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 Burwood adult rehabilitation unit is a 14 bed inpatient ward at Burwood Hospital. It provides general and neuro rehabilitation. It has a limited outpatient clinic.
To contact the brain injury rehabilitation service, phone: 03 383 6828
The brain injury rehabilitation service is at:
Ward CG
Ground Floor
Burwood Hospital
300 Burwood Road
Christchurch
The unit provides rehabilitation for people aged 16 to 65 with:
The service also provides hospital level respite care.
We use an interdisciplinary team approach. You are the central focus of the team. We involve you as a team member with goal setting and family meetings. Families and carers are encouraged to join in when practical and are given support and education.
We also offer an outpatient service. This provides care for Ministry of Health and ACC Concussion Clinic patients.
The Concussion Clinic is an early intervention service funded by ACC providing assessment and intervention for people with mild traumatic brain injury, including those with post concussion syndrome.
