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Policies

Some of the key Waikato DHB policies of public interest are provided below.

Assets and Equipment policy
Capital Expenditure policy
Delegations of Authority policy
DHB National Healthy Food and Drink policy
DHB Paid Family Carer Policy for Home-Based Care
Fraud policy
Management of Policies and Guidelines
Māori Health policy
Media and Communications policy
Naming Rights of Waikato District Health Board Owned Facilities policy
Procurement and Contracts policy
Receiving and Giving of Gifts policy...

Key publications and policies About us

COVID-19: Visitor policy at Waikato DHB

Updates to our visitor policy under different COVID-19 alert levels and for other reasons are published here.

COVID-19 in Waikato Your health

Access to Waikato DHB sites

The Business Visitors Policy governs all access to the Waikato DHB sites. The current policy means business visitors must sign in as a visitor. More information on our Business visitors page.

Information for suppliers About us

Transparency statement

... regulatory compliance responsibilities, and does not gather any information for these purposes.

The security of our staff, those in our care and our premises is managed in accordance with a number of protocols and DHB policies including our Health and Safety Policy, Security Policy, Surveillance Policy, Risk Management Policy, Incident Management Policy, and in compliance with our legal responsibilities and various external standards.

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For patients

COVID-19: Visitor policy in Alert Level 2
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Patients and visitors

For visitors, family and friends

COVID-19: Visitor policy in Alert Level 3
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Patients and visitors

Plans and strategies

Population Health has a Public Health Advisory Development Team to review, develop and advise on policy and provide analytical support to inform decision making.

Public health services and alerts Your health

If you smoke

... please discuss this with our staff as soon as possible. We can provide nicotine replacement therapy during your stay.

All our hospitals and other facilities are smokefree. That includes inside our buildings and on the hospital grounds.

This smokefree policy applies to all visitors, patients and staff.

During your hospital stay Your hospital stay For patients Patients and visitors

Senior medical officers

... clinical leader, clinical supervisor and departmental education roles
self-directed CPD programme augmented by local department educational activities such as journal clubs and case presentations
involvement in international, national, regional and DHB policy and programme initiatives.

For doctors Learning Learning and research

Babies admitted to NICU visitor policy during Level 3

Babies admitted to NICU can have one parent or caregiver visit each 24 hour period. This restriction is to keep NICU babies safe. Certain circumstances will be considered on discussion with the Charge Nurse of the NICU nursery. The parent or caregiver will need to wear a mask and follow hand hygiene infection control measures.

Visitors are not allowed to the NICU nursery at this time.

COVID-19 information for pregnant women and new mums Pregnancy and maternity Your health