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 17 February 2025

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Monday 17 February 2025Waitaha Canterbury Pānui1 minute 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 Registered Nurse Jai Chung who will soon contribute to the global conversation on nursing wellbeing. She is among just a few New Zealand nurses selected to present at the 2025 International Council of Nurses (ICN) Congress being held in Helsinki, Finland, in June. 

The Press newspaper recently published an insightful article on the challenges and successes of providing mental health care in prisons. The story delves into the experiences of our dedicated staff at Hillmorton Hospital

Mackenzie Katting, Acting Nursing Director Older Persons Health and Rehabilitation (OPH&R) is featured in this week’s One min with…

Also, there is progress happening at Hillmorton Campus as work continues on the much-anticipated Adult Acute Facility (AAF).  With construction of the new 80-bed inpatient facility (Building 24) set to begin, several services and teams have relocated to make way for this vital development. 

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

 

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