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Canterbury DHB
CDHB
Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) is a Christchurch, New Zealand based hospital and healthcare provider for the
Canterbury region of New Zealand. Our region extends from Kekerengu in the North, to Rangitata in the South and Arthurs Pass in the West and comprises the six Territorial Local Authorities of Kaikoura, Hurunui, Waimakariri, Christchurch City, Selwyn and Ashburton.
We collaborate with other health and disability organisations, stakeholders and our community to decide what health and disability services are needed and how to best use the funding we receive from Government to improve, promote and protect the health, wellbeing and independence of our population.
At the Canterbury DHB, our vision is to improve the health and wellbeing of people living in Canterbury.
Canterbury DHB - Latest News [Page 10]
Kiwi Pre-schoolers Losing Teeth To Painful, Preventable Tooth Decay
Tuesday, 28 July 2020, 9:19 am | Canterbury District Health Board
Kiwi kids are suffering unnecessarily from severe tooth decay that could be prevented, according to research published today in JAMA Paediatrics , the highest-ranking journal of Paediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health in the world. The nation-wide study, ... More >>
Canterbury DHB The First In NZ To Use The Mobile Electronic Disinfection Unit – The ElectroClave
Thursday, 2 July 2020, 4:12 pm | Canterbury District Health Board
ElectroClave Canterbury DHB’s Information Services Group (ISG) is now able to safely disinfect devices such as tablets and cell phones when they are returned to ISG from wards and clinical units. In a COVID-19 world, good hygiene has become top ... More >>
Updated Visitor Guidance Under COVID-19 Alert Level 1 For Canterbury DHB Facilities
Thursday, 18 June 2020, 11:17 am | Canterbury District Health Board
Dr Sue Nightingale, Chief Medical Officer, Canterbury DHB: Under Alert Level 1 Canterbury DHB has begun to relax some of its visitor restrictions that were in place at its facilities under other Alert Levels as a precaution, to help stop the spread of COVID-19. ... More >>
Health Warning Removed For Algal Bloom At Lake Pegasus
Tuesday, 9 June 2020, 4:58 pm | Canterbury District Health Board
Canterbury District Health Board’s Community and Public Health unit has lifted its algal bloom health warning issued for Lake Pegasus. The warning was put in place in December 2019. Recent water testing at Lake Pegasus has shown the quantity of ... More >>
Marine Biotoxin In Shellfish Collected Between Sumner Head And East Head At Okain’s Bay
Friday, 5 June 2020, 1:44 pm | Canterbury District Health Board
Canterbury DHB’s Community and Public Health unit has issued a health warning advising the public not to collect or consume shellfish harvested from between Sumner Head and East Head at Okains Bay on Banks Peninsula, including Lyttelton Harbour. ... More >>
Cantabrians Reminded To Come To Their Outpatient Or Surgical Appointments
Tuesday, 2 June 2020, 3:27 pm | Canterbury District Health Board
Canterbury DHB is well on its way to reinstating planned care – meaning we’re continuing to reschedule appointments, based on clinical priority, that were postponed as the country went into lockdown to slow the spread of COVID-19. Canterbury DHB ... More >>
Canterbury DHB Makes Changes To Visiting At Its Hospitals And Health Centres Under Alert Level 2
Friday, 15 May 2020, 4:23 pm | Canterbury District Health Board
Canterbury DHB has made changes to its visitor restrictions under Alert Level 2. The key changes are at Christchurch Hospital where visiting hours have changed. More >>
Get Checked Before You Break Out Of Your Bubble And Get Jiggy (or Do The Jiggle Wiggle)
Thursday, 14 May 2020, 4:37 pm | Canterbury District Health Board
Canterbury DHB’s sexual health team is urging anyone who’s bursting to break out of their bubble to connect with someone in a more intimate way, to get themselves checked out. Clinical Director of Canterbury DHB’s sexual health service, Dr Ed ... More >>
Changes To Burwood Hospital Visiting
Wednesday, 6 May 2020, 1:32 pm | Canterbury District Health Board
Following Monday’s relocation of residents from Burwood Hospital back to their home at Rosewood Rest Home & Hospital, changes have been made to the visitor restrictions in place at Burwood under Alert Level 3. The following visitor restrictions ... More >>
Water Health Warnings lifted, COVID restrictions still apply
Wednesday, 6 May 2020, 12:36 pm | Canterbury District Health Board
Canterbury District Health Board’s Community and Public Health unit has lifted its algal bloom health warnings for the Rakahuri/Ashley River, Temuka River at Manse Bridge, Te Ana a Wai/Te Nga Wai at Te Nga Wai Road and the Opihi River at Waipopo ... More >>
More Than 100,000 Flu Vaccinations Given In Canterbury
Tuesday, 5 May 2020, 1:43 pm | Canterbury District Health Board
An impressive milestone has been reached for the Canterbury community this week with more than 100,000 flu vaccinations given since the vaccine was released in early March. This year the flu vaccine was released earlier than usual to help protect ... More >>
Updated Visitor Guidance Under COVID-19 Alert Level 3 For Canterbury DHB Facilities
Wednesday, 29 April 2020, 5:07 pm | Canterbury District Health Board
As we settle into Alert Level 3, sticking to our bubble and staying home unless you need to go out is still our best defence against the spread of COVID-19, so visitor restrictions still apply at all of our facilities, however some rules have been relaxed. ... More >>
Care Of Psychogeriatric Dementia Patients From Rosewood Cluster Being Cared For At Burwood Hospital
Wednesday, 15 April 2020, 3:51 pm | Canterbury District Health Board
STATEMENT FROM CANTERBURY DHB CHIEF EXECUTIVE DAVID MEATES The staff in Ward GG at Burwood Hospital are working in an extremely challenging environment, providing complex care to fragile, elderly people. Their performance is and has been outstanding. ... More >>
Clarification On Dementia, Psychogeriatric Level Residents From Rosewood Relocated To Burwood
Saturday, 11 April 2020, 5:52 pm | Canterbury District Health Board
The residents with dementia, psychogeriatric level, who were relocated to Burwood earlier in the week were not moved to Burwood because they needed to be admitted into hospital. They were moved as they needed to be in a bigger facility where they ... More >>
Precautions To Ensure Safe Transfer Of Hospital-level Residents From Rosewood Rest Home & Hospital
Saturday, 11 April 2020, 3:14 pm | Canterbury District Health Board
All 20 of the hospital-level residents moving from Rosewood into other facilities have tested negative for COVID-19 and are not showing any symptoms of infection. As precautionary measures these residents will be cared for in isolation for the More >>
Canterbury DHB Moves To Support Rosewood Rest Home Dementia Facility
Monday, 6 April 2020, 1:38 pm | Canterbury District Health Board
Following notification of a cluster of confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 cases amongst staff and residents at Rosewood Rest Home Dementia Care facility, Canterbury DHB’s Chief Executive, David Meates has authorised that 20 residents from its hospital ... More >>
Online Form Now Available For Expressions Of Interest To Work In The Health System
Saturday, 4 April 2020, 5:08 pm | Canterbury District Health Board
Canterbury and West Coast DHBs have made it easy for people to submit an expression of interest if they are not already employed by the DHBs but want to put their hand up and contribute to the COVID-19 response. This has been set up to provide support ... More >>
Parents And Caregivers Urged To Watch Out For Choking Hazards
Thursday, 2 April 2020, 3:27 pm | Canterbury District Health Board
Canterbury parents and caregivers are being asked to keep a close eye on children in their care while we remain at COVID-19 alert level four, to reduce the risk of our tamariki choking if an object becomes lodged in their airway. With families adjusting ... More >>
Cantabrians Asked To Be Patient While Flu Vaccine Is Distributed
Wednesday, 1 April 2020, 4:28 pm | Canterbury District Health Board
Canterbury District Health Board is asking Cantabrians to be patient while the health system works to resolve delays with the distribution of the flu vaccine across the region. Stock has been held up in the supply chain, affecting DHBs around the country. ... More >>
COVID-19 Alert Level Four – Updated Hospital And Clinic Visitor Policy
Thursday, 26 March 2020, 10:21 pm | Canterbury DHB
Canterbury and West Coast DHBs Chief Executive David Meates has today announced further significant changes to the DHB’s visitor policy in response to COVID-19 (coronavirus). “We are navigating our way through an extraordinary situation where ... More >>
