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 September 2022

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Monday 12 September 2022Waitaha Canterbury Pānui2 minutes to read

Canterbury PanuiIn this edition of Te Whatu Ora Waitaha | Canterbury Pānui

After the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, we remember her first visit to Christchurch Hospital back in 1954. Today a one-off public holiday was announced to mark the New Zealand national memorial service on Monday 26 September and we will bid farewell to the COVID-19 traffic light system from midnight tonight. We review the new mask, isolation and vaccine mandate policies advised today.

Also, in this edition, we celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week) and the opening of the new Children’s Emergency Care area in the Christchurch Emergency Department. Read about the new eHandover tool streamlining patient movement between wards, departments and hospitals. We also meet the new owner of the Burwood Hospital hair salon and launch a new regular segment: ‘Meet my pet’, allowing you to introduce and show off your pets.

This week’s quiz asks ‘Politician or comedian?’ – can you attribute the quotes correctly?

We welcome your feedback on the new Te Whatu Ora Waitaha | Canterbury Pānui. Please get in touch via email: communications@cdhb.health.nz

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

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