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In times of distress, people need more than treatment. They also need information and support. But because Emergency Departments are always busy, staff often don't have time to give patients and their families the support and reassurance they're looking for. That's where St John Friends of the Emergency Department make such a difference.
St John Friends of the Emergency Department are volunteers who give their time and their care so that people in distress can receive comfort at a time when they really need it - someone to talk to and a hand to hold.
Almost 800 Friends of the Emergency Department currently volunteer at the following 18 hospitals throughout New Zealand:
- Auckland City Hospital
- Middlemore Hospital
- North Shore Hospital
- Waitakere Hospital
- Thames Hospital
- Waikato Hospital
- Rotorua Hospital
- Tauranga Hospital
- Whakatane Hospital
- Gisborne Hospital
- Hawkes Bay Hospital
- Palmerston North Hospital
- Nelson Hospital
- Wairau Hospital (Blenheim)
- Christchurch Hospital
- Timaru Hospital
- Dunedin Hospital
- Southland Hospital
Friends of the Emergency Department continues to be extended to additional hospitals nationwide.
To find out more about St John Friends of the Emergency Department:
St John Friends of the Emergency Department may not yet be available in all areas.
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