Taranaki Base Hospital’s new stand-alone mental health rehabilitation facility has been designed to deliver clinical care and rehabilitation services that better meet the needs of the region’s patients.
Once complete, it will be a place for the small number of patients who need an extra helping hand on their mental health journey.
The facility will provide four short to medium-term stay bedrooms for patients to be based while they learn or re-learn the everyday skills needed to transition to independent living back in the community.
In addition to the bedrooms the facility will also have:
- an activities room
- a whānau room
- kitchen, dining, and living rooms
An area within the hospital campus near the Tukapa Street entrance will be redeveloped to accommodate the building which will be delivered by Taranaki firm Cleland’s Construction.
Construction is expected to take 12 months.