Urgent (acute) mental health — Nelson Marlborough
Where to go if you are experiencing a mental health crisis.
Nelson Community Assessment Team
Nelson Hospital – Braemar Campus
Franklyn Street
Nelson 7010
Phone: 0800 776 364 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week)
The Community Assessment Team for adults provides:
- a 24-hour acute mental health service
- assessment and short-term follow-up.
This service covers the Nelson region, from Rai Valley to Korere to Riwaka.
Marlborough Community Assessment Team
Wairau Hospital
Hospital Road
Blenheim 7201
Phone: 0800 948 497 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week)
The Marlborough Community Assessment Team for adults provides a 24-hour crisis and mental health service which includes:
- phone triage of referrals
- advice and guidance on mental health needs and services in the community
- crisis assessments and short-term follow-up.
This service covers all of Marlborough, including the Clarence River, up to the Lakes and down the Sounds and as far as Rai Valley.
Golden Bay Acute Mental Health Services
Te Whare Mahana
163 Commercial Street
Tākaka 7110
Phone: 03 525 7647 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week)
Te Whare Mahana offers a 24-hour, 7-day service for people experiencing a mental health crisis.
Services includes:
- helping local healthcare providers in responding to psychiatric crises
- referring clients to other mental health services
- supporting the client and their whānau.
The service also offers case management for mental health consumers in Golden Bay.
This includes:
- follow up care in the community
- wellness maintenance and recovery planning to assist in the management of a mental illness
- help in recovering from the effects of having a mental illness.