Nurses at Health NZ public hospitals and health services plan to strike from 7am to 11pm on both Tuesday 2 September and Thursday 4 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 strikes and will continue to operate as normal.
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Our respiratory service treats people with diseases affecting their lungs and breathing. We run outpatient clinics and look after people in hospital.
To contact our respiratory services, call:
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:
We provide:
We work together with community providers to support people with respiratory illness.
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.
If you have had a successful trial of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy through Christchurch Hospital sleep health services you may need to use a CPAP device long term.
Long-term CPAP therapy in Canterbury Waitaha — Sleep Health 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:
The team can also see people who need:
You can access our respiratory services with a referral from your healthcare provider.
