VISITING HOSPITAL

All hospital visitors are recommended to wear a medical face mask. Expand this message for information about visiting hospital.

Last updated:
13 March 2023

Some visitor restrictions for all 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 so we recommend 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 must not visit our facilities if they are unwell. 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 recommended to be worn at all sites. Masks will be provided if you don’t have one.
  • For Specialist Mental Health Services everyone is strongly encouraged to wear a face mask in all inpatient areas and areas where consumers are receiving care (i.e. community appointments, home-visits, transporting people). Discretion may be applied in cases where masks impair your ability to communicate effectively.
  • Visitors must not eat or drink in multibed rooms because of the increased risk when multiple people remove their face mask in the same space.
  • Hand sanitiser is available and must be used.

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 an N95 mask – this will be provided if you don’t have one.
  • Other methods of communication will be facilitated e.g. phone, Facetime, Zoom, WhatsApp etc where visits aren’t possible.

All of our Hospitals

Visiting hours for our hospitals have returned to pre COVID-19 hours with the exception of Christchurch Women’s Hospital.

All visitors are recommended to wear a medical face mask.

Parents/caregivers are able to be with their child in hospital and visitors are now allowed, except for the Children’s Haematology and Oncology Day stay where just one parent/caregiver is able to attend their appointment with their child. Exceptions by special arrangement only.

Patients and visitors should also read the additional more detailed visiting guidelines for each specific hospital.

More COVID-19 information

Te Whatu Ora Waitaha | Canterbury Pānui Monday 25 July 2022

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Monday 25 July 2022Waitaha Canterbury Pānui2 minutes to read

In this edition of Te Whatu Ora Waitaha | Canterbury Pānui

Today we share some informative videos from Te Whatu Ora CEO Margie Apa and Board Chair Rob Campbell. There’s a review of our current COVID-19 numbers that we hope are close to peaking as we look optimistically towards spring. Read about a new public dashboard reporting COVID-19 wastewater figures that shows our actual case numbers may be higher than we realise.

If you’re having difficulty getting a good night’s sleep, we have some great advice and have the first of a series of winter warmer recipes for these cold rainy days. Also, in this edition, we share the launch of two important projects: a new Waitaha | Canterbury Suicide Prevention Action Plan and website and an Addictions System Design project for Waitaha | Canterbury and Te Tai o Poutini | West Coast.

There's a new hand hygiene initiative to make it easier for those who need assistance to clean their hands, and we haven’t forgotten the quiz – this week on Canterbury sportspeople.

We welcome your feedback on the new Te Whatu Ora Waitaha | Canterbury Pānui. Please contact communications@cdhb.health.nz

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

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