VISITING HOSPITAL

All hospital visitors are recommended to wear a medical face mask. Expand this message for information about visiting hospital.

Last updated:
13 March 2023

 

Mask exemptions accepted for people seeking treatment
Any member of the public with a mask exemption is welcome in all our facilities when attending to receive health care and *treatment. Please show your mask exemption card and appointment letter to staff at the entrance.

*Treatment includes: coming into the Emergency Department, outpatient appointments,  surgery or a procedure.

Some visitor restrictions for all Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury hospitals and health facilities remain in place, but we have relaxed others.

There is still a heightened risk to vulnerable people in hospital and so we recommend all people wear a mask when visiting any of our facilities and follow other advice designed to keep patients, staff and  visitors safe.

Kia whakahaumaru te whānau, me ngā iwi katoa – this is to keep everybody safe:

  • Visitors or support people must not visit our facilities if they are unwell. Do not visit if you have recently tested positive for COVID-19 and haven’t completed your isolation period.
  • Patients may have more than one visitor, except in some situations such as multi-bed rooms where it can cause overcrowding.
  • Surgical/medical masks are recommended be worn at all sites. Masks will be provided if you don’t have one.
  • For Specialist Mental Health Services everyone is strongly encouraged to wear a face mask in all inpatient areas and areas where consumers are receiving care (i.e. community appointments, home-visits, transporting people). Discretion may be applied in cases where masks impair your ability to communicate effectively.
  • Visitors must not eat or drink in multibed rooms because of the increased risk when multiple people remove their face mask in the same space.
  • Hand sanitiser is available and must be used.

Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding as our staff work hard to protect and care for some of the most vulnerable in our community.

Visiting patients with COVID-19

  • People can visit patients who have COVID-19 but they must wear an N95 mask – this will be provided if you don’t have one.
  • Other methods of communication will be facilitated e.g. phone, Facetime, Zoom, WhatsApp etc where visits aren’t possible.

All of our Hospitals

Visiting hours for our hospitals have returned to pre COVID-19 hours with the exception of Christchurch Women’s Hospital.

All visitors are recommended to wear a medical face mask.

Parents/caregivers are able to be with their child in hospital and visitors are now allowed, except for the Children’s Haematology and Oncology Day stay where just one parent/caregiver is able to attend their appointment with their child. Exceptions by special arrangement only.

Patients and visitors should also read the additional more detailed visiting guidelines for each specific hospital.

More COVID-19 information

Document Library

Our latest key plans and reports are listed at the top of the document library homepage, other recent documents are listed by date under these documents. You can also find many national publications on the Te Whatu Ora national website.

Use the Search menu (left) to apply a filter and list documents. Each document has a document type, a summary, and topics and tags associated with it. 

1298 documents.

Christchurch drinking water

RE use of sodium hypochlorite in Christchurch drinking water. What part of the system gets checked for chloroform or THMs?

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Chronic pain services

Request for the CDHB protocol for diagnosing Aldosteronism and a copy of the interpretation of the results of the test.

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Total hospital floor space

An estimate of the floor space of Canterbury DHB hospitals.

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Clinical Leaders Group correspondence regarding the redevelopment of Christchurch Hospital Campus

All correspondence from Clinical Leaders Group, or any correspondence from individual clinicians on behalf of the group, to CDHB management regarding the redevelopment of the Christchurch Hospital campus and the two business cases in 2019 up to the submission of the business cases.

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Number of patients with emergency dental issues

The number of people who presented to a hospital emergency department with dental issues between 2014 and 2019.

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Measles vaccine

Correspondence sent and received by officials responsible for ordering vaccines about the need for more measles vaccines.

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Hillmorton Hospital Masterplan

The Hillmorton Hospital Masterplan. Draft Business case for Te Awakura.

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Staff turnover during 2018-2019

Number of people employed by DHB for 2018 and 2019. Number who left the DHB each month. Number of staff who moved to a different role.

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Return of electoral donations and expenses for Peter Wakeman

Return of electoral donations and expenses for Canterbury District Health Board Election held on 12 October 2019.

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Return of electoral donations and expenses for Steve Wakefield

Return of electoral donations and expenses for Canterbury District Health Board Election held on 12 October 2019.

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Return of electoral donations and expenses for Brian Salisbury

Return of electoral donations and expenses for Canterbury District Health Board Election held on 12 October 2019.

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Return of electoral donations and expenses for Vicky Paton

Return of electoral donations and expenses for Canterbury District Health Board Election held on 12 October 2019.

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Return of electoral donations and expenses for Debbie Mora

Return of electoral donations and expenses for Canterbury District Health Board Election held on 12 October 2019.

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Return of electoral donations and expenses Naomi Marshall

Return of electoral donations and expenses for Canterbury District Health Board Election held on 12 October 2019.

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Return of electoral donations and expenses for Malcolm Lyall

Return of electoral donations and expenses for Canterbury District Health Board Election held on 12 October 2019.

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Return of electoral donations and expenses for Aaron Keown

Return of electoral donations and expenses for Canterbury District Health Board Election held on 12 October 2019.

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Return of electoral donations and expenses for Jo Kane

Return of electoral donations and expenses for Canterbury District Health Board Election held on 12 October 2019.

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Return of electoral donations and expenses for Tubby Hansen

Return of electoral donations and expenses for Canterbury District Health Board Election held on 12 October 2019.

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Return of electoral donations and expenses for James Gough

Return of electoral donations and expenses for Canterbury District Health Board Election held on 12 October 2019.

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Return of electoral donations and expenses for John Edie

Return of electoral donations and expenses for Canterbury District Health Board Election held on 12 October 2019.

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Return of electoral donations and expenses for Andrew Dickerson

Return of electoral donations and expenses for Canterbury District Health Board Election held on 12 October 2019.

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Return of electoral donations and expenses for Alexandra Davids

Return of electoral donations and expenses for Canterbury District Health Board Election held on 12 October 2019.

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Return of electoral donations and expenses for Anna Crighton

Return of electoral donations and expenses for Canterbury District Health Board Election held on 12 October 2019.

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Return of electoral donations and expenses for Gray Crawford

Return of electoral donations and expenses for Canterbury District Health Board Election held on 12 October 2019.

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Return of electoral donations and expenses for Catherine Chu

Return of electoral donations and expenses for Canterbury District Health Board Election held on 12 October 2019.

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Return of electoral donations and expenses for Sally-Anne Buck

Return of electoral donations and expenses for Canterbury District Health Board Election held on 12 October 2019.

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Return of electoral donations and expenses for Geoff Booth

Return of electoral donations and expenses for Canterbury District Health Board Election held on 12 October 2019.

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Return of electoral donations and expenses for Peter Ballantyne

Return of electoral donations and expenses for Canterbury District Health Board Election held on 12 October 2019.

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Car parking at Christchurch Hospital

Any correspondence between March and October 2019 regarding Christchurch Hospital car parking. Any reports received or produced by the working group on parking, including traffic modelling.

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MKWCT Board Miniti – 17 December 2019

Manawhenua Ki Waitaha (MKWCT) Board Meeting Minutes.

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Maternity Quality and Safety Programme (MQSP) Annual Report 2018/19

The Maternity Quality and Safety Programme (MQSP) Annual Report is published each year and submitted to the Ministry of Health.

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Canterbury DHB Board Meeting Agenda – 17 December 2019

The Canterbury DHB Board meet approximately every month. Board agenda papers are usually published two days before a board meeting.

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Measles popup clinics

Information regarding Measles pop up clinics held since outbreak began.

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Culturally appropriate Asian health services

What training do all front-line staff (those who deal directly with patients, across all sectors of health) have for providing culturally appropriate services to people from the Asian community?

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Guidelines to establish clinical threshold elective surgery

Guidelines information used to establish the clinical threshold for each of the five elective surgeries. Knee, hip, hernia, colonoscopy and laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

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Canterbury Maternity Strategy 2019

The Canterbury Maternity Strategy, also known as the Canterbury Maternity System Strategic Framework 2019-2024 puts māmā and pēpi at the centre of what we do and what we want to achieve.

The vision statement within the strategy states that Canterbury maternity services provide for the maternity needs of all māmā and whānau as and when needed during their maternity journey in order to enable the best start to life for all pēpi and the ongoing wellbeing of mothers. The strategy also contains statements about our values and provides details about the framework to be used by Canterbury maternity services.

 

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Canterbury DHB Statement of Intent 2019/2023

The Canterbury DHB's Statement of Intent sets out the key financial and non-financial measures and targets that the Canterbury health system aims to achieve.

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Hospital Advisory Committee (HAC) Meeting Agenda – 5 December 2019

The Hospital Advisory Committee (HAC) meets approximately every 3 months.

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The immunisation status of DHB staff

The immunisation status of medical/DHB staff mentioned as having contracted measles. How many of these and wider cases of DHB staff were vaccinated? How many shots did they receive? How close after the vaccines did they contract the measles?

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