Hawke's Bay District Health Board - Latest News [Page 14]
Eighteen Cases Of Measles In Hawke’s Bay Since March
Tuesday, 7 June 2011, 3:43 pm | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Eighteen cases of measles in Hawke’s Bay, since March, has prompted health officials to urge parents to check their children are fully immunised More >>
Outstanding success again in immunisation health target
Thursday, 26 May 2011, 11:00 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
With only one quarter remaining, following the release of today’s (26 May) Government Quarter Three Health Targets, the focus of the district health board will be on reaching its ED target and working on improving diabetes and cardiovascular services. More >>
Measles outbreak in Hastings
Friday, 8 April 2011, 9:45 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Parents are urged to make sure their children are up-to-date with their childhood vaccinations following six confirmed cases of English Measles in children in Hastings. More >>
More health services for Napier
Friday, 1 April 2011, 1:15 pm | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Outpatient clinics at the Napier Health Centre will be increased and there are plans to further extend the range of health services provided from Wellesley Road to the people of Napier More >>
Help for those have moved to Hawke’s Bay from Christchurch
Wednesday, 2 March 2011, 10:48 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Vulnerable older people, those with long term medical conditions or people with disabilities of any age who have self evacuated from Christchurch should contact Hawke’s Bay District Health Board’s needs assessment service – Options Hawke’s ... More >>
Health Targets 2010/11 quarter two results
Tuesday, 1 March 2011, 8:18 pm | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board continues to lead the country with its immunisation rates of two year olds; health targets released today, (March 1) reveal. More >>
Health Targets 2010/11 Quarter Two Results
Tuesday, 1 March 2011, 3:59 pm | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board continues to lead the country with its immunisation rates of two year olds; health targets released today, (March 1) reveal. More >>
Christchurch Earthquake response (28/2/11)
Monday, 28 February 2011, 12:07 pm | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Seven Hawke’s Bay District Health Board nurses remain working at Christchurch Hospital. Five are expected to return to Hawke’s Bay today (28 February) with the remaining two nurses returning tomorrow. More >>
People with gastric illnesses urged to seek medical help
Friday, 7 January 2011, 6:43 pm | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Hawke’s Bay Hospital’s chief medical officer John Gommans is urging people who have had diarrhoea and or vomiting for longer than 48 hours to contact their GP without delay. More >>
Unless it’s an emergency the GP should be your first choice
Wednesday, 29 December 2010, 2:33 pm | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Hawke’s Bay Hospital is extremely busy and patients attending the Emergency Department may be faced with long delays. More >>
Hawke’s Bay becomes home to six medical students
Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 3:10 pm | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Hawke’s Bay is now home to six of Otago University’s final year medical students from the Wellington School of Medicine. With the appointment of palliative care physician Carol McAllum to the role of Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies Hawke’s Bay ... More >>
Clive River contaminated – swimming warning
Friday, 17 December 2010, 11:09 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Hawke’s Bay’s District Health Board Medical Officer of Health, Dr Nicholas Jones, today issued a warning to the public that, due to contamination, they should not swim or engage in any other water sport that might result in breathing water spray ... More >>
Cranford Hospice Reopens Next Week
Wednesday, 24 November 2010, 12:46 pm | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
In a joint statement today, Cranford Chair, Ken Gilligan and Kevin Snee, Chief Executive, Hawke’s Bay District Health Board, said patients will transfer back to Cranford Hospice from Hawke’s Bay Hospital next week. More >>
DHB improves results in national Health Targets
Friday, 27 August 2010, 9:13 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Massive improvements in three of the heath targets, released today, as well as solid consistently high achievements in the three others is a reflection of Hawke’s Bay District Health Board’s work to deliver better health services from the health ... More >>
Key positions to clinical council announced
Friday, 20 August 2010, 9:42 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Napier GP and chairman of New Zealand’s Medical Association Peter Foley along with Hawke’s Bay hospital physician John Gommans have been appointed Chief Medical Officer’s primary and hospital (respectively) to Hawke’s Bay District Health Board’s new ... More >>
HBDHB makes big gains in health targets
Thursday, 20 May 2010, 10:17 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Work on improving wait times in Hawke’s Bay Hospital’s Emergency Department, helping smokers quit and elective surgery wait times has seen the DHB work its way up the health target ladder. More >>
Board Reviews Cranford Hospice
Tuesday, 16 February 2010, 4:43 pm | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
The Governance Board of Hawke’s Bay DHB, today, reviewed the scope of the investigation being carried out independently by Central Region Technical Advisory Services into patient care at Cranford Hospice. More >>
Investigation of Patient Care at Cranford Hospice
Wednesday, 10 February 2010, 9:54 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board is initiating an independent investigation into the standard of patient care at Cranford Hospice following a recent complaint to the Health and Disability Commissioner, Ron Patterson. More >>
Now’s the time to start thinking about the flu
Tuesday, 2 February 2010, 2:42 pm | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Although winter seems a long way off it’s now time to put a reminder in your diary to get your seasonal influenza vaccination appointment. More >>
Samples confirm no contamination of abestos
Thursday, 28 January 2010, 12:31 pm | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Environmental samples taken following the fire at the former Waipukurau Hospital on Monday (January 25) have confirmed that no contamination of asbestos occurred off site. More >>