For Visitors

Welcome to Wakefield Hospital

If you are family, whānau or a close friend of one of the people in our care, please find all the information you need to know about visiting below.

Your family, whānau or friend’s journey with us

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Visitor Information

Visiting hours are between 10:30 – 12 then closed 12 – 3PM for lunch and a rest period. Visiting hours then commences 3:00PM – 7:00PM.

Up to two visitors at a time are allowed for a maximum of one hour. (This is to allow the patient to recover.)

Children under the age of 12 are not permitted to visit without prior agreement with nursing staff.

Please make sure the person you are visiting would like you to visit before you arrive.

You can purchase food and drinks from Mojo café between 8:00am and 3:00pm Monday – Friday.

Vending machines are also located in the Atrium on Level 3

If you are rooming in as a support person, evening meals can be ordered from the hospital kitchen.

This needs to be ordered and paid for at main reception  by 3:00pm.

You can help yourself to tea and coffee from the small kitchen in the ward.

We do ask that you show courtesy to other people in our care by reducing the number of visitors at any one time to reduce noise on our wards.

Visiting Hours

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