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Edgecumbe evacuees - Pepi-Pods for babies
Wednesday, 12 April 2017, 2:14 pm | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
Twenty Pepi-Pods are being made available in the Eastern Bay for Edgecumbe families unable to return to their homes and who need a safe space for their babies to sleep. More >>
Having That Conversation That Counts
Monday, 3 April 2017, 4:51 pm | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
One healthcare professional is walking the talk of her new role as she engages in a ‘conversation that counts’ with her ageing mum. More >>
April Falls a timely reminder of need to prevent falls
Monday, 3 April 2017, 11:30 am | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
April marks the start of the annual April Falls campaign, which is being promoted by the Health Quality & Safety Commission, district health boards and other providers of health services for our older people. More >>
Campaign focusses on leading cause of harm to elderly
Monday, 3 April 2017, 11:28 am | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
A month-long campaign is focussing on the leading cause of injury and incapacitation to the elderly. More >>
1000 Heart Procedures Completed by World-class Unit
Thursday, 9 March 2017, 10:00 am | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
A cardiac services team is celebrating completing its one-thousandth procedure meaning care closer to home for Bay patients. More >>
Whooping cough: Mum gets immunised
Wednesday, 8 March 2017, 10:56 am | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
With three children and one on the way, getting the free whooping cough booster vaccination was a no-brainer for Tauranga mum Jamie-Lee MacInnes. “I’ve got two pre-schoolers to run around after, life’s busy. The last thing I need is having ... More >>
Youth drugs service reports no rise in methamphetamine use
Tuesday, 7 March 2017, 9:11 am | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
The largest youth drugs service in the Bay of Plenty says it has seen no rise in referrals for methamphetamine use in recent months. More >>
Bold Plan to Deliver Increase in Surveillance Colonoscopies
Monday, 6 March 2017, 11:26 am | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
Bold Plan to Deliver Increase in Surveillance Colonoscopies An ambitious plan aims to raise the number of publicly-funded surveillance colonoscopies performed in the Bay by more than 50% in the coming year. “We currently deliver around 200 colonoscopies ... More >>
Online Health Hub Launched to Celebrate Hapū Health
Friday, 3 March 2017, 10:15 am | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
The health of whānau and hapū was celebrated at Te Mānuka Tūtahi Marae in Whakatāne on Friday 24th February, as Toi Te Ora - Public Health Service, along with many collaborative partners, launched a one of a kind online Māori health hub to local whānau, hapū ... More >>
Two Firsts in Bay of Plenty Health Target Success
Tuesday, 21 February 2017, 3:01 pm | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
Improving performance and two firsts are the story of this quarter’s health target results in the Bay of Plenty. More >>
Smoking Health Target Success in Bay of Plenty
Thursday, 9 February 2017, 9:59 am | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
Over 26,000 Bay of Plenty smokers have been given help to quit during the past 15 months as a major health target is met for the first time. More >>
Rise in whooping cough; up-to-date immunisations
Tuesday, 31 January 2017, 3:10 pm | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
Whooping cough notifications rose across the Bay of Plenty last year, and already in 2017 we have seen small children admitted to hospital. More >>
Biking faster than driving for commuters in Tauranga
Tuesday, 31 January 2017, 11:32 am | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
Riding your bike to work in Tauranga can now be faster than taking your car. More >>
Tauranga and Whakatāne hospitals return record result
Thursday, 26 January 2017, 10:03 am | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
Thursday 26 January, 2017 Tauranga and Whakatāne hospitals return record result Tauranga and Whakatāne hospitals have returned their best ever Shorter Stays in Emergency Departments result. Over 96% of patients across the two sites were seen ... More >>
Record number of summer students complete research studies
Friday, 20 January 2017, 12:06 pm | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
A record number of students have provided invaluable support to medical research projects across the Bay of Plenty during their summer breaks. More >>
Santon Completion Ends $70 million Project Waka
Tuesday, 17 January 2017, 9:58 am | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
The completion of the work on the former Santon Building at Whakatāne Hospital will mark the end of the $70 million Project Waka redevelopment programme. More >>
New Cath Lab Means One-stop Care for Heart Patients
Friday, 13 January 2017, 10:32 am | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
A new cardiology centre at Tauranga Hospital will provide care close to home in a one-stop-shop for heart patients. The Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory (Cath Lab) will take its first patient on the afternoon of Monday 16 January. The Cath Lab forms ... More >>
When, and when not to attend ED
Friday, 23 December 2016, 12:11 pm | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
Hospital Emergency Departments (EDs) assess and treat patients who have serious injuries or illnesses. Over the Christmas/New Year period they are especially busy. Time is critical in an ED and patients are seen in the order of the seriousness of ... More >>
Shoppers Bring Joy to Hospitalised Children
Thursday, 22 December 2016, 1:59 pm | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
Local shoppers have helped bring some festive cheer to families of children in Tauranga Hospital’s Children’s Ward by donating mini Christmas hampers. More >>
Local Author Donates to Tauranga Hospital’s Children’s Ward
Wednesday, 21 December 2016, 11:45 am | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
Donating 40 of her books to Tauranga Hospital’s Children’s Ward is a dream come true says one local author. More >>
