Senior doctors and dentists at Health NZ public hospitals and health services plan to strike for 48 hours on Tuesday 23 September and Wednesday 24 September. Emergency departments will be open for emergencies only. GPs, after-hours and urgent care clinics, and other community health providers are not affected by the strike and will continue to operate as normal.
About the strike
Orthopaedic surgical services — Canterbury
Our orthopaedic surgical service is based at Burwood Hospital. It deals mainly with elective orthopaedic surgery.
Contact us
To contact our surgical services team, call:
- Ward GG: 03 383 6834
- orthopaedic outpatients: 03 383 6840
Where to find us
Our orthopaedic surgical service is at:
Burwood Hospital
300 Burwood Road
Christchurch
Services we provide
We have a range of departments covering surgical services:
- admitting unit
- operating suite with 4 purpose-built operating theatres
- post-anaesthetic care unit
- sterilising unit
- progressive care unit with 12 beds
- Ward GG with 30 beds.
We also have an orthopaedic outpatients department.
Referral information
You need a referral from your healthcare provider to access these services.