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 12 December 2022

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Monday 12 December 2022Waitaha Canterbury Pānui1 minute to read

In this edition of Te Whatu Ora Waitaha | Canterbury Pānui

It's only 13 sleeps until Christmas! We're all encouraged to ‘have a safe-as summer' by following public health advice to minimise the spread of COVID-19 and planning just in case we become ill or injured during the holiday season.

This edition has accolades and awards for kaimahi (staff), and we acknowledge the loss of a much-loved Christchurch Hospital orderly. We have your Christmas menu sorted with delicious recipes, and a Kirihimete (Christmas) themed lesson to help you impress your friends and whānau with your te reo language skills.

With just one week until our last edition of the year, we still want to see photos of your decorated workspaces and homes. Get out the lights, the tinsel, the inflatable Santa and all your holiday baubles!

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

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