NZNO nurses, healthcare assistants and some midwives plan to strike from 9am on Wednesday 30 July to 9am on Thursday 31 July. Patient safety is our priority and our hospitals will remain open. Continue to attend all appointments unless we have contacted you directly to reschedule.
The Waikato trauma service is a specialist team providing guidance on best practice in trauma care across Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waikato.
To contact the Waikato trauma service:
The Waikato trauma service is at:
Level 4
Meade Clinical Centre
Waikato Hospital
183 Pembroke Street
Hamilton 3204
The Waikato trauma service works within a multidisciplinary team to achieve the best possible outcome for you and your whānau, and to ensure that all hospital specialities are aware of your injuries. We coordinate any tests, scans, operations or care that you need.
Our trauma nurse specialists work with you and your whānau during your stay at Waikato Hospital. They are available to answer any questions you might have.
The team will:
The Waikato trauma service is part of the wider Te Manawa Taki trauma system. This is a network of specialised clinical people committed to ensuring best practice is applied in trauma care across Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora in the Te Manawa Taki | Midland region.
Te Manawa Taki includes:
The Te Manawa Taki trauma system is dedicated to helping trauma patients, their whānau and the wider community.
The Te Manawa Taki trauma research centre is part of the trauma system and was established to translate data into knowledge.
The focus of the research centre is to identify and monitor trauma issues which can then be addressed by the appropriate people in the wider team — whether the issues are:
The ethos of the research centre aligns with that of trauma system as a whole, in which research will be focussed primarily on the needs of patients, their whānau and their communities.
