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 29 August 2022

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Monday 29 August 2022Waitaha Canterbury Pānui2 minutes to read

In this edition of Te Whatu Ora Waitaha | Canterbury Pānui

The popular Thank-a-thon has been extended with nominations now open until 11 September. There's a long-awaited update on the construction of the new facilities on the Hillmorton campus, and Te Whatu Ora staff are encouraged to participate in a collective waiata to celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week).

Also, in this edition, we explore the work of the Manawa Simulation Centre and its valuable contribution to staff training and development. We celebrate some of our Christchurch Hospital volunteers who were recently presented with community service awards and meet an experienced nurse who is now a full-time lecturer for the Diploma in Enrolled Nursing at Ara.

This week's quiz is for animal lovers – it's on cats and dogs.

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

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