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Today is #InternationalNursesDay and we'd like to give a massive shout out to our amazing team of Canterbury nurses, as we recognise and celebrate the work they do for our community 🥰 To celebrate, we profile some of our nurses in this week's CEO Update👉bit.ly/3uJp1CW

Exciting news: The lead contractor for the fit out of the Canterbury DHB part of the Selwyn Health Hub was appointed in March & work is underway to create beautiful new healthcare spaces in Selwyn🎉 For this & more news check out this week's CEO Update 👉 bit.ly/3bSvWSF

Canterbury's COVID-19 vaccination rollout passed the 50,000 dose milestone this week! Ka pai Cantabs 👍 Rea Rhodes (front & centre) received the 50,000th dose at one of our vaccination centres on Saturday & marked the occasion by posing for a snap with the vaccination team 🥰💉

Contingency planning for the eight-hour NZNO strike period, from 11am to 7pm on Wednesday 9 June is well underway in Canterbury 🏥 Urgent and emergency care will remain available throughout the period of the planned strike. More info ⬇️ cdhb.health.nz/media-release/…

Cantabrian & 108 year old World War II veteran Bill Mitchell recently got his first #COVID19 vaccination. When it was all over he asked: "Is that all?" 😆 Bill's vaccination is one of 1900 doses given across more than 34 aged residential care facilities in Canterbury so far 🥰

Christchurch's Radio Lollipop has now launched in our Waipapa building 🎙🏥 Every Mon-Thu for the past 7 years, the team have broadcast to our young patients from a campervan. Now they have a purpose-built studio! Check out this week's CEO Update👉 bit.ly/3ghOihm

Mobile COVID-19 vaccination clinics are being well received in Aged Residential Care facilities, like the one at Park Lane Retirement Village where Enid Bancroft (📸⬇️) took hers in her stride! 😄 For this and more news, check out this week's CEO Update 👉bit.ly/3xnDeWO

Happy National Volunteer Week! Our volunteers are the much-needed help to find your destination in hospital, the friendly face at the gift shop counter – and more🥰 For more on our volunteers & the latest Canterbury health news, check out our CEO Update👉 bit.ly/3cY4ovW

Eight further locations of interest in Wellington visited by an Australian traveller from Sydney last weekend who has tested positive for #COVID19 upon their return to Australia have been published on the Ministry of Health website. health.govt.nz/news-media/med…

Last week a call went out from Chch Women’s Hospital for donations of woollen baby beanies, and it's been a beanie bonanza thanks to the overwhelming response of our Canterbury community🥰 For this and more health news, check out this week's CEO Update 👉 bit.ly/2U80N7Y

The Chatham Islands Health Centre has received its brand new X-ray machine! The old equipment was nearing the end of its life & the new mobile machine will provide faster & clearer imaging 👀 For this & more health news, check out this week's CEO Update 👉bit.ly/3zfbmFn

Keep up to date on the locations of interest for the current COVID-19 outbreak ⬇️

Ever wondered where our washing goes? Canterbury Linen Services deliver 20-25,000 kgs of linen to our hospitals daily, operating a large commercial laundry with the lowest 💧 use per kg of any NZ laundry! Check out this week's CEO Update for more info👉 bit.ly/3zJuBrv

📣 Visitor Restrictions under Delta Alert Level 2 📣 Visitor access for our health facilities will continue to be restricted. Please don’t visit the hospital if you don’t need to or you're unwell. The following visitor restrictions are in place ⬇ cdhb.health.nz/media-release/…

At 11.59pm Tuesday 7 September, all of New Zealand, except Auckland, moves to Alert Level 2. Alert Level 2 is different this time as we deal with the Delta variant. Here’s what we all need to do to stay safe.

The sun is shining in our region today and with spring upon us, our Community and Public Health team are urging Cantabs to gear up against Legionella! Check out these 5 easy ways to avoid Legionnaire’s disease including using the right gear for the job ⬇ cdhb.health.nz/media-release/…

With the success of Super Saturday we were thrilled to give away prizes to people vaccinated on the day!📸 below is our CEO Dr Peter Bramley drawing the winners, Ruth and her new iPhone and Gemma with her new iPad! Check out our CEO Update for more news 👉 bit.ly/3vvmoFH

Introducing our new name ✨ ✨ ✨ Te Whatu Ora - Waitaha Canterbury ✨ ✨ ✨ You can read more about our name change here: tewhatuora.govt.nz/about-us/who-w…

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