Tauranga ED has a severe nursing shortage at present. As such, please can you make patients aware that they are likely to face long delays if they need to attend.
Please can you also take this into account with regards to any increase in requests for primary care follow-up and support.
Many thanks for your understanding.....

The BOP DHB has recently changed the threshold for referrals to our ENT service.
We will now be accepting a limited of Grade 3 Referrals, please note Grade 3 was previously a decline.....