Summary

Six neuroscience centres serve the population of Aotearoa New Zealand:

• Auckland City Hospital and Starship Children’s Hospital (Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand Te Toka Tumai Auckland)
• Waikato Hospital (Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand Waikato)
• Wellington Hospital (Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley)
• Christchurch Hospital (Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand Waitaha Canterbury)
• Dunedin Hospital (Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand Southern).

Evidence demonstrates that optimal recovery after sTBI requires a multidisciplinary approach. Although many aspects of sTBI care can be delivered in non-neuroscience regional intensive care units (ICUs), most regional hospitals cannot provide the breadth and depth of expertise offered by the multidisciplinary specialist services, including allied health and nursing care. The acute workstream aims to increase equity of access to neuroscience centres for people with a TBI.