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.

Wait times for Cancer treatment and surgery

Times patients wait to see a specialist, to have surgery or to start their cancer treatment.

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OPCAT Report – October 2018

Report on an unannounced Inspection to the Assessment, Treatment and Rehabilitation Unit under the Crimes of Torture Act 1989 (Oct 2018). Which the Chief Ombudsman sent CDHB in Oct 2018. Can you please send a copy of CDHB's response.

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Earthquake-prone buildings

RE earthquake-prone buildings owned, occupied, rented, leased or in use by Canterbury DHB.

  • A count and list of all buildings owned, occupied, rented, leased or in use.
  • The count and list of buildings from question 1 that have had a seismic assessment since 1 July 2017.
  • The count and list of buildings from question 1 that have not had a seismic assessment since 1 July 2017.
  • The count and list of those from question 1 that are currently earthquake prone.
  • The count and list of those from question 4 that are between 20 percent and less than 34 percent of the New Building Standard (NBS).
  • The count and list of those from question 4 that are less than 20 percent of the New Building Standard (NBS).

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Suicide and self harm assessment tools

Information on how the DHB undertakes suicide risk assessment to inform decisions on access to services (which may also be known as the "triage process". )

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Early Childhood Education Centre (ECEC) Newsletter Public Health Nursing Service Autumn/Winter 2022

Public health nurses are Registered Nurses who work with children/tamariki (and their families/whanau) around identified health concerns. Public health nurses have access to health resources, information and provide a free, mobile and confidential service.

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Canterbury DHB Board – Meeting Agenda – 16 June 2022

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

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Mental Health policies and procedures

Policy, procedures, standards, statements and information on the diagnosis, treatment and provision of social supports for numerous mental disorders.

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Customer Service Personnel Burwood

Job description of customer service personnel at Burwood Hospital. Salary of these workers.

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COVID costs

  • The full costs of all testing centres for COVID-19, including the road cone staff and the site payments etc.
  • The full costs health workers solely working with COVID, in labs or wards or anywhere else.

 

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Acute myocarditis, pericarditis and tachicardia admissions

  • All acute Myocarditis, pericarditis and tachicardia admissions post covid diagnosis.
  • The number of walk in admissions to ED where a Dr has written anxiety on the discharge notes and the comparative figures for the last five years.

 

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Media access to DHB premises

RE media access to DHB premises to interview staff and patients and take photos before COVID restrictions. Board's intentions for future regards media access under COVID.

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Mental Health Compulsory Assessment and Treatment Act 1992

Mental Health Compulsory Assessment and Treatment Act 1992.

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TOP surgery

TOP surgery: Waiting time from referral by GP to be accepted for TOP surgery.

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Unvaccinated staff

RE unvaccinated employees who were mandated out of job. Staff on special leave, non paid leave and remain in employment but not working. Policy that on termination a nurse would lose nursing registration. That while stood down a nurse must not attend place of work. Number of nurses hired to replace nurses who had their employment terminated.

 

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Code of conduct, professional standards and ethics

  • CDHB Code of conduct links
  • Professional registration bodies professional standards and ethics.

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Board members

Names, tenure details of elected and appointed board members.

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Information regarding mental health assessments

Policies, guidelines and ethics re Mental Health assessments and treatment under the Mental Health Act.

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Hospital Advisory Committee (HAC) Meeting Agenda – 2 June 2022

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

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Disability Steering Group (DSG) Meeting Minutes – 27 May 2022

The main points discussed at Disability Steering Group (DSG) meetings recorded as key messages in meeting minutes.

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Commissioned research

Details related to the expenditure of commissioned research the Canterbury DHB has awarded to external organisations over the last three years.

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Donations and bequests

Donations and bequests to DHB past five years.

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Winter illness preparedness

Winter illness preparedness reports, briefing documents or modelling for influenza, RSV, measles or whooping cough illness in relation to the upcoming 2022 winter season.

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Staff investigations of assaults on patients

Staff investigations of assaults on patients i.e. staff fired, investigated and resigning before being fired / criminal charges being laid / withdrawn by victim? Time frame "All DHB records".

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Operating theatre revenue and capacity

The impact on revenue for a hospital/DHB that is caused by an operating theatre being closed for a period of time. Can you please provide the average revenue that an operating theatre brings in per year? If that is too difficult, can you please provide the total operating theatre revenue for CDHB and the total amount of operating rooms?

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Alcohol related harm

Remdesivir and ventilators

Has Remdesivir and ventilators been or are being used as a treatment for COVID patients in hospital?”

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Senior Medical Officer Gastroenterologists appointed during 2020-2021

SMO Gastroenterologist appointments 1/4/2020 - 1/4/2022

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Maternity – Time from birth to discharge

Time from birth to discharge for most recent month.

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Maternal Mental Health

Number of women referred to Maternal Mental Health in 2021 and number accepted. Current wait times for maternal mental health.

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Assaults on staff 2018 to 2022

The number of assaults on staff for years 2018,2019,2020,2021,2022 (to current date)

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Stuttering

Do DHBs provide services for people who stutter?

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Healthcare Waste

Healthcare Waste / Volumes of hazardous and controlled waste and number of surgeries completed broken down by site (ChCh Hosp and Burwood) for last ten years.

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People with Diabetes Type 1

People with Diabetes Type 1 broken down by age, ethnicity etc  

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Car parking proposals during 2014

Car parking proposals from the time Tony Ryall was Min of Health 2014. Correspondence CEO and EMT.

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Mental health services procedural information

  • Copies of all forms relating to the induction of a client, compulsory or voluntary or moving between status.
  • Copies of all forms relating to a discharge/transfer of a client, compulsory or voluntary or moving between status.

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Canterbury DHB Board – Meeting Agenda – 19 May 2022

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

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Carbon Neutral Plan

  • Do you have a carbon neutral plan by 2025, and if so, what is the official wording of it?
  • Do you have a carbon neutral team or committee? If so, how many are in this team, and are they trained/experts?
  • How much carbon do you emit/how are your carbon emissions measured?
  • If coal is still in use at your facilities, when do you plan to phase it out?
  • Have you transitioned to EVs and or/hybrids? Have you begun to downsize your fleet size?

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St George’s Hospital maternity services

Correspondence re St George's maternity / birthing / post-natal services August 2021 to 29/03/2022 and a copy of the contract.

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