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 .

Older persons' health

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Older persons health services are listed below, you can also check the comprehensive hospital wards and departments listings, see Burwood Hospital, The Princess Margaret Hospital, Christchurch Hospital and other health facilities.

Healthinfo

If you would like advice about older persons healthcare, please see our partner website www.healthinfo.org.nz

Advice includes:

Respite care for older people

Retirement villages & rest homes

Support & services for older people

Support for carers

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Adult Community Referral Centre (ACRC)

Many subsidised services are available to help people remain independent and in their own home through the Adult Community Referral Centre (ACRC).

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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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Meals on Wheels

The Meals on Wheels service provides a freshly cooked hot dinner meal at midday for those that find it difficult to prepare or access a hot meal. 

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Older Persons Health and Rehabilitation Community Services

The Community Services within the Older Persons Health Service comprises of six interdisciplinary Community Services teams that cover the greater Christchurch area.

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Page last updated: 11 March 2024

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