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 14 November 2022

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Monday 14 November 2022Waitaha Canterbury Pānui2 minutes to read

In this edition of Te Whatu Ora Waitaha | Canterbury Pānui

With Christmas a little over a month away, it's time for those who are able, to think about and start planning annual leave. We will be undertaking three short, sharp Ngātahitanga Pulse Surveys in the coming months. Ngātahitanga describes the values and principles that foster a ‘team of teams’ culture, and the surveys will provide real-time understanding of employee engagement.

We celebrate some of our sporting kaimahi (staff) this week with the race-winning Te Whatu Ora Waitaha waka ama (outrigger canoe) team and a past Project SEARCH intern qualifying to represent New Zealand in swimming. There's recognition for an award-winning Charge Sonographer and gratitude for an Enrolled Nurse and student who has been assisting with extra shifts in Christchurch Hospital.

Yesterday was the beginning of Transgender Awareness Week, Aotearoa Patient Safety Day is on Thursday, and Friday marks the beginning of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week. If you're following our weekly te reo Māori akoranga (lesson), this week is good for the clinicians as it's all about body parts.

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

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