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 16 September 2024

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Monday 16 September 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 farewell Clinical Nurse Specialist Maija-Stina Out who retires from Christchurch Hospital on Wednesday. She has dedicated the last decade of her career to caring for patients who have compromised immunity (immunodeficiency) and allergies to food and medicines. We also welcome the new Te Waipounamu (South Island) Deputy Chief Executive (DCE) Martin Keogh. He joins the three other DCEs across New Zealand who have been appointed as part of Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora’s reset to empower regions and bring decision-making closer to the communities where care is being provided.  

Karyn Bird, Registered Social Worker is featured in this week’s One min with… and we also honour and celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori. The theme for Te Wiki 2024 is ‘Ake ake ake – A Forever Language’. This not only represents the resilience, adaptability and endurance of the language, but also the commitment we have in embracing te reo Māori long into the future.

Original paintings by staff and favourite pieces of art are brightening up the reception area of Ward B6 at Christchurch Hospital and a generous donation from Christchurch Hospital Volunteers Inc. will significantly enhance the comfort and functionality in the patient day lounges of wards 16, 17, 19 and 20. To celebrate Safe Mobility September, this week we are checking in with Burwood Hospital to see how the roll-out of the Safety Check Bundle is progressing.   

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

 

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