Ozanam House patient & transport information

patients read in the Ozanam House lounge room

Bookings

For enquiries and bookings on the shuttles from Hawkes Bay and Taranaki, please contact:

Hawkes Bay 06 876 5046
Taranaki 06 758 5644

The shuttles travel on Mondays and Fridays and sometimes on Wednesdays, as necessary. When arranging your Radio/Chemotherapy appointments, please inform the staff that you will be a shuttle passenger, so they can make your appointment to coincide with the shuttle arrival/departure times.

The Oncology Department of the Palmerston North Hospital makes bookings for all patients coming for treatment as out-patients. Patients are notified of this when their appointments are sent to them.

Pick-Up

The driver will arrange this with you. Pick-up is made from all communities on the main route between New Plymouth to Palmerston North and Hawkes Bay to Palmerston North. Opunake passengers usually travel privately to Hawera to meet the shuttle. However, the shuttle will travel either routes (Opunake or Stratford) dependent on the passengers' requirements. The Society endeavours to make the service as flexible as possible to meet the passenger's needs.

Eligibility for Transport Assistance

Patients and their carers are eligible for transport assistance when they have a confirmed date for simulation or treatment at the Radiotherapy/Chemotherapy Unit at Palmerston North Hospital.

Ministry of Health Travel Allowance

The travel allowance is available to all patients who elect to use their own vehicle or make alternative arrangements to travel from their home to Palmerston North Hospital.

Applying for a Travel Allowance

For more information regarding eligibility and to apply for a travel allowance, please contact:

The Welfare Officer at Palmerston North Hospital

Elaine Third Phone: 06 350 8944 or
Trudy Phone: 06 350 8476

between the hours of 8.30am and 4.30pm.

You may also contact your own Hospital's Travel & Accommodation Officer for information.

What to bring

Just clothes and personal belongings, plus food to suit individual requirements.

Charges

There is no fixed charge for accommodation, nor is anyone ever turned away for financial reasons. However, most people prefer to pay something and this may be discussed with the Administrator of Ozanam House.