Who can I contact in my area?
This map shows the contacts for advance care planning in each region, as well as the process for storing your plan when it is complete.
District Health Boards
North Island
- Auckland DHB
- Bay of Plenty DHB
- Capital & Coast DHB
- Counties Manukau Health
- Hauora Tairāwhiti
- Hawke’s Bay DHB
- Hutt Valley DHB
- Lakes DHB
- MidCentral DHB
- Northland DHB
- Taranaki DHB
- Waikato DHB
- Wairarapa DHB
- Waitematā DHB
- Whanganui DHB
South Island
Auckland DHB
Contact:
Position description:
To have your advance care plan uploaded to the ADHB electronic system via our medical records department, please email a copy of your plan to acpadmin@adhb.govt.nz. or post a copy of your plan to:
Attn : Rae Moore
Advance Care Planning Administration
Adult Community Long Term Conditions Directorate
Lower Ground Floor Building 15
Greenlane Clinical Centre
Private Bag 92189
Auckland Mail Centre
Auckland 1142
GPs please also note that a PDF copy of an ACPlan can be attached to a GP e-referral.
Last update: acp@hqsc.govt.nz
Bay of Plenty DHB
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- Email your ACP to & it can be uploaded to your DHB health records. Advancecare.planning@bopdhb.govt.nz
- Leave a copy of your plan with your GP it can be uploaded to your DHB health record.
- Follow the steps of Manage My Health to upload a copy of your plan & it can added to your DHB records.
Canterbury DHB
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Capital & Coast DHB
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Counties Manukau Health
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- Ideally ACPlan’s should be loaded into Whanau Tahi Shared Care (WTSC), which will enable your GP and hospital staff to access your ACPlan.
- Hard copy ACPlan’s can be mailed to ACP team, Ko Awatea Innovation Hub, Middlemore Hospital, Private Bag 93311, Otahuhu, Auckland 1640
- eACPlan’s or scanned ACPlan’s can be emailed to AdvanceCarePlanningFacilitator@middlemore.co.nz
Hauora Tairāwhiti
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Hawke’s Bay DHB
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Hutt Valley DHB
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Lakes DHB
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MidCentral DHB
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Nelson Marlborough DHB
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Northland DHB
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South Canterbury DHB
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Southern DHB
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Taranaki DHB
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Waikato DHB
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Bel Macfie
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- Support you, and your whanau (family) with Kanohi ki te Kanohi (face to face) hui, where it suits you and whanau (family) to consider completing an ACP
- Give each individual as much information and time to think about what is important to you and whanau (family)
- Check- in bi- annually with you and whanau (family) to ensure everything is still current or if changes need to be made
- Provide coaching and mentoring on how to support whanau (family)
- Provide support so, you may consider completing your own ACP
- Support communities with Awareness raising of importance of ACP for ones self and their whanau (family)
Wairarapa DHB
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Waitematā DHB
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West Coast DHB
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