VISITING HOSPITAL

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

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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 8 April 2019

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Monday 8 April 2019Waitaha Canterbury Pānui1 minute to read

In this edition of the CEO Update…

Chief Executive David Meates acknowledges the vital contribution of staff from non-clinical areas of the health system. He encourages staff to book in for a flu vaccination and confirms the Outpatients building will be closed until at least Monday 15 April. He also provides an update on the number of patients from the mosque attacks who are still being cared for in Christchurch and Auckland.

This issue also includes a message from the Governor-General, features advice on how to look after yourself, marks a new milestone for Mana Ake with the appointment of new members of the team, celebrates the opening of a new centre for older people in Ashburton, shares some of the feedback from students participating in the Project SEARCH programme, and much more.

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

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