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 Tuesday 29 October 2024

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Tuesday 29 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 learn more about our gardener Michael Marquet, who was featured on Seven Sharp last week and the vibrant and colourful Diwali celebration of the Clinical Records office. We also acknowledge Business Intelligence Technical Support Officer Susan Bliss’s 26 years at Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora in Christchurch as she retires from her role on Thursday and Emergency Nurses Day was celebrated in Christchurch Hospital’s Emergency Department (ED) recently with some delicious kai. 

In this week’s One min with… we get to know Rachael Higgins, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Child, Adolescent and Family (CAF) North, Hillmorton.

New murals on the walls of Ward B6, the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit (BMTU) in Christchurch Hospital are not only beautiful to look at they are helping patients too. The decal murals donated by Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand (LBC) depict locations around the South Island – reflecting that patients treated in Ward B6 are from all over Te Waipounamu.

The Christchurch Hospital volunteers have donated two brand new radios to the Emergency Department (ED) and Burwood Hospital Therapy Assistant Sue Johnson has written a short piece to bring attention to the history behind the framed epaulettes and photos of The Princess Margaret Hospital and Burwood Hospital site that are now displayed in the corridor between the Travis Café and rear Burwood staff carpark.

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

 

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