Southern Endoscopy Centre is a joint venture partnership between Southern Cross Hospitals and a leading group of Christchurch endoscopists, and represents the South Island’s largest specialist endoscopy unit.

Purpose built endoscopy centre

This modern purpose-built facility, opened in 2010 is a state-of-the-art centre, equipped with the latest technology, and offering diagnostic and therapeutic gastroscopy and colonoscopy procedures.

The Southern Endoscopy Centre includes three procedure rooms and a two-stage recovery area. Patients can access a wide range of services, including anaesthetic support, backed by the resources of a fully equipped private facility, on a large surgical hospital campus.

Leading multi-disciplinary team

Southern Endoscopy Centre’s experienced team includes gastroenterologists and upper and lower gastrointestinal surgeons, bringing a combination of clinical knowledge and advanced international training to the specialist centre.

Southern Endoscopy Centre adopts a multi-disciplinary approach to the management of a full range of patients’ gastrointestinal conditions, and is supported by an experienced team of skilled registered nurses.

Medical specialists

The centre supports the work of a number of leading groups of medical specialists who offer services to the wider Canterbury region, and who consult and perform a wide range of procedures within the centre. These include -