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 .

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury Pānui Monday 12 May 2025

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Monday 12 May 2025Waitaha 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 acknowledge and celebrate International Nurses Day. Nurses and Healthcare Assistants are an integral part of our health system, and they make such a difference to all of our people, whānau, communities. Thank you for all that you do every day to make a difference in consumer and whānau families lives.

Last week began with a celebration and welcome for three new appointments to the Canterbury district leadership team.

Empowering perioperative nurses in the Post Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU) and Day Stay Unit to continue to deliver safe and quality care was the aim of a resuscitation training day held recently. 

Ana O’Connell, Enrolled Nurse, Orthopaedic Ward D1, Burwood Hospital, Older Persons Health & Rehabilitation is featured in this week’s One min with…

Psychologists from across Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Canterbury Waitaha will gather on Thursday for their annual Psychology Forum Day. This is an opportunity for psychologists working across Canterbury’s physical and mental health campuses, and West Coast Te Tai Poutini to connect with their psychologist peers and learn from a panel of experienced professionals about topics relevant to the role of a psychologist.

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

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