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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 >>
Minister Marks World Health Day With COVID-19 Vaccination
Wednesday, 7 April 2021, 10:25 am | Capital and Coast District Health Board
Minister of Health Hon Andrew Little today marked World Health Day by receiving his COVID-19 vaccination at Wellington Regional Hospital. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2104/5c391bb2852e3e5b979a.jpeg" width="540" height="720"> Minister Little recieves his ... More >>
Centres Open To Provide COVID Vaccines In The Community
Wednesday, 24 March 2021, 4:21 pm | Capital and Coast District Health Board
The Hutt Valley and Wellington regions have now entered the next phase of the COVID-19 vaccination rollout – the vaccination of border workers’ household contacts, and of the frontline health and emergency workforce – with five community vaccination ... More >>
DHB Announces Name Of New Child Health Service And Children’s Hospital
Thursday, 4 March 2021, 5:21 pm | Capital and Coast District Health Board
Capital & Coast DHB is today excited to announce that the integrated Child Health Service and new children’s hospital will be named Te Wao Nui – ‘The Great Forest of Tāne’ – in recognition of the cultural significance and life-giving ... More >>
Community Midwives Go The Extra Mile To Support Women
Tuesday, 2 February 2021, 1:11 pm | Capital and Coast District Health Board
A team of midwives that provides care to women with complex needs has been recognised at Capital & Coast DHB’s annual awards ceremony. The 15-strong Community Midwifery Team (CMT) cares for women who are socially disadvantaged, refugees, or ... More >>
Physiotherapist Helps Predict Cerebral Palsy In Babies
Thursday, 21 January 2021, 10:38 am | Capital and Coast District Health Board
A neonatal physiotherapist at Wellington Regional Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) has been awarded for implementing a tool to help diagnose infants at high risk of motor disabilities such as cerebral palsy. Alison Sheppard ( image ... More >>
Stay Well Over The Holiday Season
Tuesday, 15 December 2020, 10:34 am | Capital and Coast District Health Board
Hutt Valley and Capital & Coast DHBs are encouraging people to plan ahead and take care of themselves to ensure they have a fun and healthy holiday season. “During the holiday season, GPs and pharmacies will have different operating hours, ... More >>
Local Clinicians Recognised For COVID-19 Leadership
Tuesday, 8 December 2020, 11:01 am | Capital and Coast District Health Board
Two local clinical leaders have been recognised and celebrated for their tireless efforts to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic that has dominated the health landscape this year. Hutt Valley DHB (HVDHB) and Capital & Coast DHB (CCDHB) recently ... More >>
New Milk Bank To Help Vulnerable Infants
Monday, 30 November 2020, 11:33 am | Capital and Coast District Health Board
The Wellington region’s most vulnerable infants will now have local access to pasteurised donor breast milk at Wellington Regional Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Enabled by support from the Wellington Hospitals Foundation, the ... More >>
Blessing Opens The Way For Local Renal Dialysis Treatment
Friday, 27 November 2020, 12:29 pm | Capital and Coast District Health Board
A small blessing ceremony has paved the way for people across both the Hutt Valley and the Wairarapa to begin receiving renal dialysis treatment closer to home. Kaumatua, patients, and staff gathered before sunrise this morning for a small ceremony to ... More >>
