Work begins this month on a stand-alone mental health facility at Taranaki Base Hospital.
Te Whatu Ora group director of Taranaki operations and project senior officer Gillian Campbell said the new facility had been designed to deliver clinical care and rehabilitation services to meet the needs of mental health patients.
“Currently our Taranaki mental health and addiction specialist service supports around 5000 people at different stages of their mental health journey. However, for several people, that journey is more challenging. That is where this new facility will add real value, enabling us to provide patients with an extra step on their journey.”
The project is one of 16 within HNZ’s Mental Health Infrastructure Programme and continues the wider mental health upgrade at Taranaki Base Hospital as the Project Maunga Hospital Redevelopment Programme.