Latest Hospitals Headlines
Tauranga: Child taken from hospital needs medical care
Tue, 13 Aug 2013 15:23:20 +1200 | New Zealand Police
Police are urgently appealing for information about a two-year-old child who has been taken from Tauranga Hospital by family members. More >>
Jibber jabber can’t hide the facts
Tue, 13 Aug 2013 11:03:28 +1200 | New Zealand Labour Party
A flurry of statements from Health Minister Tony Ryall suggesting DHBs are collecting dud statistics is hardly reassuring for the country’s emergency department or for patients, Labour’s Health spokesperson Annette King says.More >>
Health Minister congratulates Capital and Coast ED
Mon, 12 Aug 2013 17:25:16 +1200 | New Zealand Government
Capital and Coast DHB is to be congratulated for its performance on faster, better care for patients in emergency departments says Health Minister Tony Ryall. More >>
Health Minister congratulates Hutt Valley ED
Mon, 12 Aug 2013 16:02:53 +1200 | New Zealand Police
“Hutt Valley DHB is to be congratulated for its outstanding progress on faster better care for patients in emergency departments says Health Minister Tony Ryall. More >>
Infant Formula Update 7
Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:06:25 +1200 | New Zealand Government
Health Minister Tony Ryall and Food Safety Minister Nikki Kaye confirm that Nutricia has today narrowed the scope of the recall for infant formula.More >>
On Site Drug Screen Testing
Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:41:23 +1200 | New Zealand Safety Council
An article by Kevin Thompson,a Registered Safety Professional, of the New Zealand Safety Council feels employers need to know what collectors and screen testing companies are not telling about the process of drug testing in New Zealand.More >>
Shorter time in ED not always good news
Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:04:12 +1200 | New Zealand Labour Party
Shorter time in ED not always good news Tony Ryall’s latest ‘ good news’ - that people are staying for shorter periods in emergency departments – will be of no comfort to those patients being packed off home in the early hours of the morning, ...More >>
Faster emergency care for Kiwi families
Sun, 11 Aug 2013 11:38:59 +1200 | New Zealand Government
Health Minister Tony Ryall says public health services are providing New Zealanders with emergency healthcare faster than ever before. More >>
EDs miss triage times as hospitals buckle
Sun, 11 Aug 2013 10:53:26 +1200 | New Zealand Labour Party
Few hospitals are meeting Government benchmarks for emergency department treatment, with rising numbers of urgent cases not being seen by a doctor within recommended times, says Labour’s Health spokesperson Annette King.More >>
Acurity Health expects subdued demand to continue into 2014
Fri, 9 Aug 2013 17:41:54 +1200 | BusinessDesk
Aug. 9 (BusinessDesk) – Acurity Health Group, the private hospital operator formerly known as Wakefield Health, expects weak demand for private sector health care to continue in the current financial year.More >>
Infant Formula Update 6
Fri, 9 Aug 2013 16:33:34 +1200 | Tony Ryall and Nikki Kaye
Health Minister Tony Ryall and Food Safety Minister Nikki Kaye say the Ministries of Education, Primary Industries (MPI) and Health are assisting Palmerston North Girls’ High School with information about potentially contaminated whey protein ...More >>
First Patient In New Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratories
Fri, 9 Aug 2013 16:00:12 +1200 | Waikato District Health Board
After officially opening four new state-of the-art cardiac catheterisation laboratories on Friday (2 August), Waikato Hospital has welcomed the first patient through for surgery.More >>
New Appointment for Wellington Free Ambulance
Fri, 9 Aug 2013 13:58:56 +1200 | Wellington Free Ambulance
Wellington Free Ambulance has appointed a new Executive Manager Clinical Services, Dr Kate Wang. Dr Wang will begin her new role with Wellington Free Ambulance on August 12. She has previously worked for the Mary Potter Hospice, Presbyterian Support Central ...More >>
Bowel cancer pilot making a difference
Fri, 9 Aug 2013 12:50:55 +1200 | New Zealand Government
The latest data from the Waitemata DHB bowel screening pilot shows in the first 15 months of the pilot, cancers had been detected in 75 people. Around 60 per cent of cancers detected have been found at an early stage when they can be more successfully ...More >>
Vitamin D project helps prevent falls and saves health costs
Thu, 8 Aug 2013 10:30:14 +1200 | New Zealand Government
Associate Minister of Health Jo Goodhew says MidCentral DHB’s vitamin D project is a good example of how a simple intervention can improve lives and save health dollars.More >>
Nurses stop work to discuss employment law changes
Wed, 7 Aug 2013 16:01:04 +1200 | NZNO
Nurses all around the country are taking time out over the next couple of weeks to attend one of over 80 meetings to discuss what they can do about proposed employment law changes.More >>
Focus on Public Hospital Targets Out Of Control
Wed, 7 Aug 2013 15:22:48 +1200 | New Zealand First Party
The Government’s obsession on Public Hospitals getting patients through emergency departments as quickly as possible is getting out of control, says New Zealand First’s associate spokesperson for health Barbara Stewart.More >>
Sports stars and local community join to help fight diseases
Wed, 7 Aug 2013 15:02:36 +1200 | Joint Press Release
Vodafone Warriors players made a surprise appearance at Glen Innes Primary School to help launch Auckland DHB’s new rheumatic fever prevention programme that aims to reduce the incidence of the disease in some of central Auckland’s most vulnerable ...More >>
Bay Of Islands Integrated Family Health Centre Devleopment
Wed, 7 Aug 2013 14:55:27 +1200 | Northland DHB
Positive progress has been made on the development of a concept plan for an Integrated Family Health Care centre co-located with the Bay of Islands Hospital. More >>
Drug Resistant Gonorrhoea Invading Australian Cities
Tue, 6 Aug 2013 17:02:37 +1200 | Gram Negative Superbugs
The inevitable arrival of extensively-drug resistant (XDR) gonorrhoea in Australian cities is the focus of a session on day two of the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) Gram Negative ‘Superbugs’ Meeting on the Gold Coast.More >>
