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Bay Of Plenty Achieves 90 Percent First Dose Milestone
Tuesday, 30 November 2021, 3:11 pm | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
The Bay of Plenty district has reached the 90 percent first dose COVID-19 vaccination target, but the district health board says the job is not finished yet. The district ticked over the 90 percent first dose milestone today, 30 November. More than 194,000 ... More >>
BOP COVID-19 Testing Locations Up To And Including Friday 26 November
Monday, 22 November 2021, 9:29 pm | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
A list of Bay of Plenty testing locations can be found at https://www.healthpoint.co.nz/covid-19/bay-of-plenty/ Additional pop-up testing locations have been set up at: Tauranga Times for pop-up testing locations up to and including Friday 26 November given below: Mount Maunganui ... More >>
Appeal For Patience During Unprecedented Period Of COVID-19 Testing
Monday, 22 November 2021, 3:38 pm | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
Our teams are currently experiencing unprecedented demand for COVID-19 testing. They are working long hours processing thousands of tests as quickly as possible but, if you’ve had a test, it’s important to know there may be some delays in ... More >>
Unprecedented Demand At COVID-19 Testing Sites In Tauranga
Friday, 19 November 2021, 2:51 pm | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
Confirmation of COVID-19 cases in Tauranga and Mount Maunganui yesterday has led to unprecedented demand at testing centres across the city today. Bay of Plenty DHB Incident Controller, Trevor Richardson, is appealing to people at testing sites to ... More >>
Bay Of Plenty District Health Board Is Not Turning Away COVID-19 Unvaccinated People From Its Services
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 3:25 pm | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
The Bay of Plenty District Heath Board has become aware of some misinformation in the Bay of Plenty community, that patients who have not been COVID-19 vaccinated cannot receive treatment at Tauranga and Whakatāne Hospitals. Acting Chief Operating ... More >>
Bay Of Plenty’s Pasifika Community Conquers 90 Percent Fully Vaccinated Target
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 2:15 pm | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
The Bay of Plenty’s Pasifika community has risen to the call to protect their aiga (family) and surpassed the 90 percent fully vaccinated milestone. Ninety-one percent of Pacific Island residents in the district are fully vaccinated against ... More >>
Resounding Call For Māori In Te Moana Ā Toi To Get Vaccinated
Friday, 29 October 2021, 4:03 pm | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
The Board of the Bay of Plenty District Health Board is endorsing the Tikanga Hou released by Te Rūnanga Hauora Māori o te Moana ā Toi, imploring Māori in the district to get vaccinated against COVID-19. “The Board tautoko the call from the ... More >>
Record-breaking Super Saturday A Springboard For Summer Vaccination Push
Wednesday, 20 October 2021, 1:21 pm | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
Bay healthcare officials are heralding the record-breaking success of Super Shot Saturday as the summer vaccination campaign continues. Super Shot Saturday (16 October) was the region’s most successful single day for COVID-19 vaccination uptake in ... More >>
Pain Psychology Trial Yields Promising Results For Patient Treatment Times
Tuesday, 12 October 2021, 9:28 am | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
A New Zealand-first trial, looking at the psychology of pain, has shown promising results in helping reduce patient treatment times. The trial of a Health Psychologist working in a ‘non-mental health’ setting at the Bay of Plenty District Health ... More >>
COVID-19 Response: Oxygen Supply & Related Environmental Systems Upgrade Begins In Bay Of Plenty’s Two Public Hospitals
Monday, 11 October 2021, 6:05 pm | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
The Ministry of Health’s – COVID-19 Response – Oxygen Supply and Related Environmental Systems project has begun in Tauranga Hospital and continues in Whakatāne Hospital in various phases from 4 October to mid-February 2022. The work is part of the national ... More >>
Additional COVID-19 Testing And Vaccinations Available In Katikati Today Sunday 10 October
Sunday, 10 October 2021, 5:58 pm | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
Following the confirmation last night of a person in Katikati returning a positive COVID-19 test, additional COVID-19 testing and vaccinating will be available in the town today. The person is isolating. A vaccination clinic in the Katikati RSA and ... More >>
Tauranga Moana Teen Marks 250,000th Dose Milestone In Bay Of Plenty DHB’s COVID-19 Vaccination Rollout
Wednesday, 6 October 2021, 11:11 am | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
A Tauranga Moana teen has received a milestone dose of the COVID-19 vaccination in Katikati on Tuesday 5 October - the 250,000th dose administered in the Bay of Plenty. Paea Uilou (Ngāi Te Rangi, Te Arawa, Ngāti Tonga) received her first of ... More >>
Bay Of Plenty District Health Board Chair Sharon Shea Appointed Co-Chair Of The Māori Health Authority
Thursday, 23 September 2021, 2:15 pm | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
Bay of Plenty District Health Board (BOPDHB) Chair Sharon Shea says it’s time for New Zealanders to be bold and courageous regarding the potential benefits of the health sector reform, as her appointment as Māori Health Authority Co-Chair is announced. More >>
200,000th dose of COVID-19 vaccine administered in the BoP
Friday, 17 September 2021, 11:07 am | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
The Bay of Plenty has reached a significant milestone in its COVID-19 vaccine rollout. The district health board confirmed the administration of its 200,000th dose of the vaccine on 15 September, 2021. More >>
Community Dental Service for children and teenagers reopens
Wednesday, 8 September 2021, 2:33 pm | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
The Bay of Plenty District Health Board (BOPDHB) Community Dental Service for children and teenagers re-opens on Thursday 9 September 2021. The service was closed for three weeks during Alert Level 3 and 4 in 2021 (and for seven weeks in 2020) and these ... More >>
Child immunisations go mobile during lockdown
Thursday, 2 September 2021, 12:38 pm | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
Childhood immunisations remain a priority during all COVID-19 Alert Levels and the Eastern Bay of Plenty Public Health Alliance (EBPHA) Outreach Immunisation Service (OIS) team are doing their best to ensure tamariki and pēpi don’t miss out. More >>
Ōpōtiki driving COVID-19 vaccine rollout success
Tuesday, 24 August 2021, 1:38 pm | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
COVID-19 Alert Level 4 is no hindrance for Ōpōtiki locals to get their COVID-19 vaccinations. The Whakatōhea Health Centre has been offering the vaccine, on behalf of Bay of Plenty District Health Board (BOPDHB), at a drive-through service in the ... More >>
Honours Awards Shine Spotlight On Bay Of Plenty Health
Friday, 16 July 2021, 10:33 am | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
Bay of Plenty Health Consumer Council chair Lisa Murphy says that the honours awards this year have shone the spotlight on health services in the Bay of Plenty. “We want to congratulate and thank Janet Peters, Yvonne Boyes, Chloe Wright and Dr Jann ... More >>
Bay Of Plenty Vaccine Rollout Success
Friday, 2 July 2021, 8:33 am | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
The COVID-19 vaccine rollout to current rest home and aged residential care facility residents and staff in the Bay of Plenty is complete, according to new figures released by the District Health Board. Statistics from the Bay of Plenty District Health Board ... More >>
New Sensory Space At Tauranga Hospital Children’s Ward Set To Ease Anxiety For Youngsters During Stays
Friday, 25 June 2021, 2:48 pm | Bay of Plenty District Health Board
A new sensory space, the first of its type at Tauranga Hospital, is designed to ease the anxiety of youngsters during stays on the Children’s Ward. Above: Registered Nurse Moira Yates is excited about the benefits of the new sensory space for children ... More >>
