Ashburton Hospital

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Ashburton Hospital

Delta Level 2 visitor restrictions effective from Wednesday 8 September until further notice

Under COVID-19 Delta Alert Level 2 visitor access for Canterbury DHB health facilities will continue to be restricted to enable safe physical distancing.

For more details about what to do when visiting please see our COVID-19 page.

Ashburton Hospital provides a range of Inpatient, Day patient, Outpatient and Community based health services to the community. The Hospital has 74 beds and annually admits around 5,000 patients, cares for 2,600 day patients and 15,000 patients attend outpatient appointments.

Rural health services employ around 550 full time and part time staff, which includes a clinical workforce in medicine, surgery and gynaecology, supported by nursing and allied health professionals with extensive experience in a wide range of clinical situations.

Phone

General enquiries: 03 307 8450

To contact a hospital departments or ward, call general enquiries and ask for a department. Alternatively some direct phone numbers are listed on Wards & Services page.

Visiting hours

11am-2pm and 4pm-8pm daily - All visitors
10am-8pm daily - Maternity visitors
7am-10pm daily - Maternity patients family
Open visiting - Palliative Care visitors

Please check our COVID-19 page for the latest information.

Location

Street address
Ashburton Hospital
28 Elizabeth Street
Ashburton

Postal address
Ashburton Hospital
Private Bag 801
Ashburton 7740