Respiratory services — Canterbury

To contact our respiratory services, call:

• general respiratory services: 03 364 0640
• sleep health service: ​03 364 1089
• cardio-respiratory integrated specialist service: 03 364 0167

The service is available Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm.

Canterbury respiratory services are at Christchurch Hospital.

Christchurch Outpatient service:

Level 2
Riverside building
Christchurch Hospital
Riccarton Avenue

Inpatient service:

Ward 19
Level 3
Parkside East building
Christchurch Hospital
Riccarton Avenue

Cardio-respiratory integrated specialist services:

Level 5
Riverside building
Christchurch Hospital
Riccarton Avenue

We provide specialist care for a wide range of respiratory conditions such as:

• chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• asthma
• lung cancer
• cystic fibrosis
• sleep apnoea.

We provide:

• outpatient clinics
• lung function tests
• sleep tests
• inpatient care when needed.

We work together with community providers to support people with respiratory illness.

Sleep health services

We diagnose and treat people with sleep disordered breathing and other sleep related conditions. Sleep health services has strong community links with general practices who can provide screening for some conditions.

Cardio-respiratory integrated specialist services

A team of clinical nurse specialists, Māori health workers and others provide expert care (both inpatient and outpatient) to people with a wide range of respiratory and cardiac conditions.

These include:

• lung cancer
• cystic fibrosis
• sleep disorders
• heart failure/PAH
• infectious diseases.

The team can also see people who need:

• cardiac rehabilitation
• tuberculosis supervised treatment or directly observed therapy
• Māori health support
• help with respiratory equipment, for example patients who are discharged from hospital with home oxygen.

You can access our respiratory services with a referral from your healthcare provider.