{"id":436368,"date":"2026-05-20T08:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/436368\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T08:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:08:09","slug":"hawkes-bay-hospitals-new-ward-first-unit-modules-moved-into-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/436368\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawke\u2019s Bay Hospital\u2019s new ward: First unit modules moved into place"},"content":{"rendered":"
Four modules were transported from the assembly facility on Sunday night and craned into position.<\/p>\n
They are the first of 14 modules that will form the completed 28-bed inpatient ward.<\/p>\n
Modules being craned into place for the new 28-bed inpatient unit at Hawke’s Bay Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital.<\/p>\n
Health Minister Simeon Brown said the module buildings being put in place were a \u201csignificant milestone\u201d as the Government works \u201cat pace\u201d to increase capacity at Hawke\u2019s Bay Hospital, helping to meet demand and improve access for people needing surgery.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince construction began in January, work has moved quickly, and this week\u2019s milestone shows the pace at which this additional capacity is being delivered,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese wards are an important part of our plan to modernise hospital infrastructure \u2013 helping relieve pressure on busy hospitals now while supporting the long-term needs of New Zealand\u2019s growing population.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis new ward has patients at the centre of its design and will play an important role in helping meet the Government\u2019s health targets by improving patient flow, increasing capacity, and supporting better care and outcomes for people across Hawke\u2019s Bay.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tukituki MP Catherine Wedd said the new unit supported better healthcare for people across Hawke\u2019s Bay.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs the local MP I have advocated strongly for Hawke\u2019s Bay hospital and it\u2019s good to see this rapid progress,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Four modules were transported from the assembly facility on Sunday night and craned into position. They are the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[223264,1561,1558,15980,1888,305,1976,134,527,2241,3274,3267,296,19476,19872,147556,32033,117,111,139,69,6744,96734,8443,19791],"class_list":["post-436368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-28bed","tag-bay","tag-been","tag-fallen","tag-first","tag-have","tag-hawkes","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-hospital","tag-hospitals","tag-inpatient","tag-into","tag-lifted","tag-memorial","tag-modules","tag-moved","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-place","tag-soldiers","tag-unit","tag-ward"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}