Capital and Coast District Health Board - Latest News [Page 1]
BreastScreen Central Undertakes Review Into Late Mammography Appointments
Tuesday, 24 May 2022, 5:04 pm | Capital and Coast District Health Board
Hutt Valley and Capital & Coast DHBs have become aware that a number of people have waited longer than the usual 60 working days from enrolment in the Breast Screen Central (BSC) service to being offered a mammogram appointment. BSC delivers ... More >>
Update On Capital & Coast DHB Wellington ED Facility
Friday, 20 May 2022, 3:00 pm | Capital and Coast District Health Board
Capital & Coast DHB says people can remain confident they will continue to receive safe and high quality emergency care when they need it, as plans are made to relocate Te Pae Tiaki Wellington ED to a larger space within the Wellington Regional ... More >>
DHBs Congratulate Local Providers’ Leadership In New Locality Model
Thursday, 21 April 2022, 11:14 am | Capital and Coast District Health Board
Hutt Valley and Capital & Coast DHBs today welcomed the news that Ngāti Toa Rangatira and Tū Ora Compass Health PHO have been announced as key partners in the new locality approach for how healthcare will be delivered in Porirua. “Our ... More >>
Hospital Improvements Continue To Progress Across The Region
Tuesday, 5 April 2022, 11:49 am | Capital and Coast District Health Board
Infrastructure enhancement and pandemic resilience continues to progress at pace across the region’s hospitals, with the construction of a new stand-by inpatient area for Te Pae Tiaki Wellington Emergency Department patients at Wellington Regional ... More >>
Marking A Milestone: New Wellington Children’s Hospital One Step Closer
Thursday, 31 March 2022, 3:36 pm | Capital and Coast District Health Board
Capital & Coast DHB (CCDHB) has entered a new phase of the journey to a new children’s hospital for the region, with practical completion of its new building now achieved. Today benefactors Mark Dunajtschik and Dorothy Spotswood officially ... More >>
Hospital Upgrades To Enhance Care And COVID-19 Response
Thursday, 10 March 2022, 11:19 am | Capital and Coast District Health Board
Work to boost hospital resilience underway in both the Hutt Valley and Wellington will help ensure the continuation of safe care and support for both COVID-19 and non-COVID patients. Following the allocation of $3 million in infrastructure funding, ... More >>
Wellington’s Pacific Communities To Pass 90 Percent Vaccination Rate With Festival Event
Friday, 3 December 2021, 1:02 pm | Capital and Coast District Health Board
The percentage of eligible Pacific people in the Wellington region is poised to push past the target of 90 percent single dose, with a further festival event set to take place tomorrow in Seaview, Petone. Tomorrow’s Pacific Vaccination Festival ... More >>
CCDHB Reaches 90 Percent Fully Vaccinated
Monday, 29 November 2021, 5:25 pm | Capital and Coast District Health Board
On Monday 29 November Capital & Coast DHB reached the milestone of vaccinating 90 percent of the eligible population against COVID-19, the second DHB in the country to do so. The following statement can be attributed to Chief Executive Fionnagh Dougan: ... More >>
Transport And Parking At Wellington Regional Hospital
Thursday, 4 November 2021, 12:42 pm | Capital and Coast District Health Board
A multi-million dollar investment is set to make it easier and more encouraging for staff, patients, visitors, and others to make more sustainable choices about how they get to and from Wellington Regional Hospital. Over the next 10 years Capital ... More >>
DHB Staff Come Together For Orchestral Matariki Performances
Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 10:52 am | Capital and Coast District Health Board
Musicians and singers from Hutt Valley and Capital & Coast DHBs came together last year to play music as Manawa Ora – the 2DHB orchestra. Now they are putting on three concerts in DHB hospitals across the region to mark the Māori New Year ... More >>
RSV Update – Hutt Valley And Wellington Regions
Friday, 9 July 2021, 4:27 pm | Capital and Coast District Health Board
RSV updates – including patient numbers, visiting restrictions, and other information – will be publicly available at on the CCDHB and HVDHB websites as required. Please check these pages for updates going forward – the next update will be provided ... More >>
Greater Wellington Region To Return To COVID-19 Alert Level 1
Tuesday, 29 June 2021, 2:21 pm | Capital and Coast District Health Board
The Government has today announced that the Greater Wellington region will return to COVID-19 alert level 1 from 11.59pm tonight (Tuesday 29 June). Hutt Valley and Capital & Coast DHBs continue to test for COVID-19 across our region, with ... More >>
COVID-19 Testing Update For Wellington And Hutt Valley Regions
Friday, 25 June 2021, 2:06 pm | Capital and Coast District Health Board
Hutt Valley and Capital & Coast DHBs continue to test for COVID-19 across the region with 3713 swabs having been administered on Thursday 24 June across Kapiti, Porirua, Wellington, Lower Hutt, and Upper Hutt, up from 2100 swabs the previous ... More >>
New COVID-19 Testing Centre For Central Wellington
Thursday, 24 June 2021, 5:34 pm | Capital and Coast District Health Board
Hutt Valley and Capital & Coast DHBs are continuing to increase COVID-19 testing with an additional community testing centre (CTC) to open on tomorrow in central Wellington. From Friday 25 June a CTC will be open from 8am to 9pm for booked ... More >>
Ramp-up Of COVID-19 Testing In The Wellington Region
Thursday, 24 June 2021, 11:41 am | Capital and Coast District Health Board
Hutt Valley and Capital & Coast DHBs have resourced up for increased COVID-19 testing over coming days as the Greater Wellington region transitions to COVID-19 alert level 2. Increased demand for COVID-19 testing saw an estimated 2100 COVID ... More >>
Aged Residential Care Vaccinations Complete In Wellington Region
Monday, 14 June 2021, 9:37 am | Capital and Coast District Health Board
More than 5000 residents and staff at 46 aged residential care facilities across Wellington, Porirua, the Hutt Valley, and Kāpiti Coast have now received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, with the last vaccinations delivered in Lower Hutt. Hutt ... More >>
Hundreds Of Pacific People Receive COVID-19 Vaccine In Wellington
Thursday, 10 June 2021, 2:58 pm | Capital and Coast District Health Board
More than 200 Pacific people have received their COVID-19 vaccinations at the Pacific Islanders’ Presbyterian Church in Newtown today. Part of a series of ‘festival days’ – where the Pacific community is vaccinated together in a welcoming environment ... More >>
Planning In Place For NZNO Strike
Friday, 4 June 2021, 11:54 am | Capital and Coast District Health Board
Nurses, midwives, and healthcare assistants who are members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) will undertake national strike action next week. The strike action will be involve a complete withdrawal of labour from all DHBs around the country ... More >>
Supporting Maori And Pasifika Through The Joy Of Childbirth
Thursday, 13 May 2021, 1:09 pm | Capital and Coast District Health Board
Kenepuru Community Hospital’s maternity unit is working collaboratively with lead maternity carer (LMC) service Te Ao Marama Midwifery Tapui Ltd as part of work to provide an improved experience for well Māori and Pasifika women who give birth ... More >>
Around 45,000 People Eligible For Bowel Screening Test
Thursday, 15 April 2021, 11:32 am | Capital and Coast District Health Board
People aged 60-74 years living in Kapiti, Porirua, and Wellington and who are enrolled with a GP can expect an invitation to participate in the free National Bowel Screening programme over the next two years. The screening programme – already in place in ... More >>