Churchill Hospital: Patient-centred care

Churchill Hospital Trust operates Marlborough’s only Private Surgical Hospital and Specialist Centre.

Now in its 30th year of service to the community, Churchill continues to focus on well-being and patient centred care, underpinned by core values that have earned Churchill Hospital a reputation for excellence.

Collaboration is an important aspect of Churchill’s culture, ensuring staff are all working together to provide an excellent standard of care. The team genuinely cares about you, will help you understand what to expect, and support you through your surgical journey.

Sharing a mutually beneficial relationship with Te Whatu Ora Nelson Marlborough, Churchill supports Marlborough’s health system by reinvesting profits back into medical equipment for public and private use, as well as maintaining and expanding Marlborough’s private health facilities and services.

One outcome is a state-of-the-art modular operating theatre, the first of its kind in New Zealand. Designed to provide surgeons and their teams with a spacious, modern operating environment, the theatre boasts ultra-sterile linings, significantly reducing the potential for intra-operative infection and greatly improving surgical outcomes.

Churchill’s world-class facilities help attract leading surgeons to the region. Its surgical specialists consult from the adjacent Specialist Centre and are supported by a dedicated team, delivering compassionate, professional care in a comfortable and supportive environment at Churchill Hospital.

They offer a growing availability of surgical services within Churchill, including general and laparoscopic surgery, endoscopy, gynaecology, ophthalmology, orthopaedic surgery and urology.

Churchill is set for expansion with seven consulting rooms, two minor-procedure rooms and a dedicated ophthalmology suite proposed.

This exciting development will further increase the scope of specialists attracted to the region.

With Marlborough Medical Imaging co-located with Churchill Hospital and the Churchill Specialist Centre, patients can often stay local for all their medical needs.

As a registered charitable trust, Churchill Hospital not only operates to the highest standards of private healthcare, but directly supports the health and wellness of the Marlborough community.

Its community donations programme has provided financial support to many not-for-profit organisations and its study grants have supported numerous nurses and other health professionals with their continuing education, benefiting the community it is proud to be a part of.

Churchill holds ACC contracts for clinical services and elective surgery, and is also an affiliated provider with Southern Cross Healthcare.

Above: A focus on well-being and patient-centred care is at the heart of Churchill Hospital’s reputation for excellence. Right: Andy Meghan in Churchill’s world-class operating theatre.

Your GP or medical professional is able to refer you to the right Churchill specialist to meet your needs.