for you and your loved ones. If you need to visit someone on the General Ward for compassionate reasons or to accompany a child please ask to speak to the Charge Nurse. 

Thank you for your patience and for helping to keep us all safe. 

Please note the above is subject to change without notice due to COVID 19 Alert Level restrictions.

Pharmacy

For a full list of pharmacies in our area click here.

Website

www.southernhealth.nz/

Contact Details

Lakes District Hospital, Queenstown

Central Lakes

12:00 AM to 12:00 AM.

20 Douglas Street & Emergency Department - Lucas Place Douglas Street
Frankton
Queenstown
Otago 9300

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Street Address

20 Douglas Street & Emergency Department - Lucas Place Douglas Street
Frankton
Queenstown
Otago 9300

Postal Address

20 Douglas Street
Frankton
Queenstown 9300

This page was last updated at 4:40PM on February 26, 2025. This information is reviewed and edited by Lakes District Hospital Queenstown Hospital Services.