Canterbury hospitals

Christchurch Hospital is the largest tertiary, teaching and research hospital in the South Island of New Zealand and provides a full range of emergency, acute, elective and outpatient services.

In addition, Christchurch Hospital has the busiest Emergency Department in Australasia, treating more than 83,000 patients a year.

Ashburton Hospital provides a range of inpatient, day patient, outpatient and community-based health services. The hospital has 74 beds.

Burwood Hospital is one of New Zealand's centres of excellence for rehabilitation and elective orthopaedic surgery.

Chatham Islands Health Centre is a general practice in Waitangi with a resident doctor and a pharmacy. It has 3 beds and an after hours services. Emergency services are through Life Flight.

Darfield Hospital is 35 minutes' drive from Christchurch on Highway 73 to the West Coast via Arthurs Pass. The hospital has 8 beds for providing continuing care of the elderly, respite and end of life care, and short term transitional care for patients returning to their home.

Ellesmere Hospital is based in Leeston, about 30 minutes' drive from Christchurch. The hospital has 10 beds and specialises in the healthcare for older people.

Hillmorton Hospital is an inpatient mental health facility in Christchurch.

The Kaikōura Health Te Hā o Te Ora facility provides primary care, aged care, acute care, maternity, radiology, and medical/trauma stabilisation services.

Oxford Hospital is about 45 minutes' drive from Christchurch. The hospital has 15 beds, providing a variety of health services for the Oxford community and surrounding districts including four beds for convalescing post surgery, acute admissions and palliative care, and eight beds for people who require long-stay care with permanent hospital level care.

The Rangiora Health Hub is the centre in North Canterbury for a range of health and community services. These include:

• primary birthing and postnatal care
• dental treatment for school-age children
• public health nursing, community mental health care and various other specialist outpatient services.

The Princess Margaret Hospital was opened in 1959 and is situated at the foot of the Port Hills on Cashmere Road.

Some health services continue to be provided in the Heathcote building, but most services have now been relocated to Burwood Hospital and Hillmorton Hospital.

Tūārangi Home is a dedicated specialised home, providing continuing care, including rest home and long stay dementia care for the elderly who require nursing care.

Waikari Hospital meets the needs of the local community as well as covering a large rural district including continuing care of the elderly, general medical, surgical rehabilitation, carer support, respite care and palliative care.