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 4 July 2022

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Monday 4 July 2022Waitaha Canterbury Pānui2 minutes to read

In this edition of Te Whatu Ora Waitaha | Canterbury Pānui

Welcome to the new Te Whatu Ora Waitaha | Canterbury Pānui. To mark our change to Health New Zealand, we have a new name and look for our weekly update. While much of the content remains familiar, we will be incorporating new material and articles focusing on stories specifically for our people and about our people.

In this first edition, there’s a review of the change to Health New Zealand and information about practical things like letterhead, email signatures and the various districts. We also hear from Peter Bramley in his capacity as Interim Regional Director Te Wai Pounamu and Interim District Director Waitaha Canterbury and Te Tai o Poutini West Coast.

Also, in this edition, we learn what a day at Te Ha o Te Ora | Kaikōura Health is like and celebrate the donation of 20 specialised cots to Christchurch Women’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Māia Health Foundation and Westpac NZ unveil the winning mural at Ōtautahi’s child and youth mental health outpatient unit, and you can test your knowledge of current health events by taking our quiz. No cheating!

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

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