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Waikato DHB Launches Second National Patient Safety Topic
Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:59:35 +1300 | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato District Health Board (DHB) today joins each of the four DHB regions - Northern, Midlands, Central and South Island - to launch the second topic of the Open for better care national patient safety campaign: reducing harm from surgical site infections ...More >>
Starship Mural Campaign: Kids Reveal What Makes Them Happy
Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:34:49 +1300 | Mercury Energy
Nearly 500 children have participated in a Mercury Energy mural campaign designed to brighten up the walls of Starship Children’s Hospital. More >>
Preventing surgical site infections
Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:23:42 +1300 | New Zealand Government
Associate Health Minister Jo Goodhew welcomes the second phase of the national patient safety campaign, Open for better care, which focuses on reducing harm from infections in patients following surgery. More >>
Midland DHBs Join Together With Map Of Medicine
Wed, 16 Oct 2013 14:38:56 +1300 | Waikato DHB
The roll out of a tool by five district health boards in the Midland region will allow clinicians across all sectors of health to work more closely together. More >>
Senior Doctors Endorse Nurses Concerns Over Secret TPP
Tue, 15 Oct 2013 15:52:41 +1300 | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“Senior doctors endorse the concerns raised by nurses about the secret negotiations over the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, today. Mr Powell was commenting ...More >>
Violence in Syrian Refugee Camp Kills Seven Palestinians
Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:38:34 +1300 | UN News
The United Nations agency tasked with assisting Palestinian refugees today called on all parties in Syria to stop the violence in refugee camps and other civilian areas, following violence near the Dera’a camp which killed seven Palestinians.More >>
CDHB Hospitals Redevelopment - contracts being let
Mon, 14 Oct 2013 17:17:51 +1300 | Canterbury District Health Board
The main contract for construction of the Christchurch Hospital redevelopment will be advertised in the first six months of 2014 to ensure that companies are given early warning of the project and it can be completed as quickly and cost effectively ...More >>
Attack on Journalist in Pakistan’s Abbottabad City Condemned
Mon, 14 Oct 2013 16:00:33 +1300 | International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and partners in the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) are shocked and horrified by the latest instance of an attack with obvious lethal intent on a journalist in Pakistan.More >>
DHB Election brings living wage a step closer
Mon, 14 Oct 2013 09:58:03 +1300 | David Choat
The DHB election has delivered a strong mandate for a living wage for all DHB funded workers, said Labour DHB Board member David Choat who was re-elected to the Board yesterday. More >>
Waikato District Health Board - Progress Result
Mon, 14 Oct 2013 09:30:31 +1300 | Waikato District Health Board
The progress result for the election of seven members of the Waikato District Health Board held on Saturday 12th October is as follows. More >>
Goodhew: MercyAscot Open for better care signing
Fri, 11 Oct 2013 17:22:52 +1300 | New Zealand Government
New Zealand doctors, nurses and other health care workers in the public and private sectors have extensive knowledge, skills and commitment, and already deliver excellent patient care.More >>
Investigation needed if Ryall can’t give reassurance
Fri, 11 Oct 2013 15:10:05 +1300 | New Zealand Labour Party
Tony Ryall needs to step up and reassure both current and future cancer patients their treatment won’t be compromised through sloppy testing procedures, says Labour’s Health spokesperson Annette King.More >>
Wellington Free call for help answered with $111,000
Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:25:17 +1300 | Wellington Free Ambulance
Wellington Free Ambulance is extremely grateful to the people of Greater Wellington and the Wairarapa after this year’s street appeal, held over three days in September, raised a total of $111,000. More >>
Full steam ahead for new West Coast health facilities
Fri, 11 Oct 2013 10:37:04 +1300 | West Coast District Health
Greymouth’s new $60 million hospital and adjoining Integrated Family Health Centre is a step closer to reality with the appointment of a design team who will work with WCDHB staff to further develop initial concept designs.More >>
Open for better care brings UK expert to NZ
Fri, 11 Oct 2013 10:14:18 +1300 | New Zealand Government
A leading UK barrister, who specialises in medical negligence, is in New Zealand sharing his experiences on how to prevent patient harm. More >>
Private hospitals join patient safety campaign
Thu, 10 Oct 2013 15:27:19 +1300 | New Zealand Government
Associate Health Minister Jo Goodhew has today congratulated MercyAscot Hospital in Auckland for becoming the first private provider to sign the national patient safety campaign, Open for better care .More >>
Leading UK figure in public health to speak at Waitemata DHB
Wed, 9 Oct 2013 15:21:23 +1300 | Waitemata District Health Board
A prominent UK figure in the improvement of healthcare service quality will be speaking at a public event at Waitemata DHB this week. Robert Francis QC – a UK barrister whose 40 year career in handling medical cases has earned him the tag of “the patient’s ...More >>
Value of Medicines Award Winner Announced
Wed, 9 Oct 2013 09:55:45 +1300 | Medicines New Zealand
Medicines New Zealand is delighted to announce that Dr Conroy Wong has won the $20,000 Value of Medicines Award for his excellent clinical research that will benefit patients with bronchiectasis. Dr Wong is the clinical head of respiratory medicine at Middlemore ...More >>
Iraq: Suicide Bomb Attack on Children in School Playground
Tue, 8 Oct 2013 17:32:15 +1300 | UN News
Deploring the “appalling” suicide bomb attack that killed over 10 children and injured dozens more in northern Iraq, a senior United Nations official today appealed to the conflict-wracked country’s political, religious and civil leaders to find ...More >>
The White Ships – peaceful sailing in the First World War
Tue, 8 Oct 2013 17:13:15 +1300 | Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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