Health news

Sunday 23 January 2022

Under the RED setting, it’s business as usual with surgery and outpatient appointments going ahead, and only minor... read more about Surgical masks introduced for all DHB staff and visitors»

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Friday 14 January 2022Quick Read

From Monday, parents or caregivers of 5 to 11-year-olds can get their tamariki immunised against COVID-19, says Dr... read more about Bookings strongly recommended for tamariki COVID-19 immunisations»

Tags childrenCOVID-19ImmunisationtamarikiVaccination

Thursday 30 December 2021

There are a number of things you can do to keep yourself safe while out and about in Canterbury. Mask up – wearing a... read more about Keeping yourself safe with COVID-19 in the Community»

Tags Care in the communityCoronavirusCOVID-19

Friday 24 December 2021Quick Read

Locations of interest in relation to today’s case will be posted to the Ministry of Health website. Every new... read more about COVID-19 testing locations over Christmas weekend»

Tags CoronavirusCOVID-19testing

Friday 24 December 2021Quick Read

If you thought planning and cooking a Christmas meal for the whānau was a big undertaking, spare a thought for... read more about Canterbury patients to be treated to a festive feast this Christmas»

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Tuesday 21 December 2021

This summer, wherever your holidays take you around Aotearoa New Zealand, remember that you can still get free health... read more about Care around the clock available to Cantabrians wherever they go this summer»

Tags Care around the clockCOVID-19General PracticeGPSummer holidays

Monday 20 December 2021Quick Read

Norma Campbell, Executive Director – Midwifery and Maternity Services Canterbury and West Coast DHBs, is... read more about New Central City Primary Birthing Unit for Christchurch»

Tags ChristchurchMaternityPrimary birthing unit

Friday 17 December 2021Quick Read

Canterbury’s Regional Public Service Commissioner for Canterbury and the Chatham Islands, Ben Clark, said while... read more about Canterbury’s government agencies team up to support COVID-19 Care in the Community»

Tags Care in the communityCOVID-19Working together

Friday 3 December 2021

  Public access to Canterbury DHB facilities under the ‘traffic light' system at ORANGE Canterbury DHB has... read more about Public access to Canterbury DHB facilities under the ‘traffic light’ system at ORANGE»

Tags cafesCOVID-19FacilitiesretailShuttlevisiting

Friday 3 December 2021Quick Read

Today the Canterbury community has reached the milestone of having 90 percent of our eligible population fully... read more about Canterbury reaches 90 percent fully vaccinated milestone»

Tags 90 per centCOVID-19fully vaccinatedVaccination

Friday 19 November 2021

With COVID-19 cases continuing to be reported in the region, Cantabrians are being reminded of the COVID-19 testing... read more about COVID-19 testing continues to be available for Cantabrians»

Tags CoronavirusCOVID-19testing

Wednesday 17 November 2021

Please attribute comment to Dr Helen Skinner, Senior Responsible Officer for the COVID-19 response, Canterbury DHB:... read more about Cantabrians urged to get tested after notification of COVID-19 case»

Tags CoronavirusCOVID-19testing

Thursday 4 November 2021

Please attribute comment to Tracey Maisey, Canterbury DHB Emergency Coordination Centre (ECC) Controller: Following a... read more about Canterbury DHB makes changes to visitor restrictions following sixth day of no new community cases»

Tags CoronavirusCOVID-19Visiting hospital

Monday 1 November 2021Quick Read

With the Ministry of Health confirming the detection of COVID-19 in two new wastewater samples collected in... read more about COVID-19 testing urged in Canterbury following recent wastewater detections»

Tags CoronavirusCOVID-19testing

Monday 1 November 2021

Visitor access to all Canterbury DHB health facilities will remain restricted until at least 11:59pm Thursday 4... read more about Visiting Canterbury DHB facilities still limited, due to COVID-19 cases and Locations of Interest in the region»

Tags CoronavirusCOVID-19Visiting hospital

Friday 29 October 2021

With COVID-19 cases continuing to be reported in the region, Cantabrians are being reminded of the COVID-19 testing... read more about COVID-19 testing continues to be available for Cantabrians»

Tags CoronavirusCOVID-19testing

Thursday 28 October 2021

With the confirmation of COVID-19 cases in Christchurch, visitor access to all Canterbury DHB health facilities will be... read more about Canterbury DHB updates visitor restrictions following confirmation of COVID-19 cases in region»

Tags CoronavirusCOVID-19Visiting hospital

Thursday 28 October 2021Quick Read

Please attribute comment to Dr Helen Skinner, Senior Responsible Officer for the COVID-19 response, Canterbury DHB:... read more about Cantabrians urged to get tested after notification of two COVID-19 cases»

Tags CoronavirusCOVID-19testing

Saturday 21 August 2021

 Free COVID testing is also available through many General Practices as well as at Community-based Testing Centres in... read more about  Free COVID testing is also available through many General Practices as well as at Community-based Testing Centres in Canterbury»

Tags CoronavirusCOVID-19testing

Friday 13 August 2021

Canterbury and the West Coast DHBs are implementing contingency plans for the strike action planned by New Zealand... read more about Canterbury and West Coast DHBs planning for 19 August NZNO and MERAS strikes well underway»

Tags MidwifeMidwivesStrike Action

Monday 9 August 2021Quick Read

Canterbury and West Coast DHBs are implementing contingency plans for a planned eight-hour strike by midwife members of... read more about Canterbury and West Coast DHBs planning for the 10/11 August MERAS midwives’ strikes»

Tags MidwifeMidwivesStrike Action

Tuesday 8 June 2021Quick Read

  Executive Director of Nursing for Canterbury DHB, Becky Hickmott says  “If you have a family member or... read more about A visit to whānau in hospital people would be especially welcome during the nurses’ strike»

Tags NursesNZNO StrikeStrike Actionvisitingwhānau

Monday 7 June 2021Quick Read

Following confirmation today that the New Zealand Nurses’ Organisation (NZNO) strike will go ahead as planned from... read more about Contingency plans in place for NZNO strike at Canterbury & West Coast DHBs»

Tags NursesNZNO StrikeStrike Action

Sunday 30 May 2021

As heavy rain continues to fall intermittently, with surface flooding and dangerously high rivers in multiple parts of... read more about Adverse weather and flood-related public health advice from Canterbury DHB»

Tags FloodHealth warningWaterWeather warning

Friday 28 May 2021Quick Read

Due to the community outbreak of COVID-19 in Victoria, anyone who has travelled to and spent time in the Greater... read more about Melbourne travellers asked to get tested and self-isolate»

Tags AustraliaCOVID-19MelbournetestingTravel Bubble

Friday 28 May 2021Quick Read

Canterbury DHB’s Community and Public Health unit has lifted all of its algal bloom health warnings issued along the... read more about Health warnings removed for algal bloom in Hakatere/Ashburton River at Hills Road, State Highway 1, Boundary Road and the hapua (river mouth)»

Tags Algal bloomCyanobacteriaHealth warningWater

Friday 28 May 2021Quick Read

Canterbury DHB is preparing for a nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants’ strike from 11am to 7pm on Wednesday... read more about Nurses, midwives and healthcare workers’ strike, June 9 2021»

Tags NursesNZNO StrikeStrike Action

Sunday 28 March 2021Quick Read

Canterbury DHB is contacting individuals affected by a coding error in the software used in a local Canterbury... read more about COVID-19 vaccination booking system error»

Tags COVID-19vaccinations

Wednesday 18 November 2020Quick Read

Look out for the latest edition of Canterbury DHB’s WellNow magazine that is being delivered to mailboxes across the... read more about WellNow, Canterbury’s health magazine arrives in mailboxes this week»

Tags Patient SafetyQuality AccountsWellNow

Monday 16 November 2020Quick Read

WellNow Canterbury is our community health magazine that goes to every mailbox in Canterbury and the Chatham Islands... read more about WellNow Canterbury – Spring 2020»

Friday 6 November 2020Quick Read

Cantabrians are being reminded of the COVID-19 testing options available to them if they want to be tested this... read more about COVID-19 testing continues to be available for Cantabrians»

Tags COVID-19testing

Wednesday 4 November 2020Quick Read

The second staff member from the Christchurch Managed Isolation Facility who tested positive for Covid-19 yesterday... read more about Second case in Canterbury visited the Chemist Warehouse»

Tags COVID-19testing

Tuesday 3 November 2020Quick Read

A pop up COVID-19 testing centre will be open tomorrow, Wednesday 4 November, from 11.30am until 4.30pm in The Princess... read more about Pop up COVID-19 testing tomorrow in car park at the Princess Margaret Hospital»

Tags COVID-19testing

Thursday 13 August 2020Quick Read

We have seen a huge increase in demand for testing and we have put on increased testing capacity to help to meet this... read more about COVID-19 testing is being stepped up, but only for people with symptoms at this time»

Tags COVID-19testing

Friday 7 August 2020Quick Read

Canterbury people without COVID-19 symptoms who wish to be tested for the virus can visit a pop-up testing centre at... read more about Christchurch COVID-19 pop-up testing centre open this Saturday»

Tags Children's healthdentalHealth TechnologyhygieneIdeas and solutionsInnovationoral healthpaediatricsresearchteeth

Tuesday 28 July 2020

Kiwi kids are suffering unnecessarily from severe tooth decay that could be prevented, according to research published... read more about Kiwi pre-schoolers losing teeth to painful, preventable tooth decay»

Tags Children's healthdentalHealth TechnologyhygieneIdeas and solutionsInnovationoral healthpaediatricsresearchteeth

Thursday 2 July 2020Quick Read

Canterbury DHB’s Information Services Group (ISG) is now able to safely disinfect devices such as tablets and cell... read more about Canterbury DHB the first in New Zealand to use the mobile electronic disinfection unit – the ElectroClave»

Tags Health TechnologyhygieneIdeas and solutionsInnovation

Tuesday 30 June 2020Quick Read

Challenge aims to confirm Christchurch as NZ’s centre of health innovation  Ōtautahi Christchurch aims to become... read more about HealthTech Challenge aims to confirm Christchurch as centre for health Innovation»

Tags ChallengeChristchurch SupernodeCompetitionHealth TechnologyIdeas and solutionsInnovation

Tuesday 16 June 2020

How Via Innovations is helping keep it local and supporting a more sustainable post-COVID business environment While... read more about Via Innovations keeping it local and supporting a more sustainable post-COVID business environment»

Tags less wastemedical devicesMedsalvrecyclesupply chainsustainabilityVia Innovation

Friday 17 April 2020Quick Read

As announced today by Director of Public Health Dr Caroline McElnay, I extend my deepest sympathies to the whānau of a... read more about Canterbury DHB response to the upsetting news of a death of a former Rosewood Rest Home & Hospital resident»

Tags CoronavirusCOVID-19