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 14 October 2024

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Monday 14 October 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 celebrate Public Health Medicine Specialist (PHMS) Claire Salter’s exceptional exam result with a special award. The Ken Newell Prize is awarded to a registrar for outstanding performance in the final exam required to become a public health medicine specialist. Christchurch Hospital Administration Coordinator Sally Nutira also won a local library competition for a poem she wrote about one of her mokopuna and her son. 

Today is World Allied Health Professionals Day, a chance to celebrate our people who make up the Allied Health, Scientific and Technical workforce in Waitaha Canterbury and in this week’s One min with… we get to know Sarah Pritchett, Sustainability Advisor.

The Anatomical Pathology Green Sustainability team worked together to cut waste and reduce container misuse in their department. The Bone Marrow Cancer Trust, which owns and operates Rānui House in Christchurch, will open Rānui Apartments next month, 14 years after land for the development was purchased.  

We also acknowledge Baby Loss Awareness Week and Global Handwashing Day (15 October 2024).

Patients at Burwood Hospital were treated to some gentle pressure massage recently thanks to a group of local practitioners and the Waitaha Canterbury Human Milk Bank, based at Christchurch Women’s Hospital, needs more milk donors. 

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

 

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