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 .

CEO Update – Monday 4 May 2020

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Monday 4 May 2020Waitaha Canterbury Pānui1 minute to read

In this edition of the CEO Update…

CEO David Meates shares news that, as part of a national sentinel testing, around 1500 tests will be carried out on asymptomatic people in Canterbury to see if there is any COVID-19 in the community. With the move to Alert Level 3, our system is gearing up with more planned care underway and more staff returning to work. He also talks about the mobile surgical bus out in Rangiora today, carrying out elective operations deferred for the past six weeks due to the lockdown.

This issue also celebrates the work of midwives during lockdown, highlights how the Reading in Mind book scheme is helping people better understand and self-manage mental health issues, how the NZ Bear Hunt came to be nominated for the Golden Foot Walking Awards 2020, and much more.

You can read the Canterbury DHB CEO Update in two different formats:

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