Central regional forensic community mental health service
This service is for people who have been involved in the criminal justice system who are moving toward receiving general mental health care or being discharged from a forensic mental health service. The service covers the Wellington, Manawatu-Whanganui, Hawke's Bay and Tairāwhiti regions.
Contacts and locations
You can contact us between 8am and 4:30pm using the contact details below.
Contact us on:
- phone: 06 867 0819
- email: GisbForSer@ccdhb.org.nz
You can find us at:
Regional Forensic Services
73 Childers Road
Gisborne
Contact us by:
- phone: 06 834 1814
- email: NapierForSer@mhaids.health.nz
We are located at:
Napier Forensic and ID Service
Napier Health Centre
76 Wellesley Road
Napier
Contact us on:
- phone: 06 348 7899
- email: WhangForensicSvc@ccdhb.org.nz
You can find us at:
Whanganui Regional Forensic Service
20A Bell Street
Whanganui
Contact us by:
- phone: 06 353 3040
- email: ManaFoSer@ccdhb.org.nz
- email: PNYouthForensic@mhaids.health.nz (for Youth Court correspondence and referrals)
You can find us at:
Palmerston North Forensic and ID Service
68 Broadway Avenue
Palmerston North
Contact us by:
- phone: 06 946 9808
We are located at:
Masterton Regional Forensic Service
Level 2, 49-51 Lincoln Road
Masterton
Contact us by:
- phone: 04 918 2471
- email: WGTNForServ@ccdhb.org.nz
- email: WGTNYouthForensic@mhaids.health.nz (for Youth Court correspondence and referrals)
We are located at:
Regional Forensic Service
45 Raiha Street
Porirua
Services we provide
The central regional forensic community mental health service provides expert advice about people with serious mental health conditions in a variety of settings including:
- prisons
- courts
- specialised inpatient units
- the community.
The service works closely with the justice system to provide assessment, and treatment and rehabilitation services for people with mental health conditions including:
- offenders or alleged offenders
- rangatahi who pose a high risk of offending.
We have forensic adult community teams based near:
- the courts in the main cities in each district
- the 5 prisons in the central North Island.
We have forensic youth community teams based near:
- youth courts
- youth offending units
- youth justice residential centres.
Referral information
Adults may be referred to us from:
- a forensic inpatient mental health service
- prison.
Rangatahi may be referred to our forensic youth team from:
- a forensic inpatient mental health service
- a youth justice facility or youth offending unit.