A comprehensive alphabetical list of Canterbury District Health Board services.

Services A - Z

    HAC (Hospital Advisory Committee)

    Also listed as Hospital Advisory Committee, Advisory Committee

    Haematology

    The Christchurch Haematology Service is a tertiary centre for the South Island of New Zealand. We provide a comprehensive specialist service for patients with blood disorders which include Bone Marrow transplantation...

    Also listed as Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Haemostasis Service

    Haematology

    The Canterbury Regional Cancer and Haematology Service covers the needs of patients from the Canterbury District Health Board, Nelson/Marlborough, South Canterbury and the West Coast Districts.

    Also listed as Canterbury Regional Cancer & Haematology Service (CRCHS), Oncology, Cancer & Haematology Service

    Haemostasis Service

    The Christchurch Haematology Service is a tertiary centre for the South Island of New Zealand. We provide a comprehensive specialist service for patients with blood disorders which include Bone Marrow transplantation...

    Also listed as Haematology, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit

    Head injury rehabilitation

    The Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service (BIRS) is a 13 bed inpatient ward that provides comprehensive rehabilitation for people aged 16 - 65 with acquired brain injury or neurological conditions

    Also listed as Brain Injury Rehabilitation, Young stroke rehabilitation, Neurological rehab

    Head Lice

    Our service offers support to children, young people and their families across all schools in Canterbury with nurses based at some rural facilities. This website is a brief guide to what you can expect from our service.

    Also listed as Public Health Nursing Service (PHNS), Anaphylaxis Education, BCG vaccinations, Well Child Tamariki Ora services, School nurses

    Health & Disability Commissioner

    Any concerns you may have about your care and treatment can be discussed with a number of people involved in your care and treatment.

    Also listed as Concerns about your care, Patient Advocacy Service, Consumers' rights, Patient privacy

    Health and Disability Advocacy Service

    We welcome your feedback, please use our feedback form to send us a patient compliment or complaint.

    Also listed as Compliments & Complaints, Patient feedback, Māori Advocacy Service, Complaints

    Health Officer

    Community and Public Health (CPH) provides public health services to those people living in the Canterbury, South Canterbury and West Coast regions.

    Also listed as Community & Public Health, Community and Public Health, Public Health, Canterbury Medical Officer of Health, Medical Officer of Health, Outbreak

    Health Passport

    The Health Passport is a communication tool voluntarily used and owned by people with disabilities to give people working in health services valuable information about their individual communication, care and support needs.

    Health service locator

    Information about pharmacies in Christchurch and Canterbury

    Also listed as Pharmacies, Opening hours for Canterbury pharmacies, Canterbury Community Pharmacy Group

    Health Targets

    The Canterbury Health System's ongoing focus is to ensure Canterbury people can access the care they need, now and into the future.

    Also listed as Canterbury Health Targets

    healthLearn

    healthLearn is a learning managerment system for staff involved in health care organisations.

    Also listed as Online learning with healthLearn

    HealthPathways & HealthInfo

    ​HealthPathways are the main source of assessment, management and referral information about Canterbury health services for general practice teams and other community healthcare providers.

    Hospice care

    Specialist palliative care services in the community are provided by the Nurse Maude Hospice Palliative Care Team.

    Also listed as Nurse Maude Hospice Palliative Care Team, Palliative care

    Hospital Advisory Committee

    Also listed as HAC (Hospital Advisory Committee), Advisory Committee

    Hospital car parking

    Information about car parking options at the Canterbury District Health Board hospitals.

    Also listed as Car parking at hospital, Transport to hospital, Parking at hospital

    Hospital Dental Service

    The Dental Department provides specialist care in the areas of Special Needs Dentistry, Pedodontics, Orthodontics and Prosthodontics. The service also provides a relief of pain clinic and a full dental clearance clinic for low income adults.

    Also listed as Dental Department, Dental Service (Hospital), Oral Medicine, Maxillofacial surgery, Oral Health

    Hospital Palliative Care Service website

    The Hospital Palliative Care Service website contains information about the Hospital Palliative Care Service, Palliative Care Guidelines, Health Professional Resources, Educational Resources, Patient Resources, Reviews, Feedback, and Document Control

    Also listed as Palliative Care

    Hospital stay

    Information about what you need to bring with you to hospital including clothes and medication.

    Also listed as What to bring to hospital, Preparation

    Hospital volunteers

    ​​​​Volunteers are an important part of providing health services across Canterbury. The services they provide have become well established and highly valued components of care delivery within our hospitals and in the community.​

    Also listed as Volunteers

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    Patient travel Assistance for Canterbury District Health Board patients

    Also listed as Patient travel assistance, Travel assistance, Shuttle and travel to hospital

    HR issues and enquiries

    Canterbury DHB staff can access information and internal resources such as web based email from these pages. In an emergency we will provide any urgent messages or critical information for CDHB staff in these pages.

    Also listed as Webmail & Staff Resources, Webmail for staff, Staff email access, Outlook staff email access, CDHB staff email, IT issues and enquiries

    Human Milk Bank

    About the Human Milk Bank at the Neonatal Unit at Christchurch Women's Hospital.

    Hyperbaric Medicine

    The Christchurch Hyperbaric Medicine Unit treats a range of conditions ranging from decompression sickness and air embolism through to radiation injury and hypoxic problem wounds.

Page last reviewed: 13 September 2013