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 8 April 2024

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Monday 8 April 2024Waitaha Canterbury Pānui1 minute to read

Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury Pānui Monday 8 April 2024In this edition of Te Whatu Ora Waitaha | Canterbury Pānui

Health Minister Hon Dr Shane Reti was on hand last week to officially open Christchurch’s new central city birthing unit Kurawaka: Waipapa – a modern, spacious facility that offers a warm and supportive environment for māmā and pēpi.

We catch up with Multidisciplinary Meeting (MDM) Coordinator and Sumner Volunteer Fire Brigade member Stela Cruickshank, who is training for the 2024 Firefighter Sky Tower Challenge next month, and in One minute with … we meet Department of Nursing Administrator Sana Irtiza.

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

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