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 .

Waitaha Primary Health

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Most services provided in Waitaha Primary Health (formally known as Rural Canterbury PHO) are delivered through our contracted network of General Practice providers.

A general practice team is usually your first point of contact with the health system. Teams include General Practitioners (doctors), Practice Nurses, and other health professionals. They work together to improve, maintain, restore and coordinate people’s health care.

Waitaha Primary Health is also responsible for a number of services in the region that are not based in any specific general practice or health centre.

Find out more about Waitaha Primary Health general practices other health services on the Waitaha Primary Health website.

Enrol with a General Practice (GP)

There are many benefits to signing up with a GP team, as soon as you enrol with a general practice you immediately have a team of people ready to help you and your family stay well and healthy.

By enrolling, you and your family will have access to:

  1. Expert advice and check-ups
  2. Pay less for your health care
  3. Ongoing vaccination and health screening check reminders
  4. Cheaper prescriptions
  5. Free appointments if you're under 14
  6. Some practices offer lower fees for enrolled people with Community Services Cards

Visit the Waitaha Primary Health website for more information including appointment fees and availability.

Page last updated: 23 June 2022

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