VISITING HOSPITAL

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

Last updated:
13 March 2023

Some visitor restrictions for all 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 so we recommend 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 must not visit our facilities if they are unwell. 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 recommended to be worn at all sites. Masks will be provided if you don’t have one.
  • For Specialist Mental Health Services everyone is strongly encouraged to wear a face mask in all inpatient areas and areas where consumers are receiving care (i.e. community appointments, home-visits, transporting people). Discretion may be applied in cases where masks impair your ability to communicate effectively.
  • Visitors must not eat or drink in multibed rooms because of the increased risk when multiple people remove their face mask in the same space.
  • Hand sanitiser is available and must be used.

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 an N95 mask – this will be provided if you don’t have one.
  • Other methods of communication will be facilitated e.g. phone, Facetime, Zoom, WhatsApp etc where visits aren’t possible.

All of our Hospitals

Visiting hours for our hospitals have returned to pre COVID-19 hours with the exception of Christchurch Women’s Hospital.

All visitors are recommended to wear a medical face mask.

Parents/caregivers are able to be with their child in hospital and visitors are now allowed, except for the Children’s Haematology and Oncology Day stay where just one parent/caregiver is able to attend their appointment with their child. Exceptions by special arrangement only.

Patients and visitors can also read the additional COVID-19 related visiting guidelines .

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury Pānui 12 August 2024

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Monday 12 August 2024Waitaha Canterbury Pānui2 minutes to read

In this edition of Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury Pānui

In this week’s issue of the Pānui, we congratulate Urology Research Registrar Eng Ann Toh, who has been awarded a $30,000 Health Research Council grant to examine ethnic inequities in prostate cancer care. We also get to know Thomas Sackree, Acting Charge Nurse Manager (CNM), Ward BG, Burwood Hospital in this week’s One min with…and the team at the Human Milk Bank sends a big thank you to everyone involved in providing precious milk to babies.

Also congratulations to the team in the Emergency Department (ED) for the opening of the Emergency Observation Unit (ED Obs). The unit is a short-stay area inside the wider ED, providing extended care when extra time is needed before a decision is made to either discharge or admit a patient to a ward.

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora has reached a significant milestone in the advancement of worker engagement, participation, and representation with the signing of a new Worker Participation Agreement (WPA) – a partnership between Health NZ and Unions. Lastly, the rheumatic fever sector has connected, shared and acknowledged the continued commitment towards rheumatic fever prevention and management at the National Rheumatic Fever Sector Symposium.

You can read the Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury Pānui online.

 

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