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 .

Te Whatu Ora Waitaha | Canterbury Pānui Monday 11 July 2022

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Monday 11 July 2022Waitaha Canterbury Pānui2 minutes to read

 

In this edition of Te Whatu Ora Waitaha | Canterbury Pānui

In the second issue of the Te Whatu Ora Waitaha | Canterbury Pānui, we get a better idea of some key roles and responsibilities within Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand and Te Aka Whai Ora – the Māori Health Authority. Peter Bramley, in his capacity as Interim Waitaha Canterbury District Director and Interim Te Waipounamu Regional Director, updates us on our COVID-19 numbers and reminds us to register our positive RAT results on the My Covid record website.

Clinical Dietician Abigail McPhail gives some great advice on eating for winter wellness, which is particularly important when people are feeling rundown and trying to avoid the various nasty viruses currently circulating. Speaking of viruses, we have included an article for those who have not yet received their flu vaccination. Please take note!

Also, in this issue, we meet a paediatric nurse celebrating 50 years in health, and you get to test your knowledge with this week’s quiz on famous clinicians.

We welcome your feedback on the new Te Whatu Ora Waitaha | Canterbury Pānui. Reply to this email or contact communications@cdhb.health.nz

You can read the Te Whatu Ora Waitaha | Canterbury Pānui in two different formats:

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