If you or someone you know is experiencing something concerning or you aren’t sure about, feel free to get in touch and have a chat with our Health Team. It would be great to get this message out and to see it shared within your own communities. To get in touch call 03 366 0903, … Continued
Read More >>Turning 25 is an occasion every business should celebrate. Yet it will be a particularly significant milestone for The Eldernet Group, given the company has spent the previous decade operating from one of the suburbs hardest hit by the Christchurch earthquakes. Like many other businesses around the country, it has also successfully navigated the past … Continued
Read More >>The push to increase Canterbury’s COVID-19 vaccination rates is continuing with PAK’n SAVE Wainoni and New World Ferry Road set to make receiving a vaccine even more accessible. Both supermarkets have teamed up with Canterbury DHB’s vaccination team to host community clinics in their car parks on the following days and times over the … Continued
Read More >>COVID-19 vaccination home visits are available for people who experience significant barriers to getting vaccinated at existing clinics or events. First, please check www.vaccinatecanterburywestcoast.nz/ clinics to find information on vaccination locations, including disability events, drive-ins, drop-ins, General Practices, Pharmacies, and Māori and Pasifika-focused services. The website above also includes information about transportation options. The Metro … Continued
Read More >>With Summer just eight weeks away we need Cantabrians who haven’t already received their COVID-19 vaccinations to get them now, so we can enjoy everything a classic Kiwi summer has to offer. Approximately 82 percent of our eligible enrolled Canterbury population is now either fully vaccinated, has had a single dose or is booked … Continued
Read More >>Canterbury DHB and the Selwyn District Council are pleased to be able to confirm a series of drop-in vaccination clinics for Waikirikiri Selwyn. Three community pop-up events will take place at: 12pm – 6pm Wednesday 29 September, Rolleston Community Centre 12pm – 6pm Thursday 30 September, Rolleston Community Centre 9:30am – 2pm Friday 1 … Continued
Read More >>Dr Helen Skinner, Canterbury DHB Emergency Coordination Centre (ECC) Controller has made the following announcement about changes to Hospital visiting under Delta Alert Level 2 Following New Zealand (apart from the greater Auckland region) moving to ‘COVID-19 Delta Alert Level 2’, Canterbury DHB has made changes to its visitor restrictions. Under Delta Alert Level … Continued
Read More >>Canterbury Health Laboratories, part of Canterbury DHB, processed more than 4000 COVID-19 test swabson Friday – a record for local testing. This included swabs taken at the drop-in CBTCs (community-based testing centres) and in general practice. Dr Helen Skinner, Senior Responsible Officer for the COVID-19 response, Canterbury DHB says this is a great cross-system … Continued
Read More >>Information for visitors and patients Canterbury DHB will reinstate its no-visitor policy across all facilities from 11:59 tonight in line with the Government’s Alert Level 4 lockdown announcement. There are some exceptions which are outlined below. Unless you have been contacted by phone to advise that your planned (elective) surgery is going ahead tomorrow, please … Continued
Read More >>Twenty people have had cancers confirmed and many others have had pre-cancerous lesions removed since the National Bowel Screening Programme started in Canterbury. Kits started being delivered in volume in December last year, and by the end of March 16,705 kits had been sent to people aged 60 – 74 who had recent birthdays. … Continued
Read More >>Under Alert Level 2, surgery and outpatient appointments will go ahead in Canterbury as planned tomorrow. However, if you are sick please stay home and call the number on the appointment letter to let staff know you won’t be attending. If you have attended any of the locations of interest in Auckland visited by the new … Continued
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