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 Monday 9 September 2024

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Monday 9 September 2024Waitaha Canterbury Pānui3 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 celebrate HR Advisor Ross Nunan’s 47 years with Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora and its predecessors. In 1977, Ross started working as a Pay Clerk in the Accounting Division of the then North Canterbury Hospital Board – straight out of school and retires on Friday. We also get to know Jane Kandhai, Programme Coordinator, Kairuruku Hōtaka Kōwhai Companions in this week’s One min with…

We recognise the work of the Rural Health team in Waitaha who partnered with Blueprint for Learning to arrange free on-island workshops on the Chatham Islands for the community to increase knowledge and capacity regarding mental health and addictions. Two workshops held at the end of August have received overwhelmingly positive feedback

The Shared Goals of Care (SGoC) initiative is marking its one year anniversary. After being piloted in 2021, it was rolled out to all campuses on August 30th 2023. SGoC is an approach that places patients and their aspirations at the heart of medical decision-making.

Over the last few years, the Dementia and Delirium Group at Burwood Hospital has been planning to redevelop the hospital’s large central courtyard as a therapeutic outdoor area. On Tuesday 3 September, these plans reached a milestone with a brief blessing and breaking ground ceremony to acknowledge the physical start of the therapy garden’s journey.

Also, first year nurses from across the region recently came together to celebrate the completion of their first year of practice. This included the September 2023 cohort of Nursing Entry to Practice Programme (NETP) Registered Nurses and Enrolled Nurse Support into Practice (ENSIPP) Enrolled Nurses.

The Whānau Room in the Outpatients building has received a beautiful makeover, thanks to the Christchurch Hospitals Volunteers Inc. generous donation of wall decals and the Child Health Service was recently delighted to receive a generous donation of gifts for distribution to children in their care.  The gifts came from a group of Lincoln High School students who had fundraised to bring some cheer to children in the hospital.  

Think Sepsis – World Sepsis Day 13 September: The Canterbury Waitaha | Te Whatu Ora Sepsis Programme Group comprises Medical, Microbiology, Nursing, Quality, Hauora Maori and Health pathways representatives from across adult, maternity and paediatrics areas. This group meets regularly to continue to promote and focus on “Think Sepsis” with health professionals when patients in their care are unwell

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

 

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