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.
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.
Take a look at our patient journey to see how your loved one will be cared for by us during their stay.
Find out moreVisiting hours are between 10:30 – 12 then closed 12 – 3PM for lunch and a rest period. Visiting hours then comments 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 are able to purchase snacks from the cafeteria between 9:00am and 3:00pm Monday – Friday. Evening meals are also available and should be ordered and paid for directly with the cafeteria 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.
Booking is not required. We request you sign the visitor register on entry. Please do not visit if you are unwell and/or have any cold or flu-like symptoms.
Our visiting hours are between 10:30AM – 12PM then closed 12PM – 3PM for lunch and a rest period. Visiting hours then commence 3PM – 7PM.
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.
Our visiting hours are between 10:30AM – 12PM then closed 12PM – 3PM for lunch and a rest period. Visiting hours then comments 3PM – 7PM.
The clinical condition of some patients may restrict the number of visitors allowed.
Overnight stays for a parent or caregiver of a dependent child should be discussed with your specialist so that this request can be pre-arranged with the hospital.
There is no provision for overnight stays for a support person at the hospital.
Please enquire at Reception or the ward Nurses Station on arrival.
Monday – Friday 8AM – 5PM.
Our visiting hours are between 10:30AM – 12PM then closed 12PM – 3PM for lunch and a rest period. Visiting hours then comments 3PM – 7PM.
The Wakefield Specialist Centre is open for patients appointments from 8AM – 5:30PM.