VISITING HOSPITAL

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

Last updated:
31 October 2024

Some visitor restrictions for all Health New Zealand | 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 we encourage all people wear a mask when visiting any of our facilities and follow other advice designed to keep patients, staff and visitors safe.

To keep everybody safe:

  • Visitors or support people are advised to not visit our facilities if they are unwell. We advise that you 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 encouraged to be worn at all sites. Masks will be provided if you don’t have one.
  • Please practice hand hygiene with provided alcohol-based hand rub/gel

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 a surgical mask as a minimum – please use surgical masks provided.

All of our Hospitals

Visiting hours for our hospitals have returned to pre COVID-19 hours.

All visitors are encouraged to wear a medical face mask.

Parents/caregivers can be with their child in hospital and visitors are now allowed, except for the Children’s Haematology and Oncology Day stay where visitor restrictions might apply.

Patients and visitors can also read the additional COVID-19 related visiting guidelines .

Hospital surgical services

Hospital surgical services are listed below, you can also check the comprehensive hospital wards and departments listings, see Christchurch Hospital, Burwood Hospital, Christchurch Women’s Hospital, Christchurch Outpatients, Hillmorton HospitalAshburton Hospital and other health facilities.

12 health services.

Anaesthesia

The Department of Anaesthesia provides anaesthesia services in Christchurch Hospitals.

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Cardiology

The Cardiology Day Unit (CDU) and Cardio-Respiratory Integrated Specialist Services (CRISS) are based at Christchurch Hospital.

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Day Surgery Unit (DSU)

The Day Surgery Unit (DSU) specialises in the care and support of men, women and children having day surgery.

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Dental Department

The hospital-based Dental Department provides specialist dental care to people from within the Canterbury region.

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Emergency Department at Christchurch Hospital

Christchurch Hospital Emergency Department (ED) is open for emergency and urgent serious medical issues 24/7. People need to enter ED using the external entrance at the new Waipapa building which is behind Christchurch Women's Hospital.

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Fracture Liaison Service

A Fracture Liaison Service Team (often called an FLS) helps people, who are over 50 years of age, who have broken a bone. Your doctor or specialist will fix the fracture, but an FLS will assess your bone health and help you reduce the risk of suffering another fracture.

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Neurology and Neurosurgery

Neurology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the nervous system. Neurology is a non-surgical specialty, its corresponding surgical specialty is neurosurgery.

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Orthopaedics

Orthopaedic Outpatients (Bone Shop) department provides follow up care to patients with broken or damaged bones/muscles in an outpatient setting. Orthopaedic Acute Care (OAC) provides specialist acute orthopaedic assessment and management of bone and muscle injuries. 

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Plastic Surgery

Plastic surgery is a medical specialty concerned with the "correction" or restoration of form and function. Plastic surgery includes many types of re-constructive surgery, hand surgery, microsurgery, and the treatment of burns.

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Surgical Service (Burwood Hospital)

​The Burwood Surgical Service is a centre of excellence dedicated primarily to Elective Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation.

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Urology

The Health New Zealand Waitaha Canterbury Urology Service is based at Christchurch Hospital with an additional service at the Burwood Spinal Unit.

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Vascular, Endovascular & Transplant surgery

The Canterbury DHB performs a full range of Tertiary Vascular, Endovascular and Renal Transplant surgeries.​

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