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 7 November 2022

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Monday 7 November 2022Waitaha Canterbury Pānui1 minute to read

In this edition of Te Whatu Ora Waitaha | Canterbury Pānui

Te Whatu Ora employees can have their say on some proposed reporting lines, with consultation open until 24 November. We have teams recognised recently for various achievements and awards, including our Paediatric Diabetes Clinical team and the Christchurch Hospital's Department of Anaesthesia.

Also, in this edition, we learn about the Talking Café, a new initiative to help address adverse health outcomes caused by social isolation and loneliness. Comfort boxes, with contents that help provide holistic care to people at the end of their lives, are now available at Christchurch and Ashburton Hospitals.

November is busy with International Pathology Day, Aotearoa Patient Safety Day and World Diabetes Month, and this week's quiz is one for the vexillophiles.

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

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Page last updated: 7 November 2022

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