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Waipuka Stream and Esk River contaminated

Friday, 12 December 2008, 2:47 pm | Hawke's Bay District Health Board

Hawke’s Bay’s District Health Board Medical Officer of Health, Dr Lester Calder, today issued a warning to the public that, due to contamination, they should not swim in the More >>

HBDHB Commissioner - Moving Forward The Focus

Friday, 12 December 2008, 7:52 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board

Moving forward is the focus of the Hawke’s Bay District Health Board following the appointment of the seven former elected board members to a Governance Board, which includes Commissioner Sir John Anderson and deputy Commissioners Brian Roche, ... More >>

HB Hospital full with acutely unwell people

Thursday, 27 November 2008, 10:33 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board

Hawke’s Bay Hospital Soldiers’ Memorial is full to capacity following an influx of acutely unwell patients, and chief operating officer, Warrick Frater, is urging people to take steps to look after themselves. More >>

Historical Signing of Wai 692 claim

Friday, 3 October 2008, 2:42 pm | Hawke's Bay District Health Board

Tungia te ururua, kia tupu whakaritorito te tupu o te harakeke. Translation: Burn the over-growth to enable the flax to bring forth new shoots. More >>

Hawke’s Bay Hospital won’t be downgraded

Friday, 4 July 2008, 10:21 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board

Regional collaboration between District Health Boards will strengthen and enhance the local delivery of health to the people of the region, Hawke’s Bay District Health Board’s chief executive Chris Clarke said. More >>

Wellchild Week Focuses On New Experience 3-9 March

Friday, 29 February 2008, 4:32 pm | Hawke's Bay District Health Board

The first smile, the first word, the first tooth, the first roll, the first crawl, the first tentative steps, the first hair cut – a child’s life is full of “firsts” and year’s WellChild Week encourages parents and caregivers to celebrate new experiences ... More >>

CEO Welcomes Sir John Anderson as commissioner

Thursday, 28 February 2008, 8:48 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board

Chris Clarke, chief executive of Hawke’s Bay District Health Board, was very pleased to hear news of the appointment of Sir John Anderson as commissioner to govern the DHB. More >>

HBDHB management relieved uncertainty resolved

Thursday, 28 February 2008, 8:47 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board

Acting chief executive of Hawke’s Bay District Health Board, Dr Win Bennett, said the DHB could plan ahead with certainty now the issue of governance had been resolved. More >>

Hawke’s Bay Board urged to drop governance review

Wednesday, 27 February 2008, 2:00 pm | Hawke's Bay District Health Board

Hawke’s Bay District Health Board member Peter Hausmann is calling on fellow board members to withdraw their legal proceedings so the findings of a review into governance issues at the board can be released as soon as possible. Mr Hausmann says like all ... More >>

General Swimming warning

Wednesday, 13 February 2008, 2:24 pm | Hawke's Bay District Health Board

Hawke’s Bay’s District Health Board Medical Officer of Health, Dr Caroline McElnay, today issued a warning to the public that, due to contamination, they should not swim in the: More >>

Minister Meets With Mums And Babies

Friday, 1 February 2008, 9:45 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board

One in five new mums visits the Baby Café & Associate Health Minister, Steve Chadwick, to meet with some of them today. More >>

Waipatiki Lagoon contaminated – swimming warning

Wednesday, 16 January 2008, 11:07 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board

Hawke’s Bay’s District Health Board Medical Officer of Health, Dr Richard Hoskins, today issued a warning to the public that, due to contamination, they should not swim in the Waipatiki Lagoon. More >>

Avoid gathering food from the Ruahapia Stream

Sunday, 11 November 2007, 12:56 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board

Hawke’s Bay District Health Board’s medical officer of health, Dr Caroline McElnay has issued a public health warning advising members of the public to avoid taking any food from the Ruahapia Stream (Near the Showgrounds /Ellwood Road area) downstream ... More >>

Mission-On For Students From HB Schools

Monday, 5 November 2007, 10:53 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board

Hawke’s Bay District Health Board has organised a peer leadership workshop for students from 36 Hawke’s Bay Schools from Hastings, Napier and Central Hawke’s Bay. The aim of the day is to promote the Ministry of Health’s Mission-On initiative ... More >>

Five HB Retailers Sell Cigarettes To Underage Chil

Thursday, 18 October 2007, 1:50 pm | Hawke's Bay District Health Board

Recent monitoring checks carried out by Hawke’s Bay District Health Board’s public health unit resulted in five retailers selling cigarettes to underage volunteers. More >>

Funding CHB Red Cross transport service continues

Friday, 12 October 2007, 12:58 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board

At its September Board meeting, Hawke’s Bay District Health Board members voted to continue funding a free transport service between Central Hawke’s Bay and Hawke’s Bay Hospital. Red Cross will receive $1,000 a month towards the cost of providing ... More >>

Mental health consumers given helping hand

Wednesday, 25 July 2007, 12:20 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board

A new Hawke’s Bay initiative is helping people with mental health issues find a rented home without having to spend months on a waiting list. More >>

Napier retailer sells cigarettes to a 14 year old

Thursday, 19 April 2007, 2:00 pm | Hawke's Bay District Health Board

A Napier retailer sold cigarettes to a 14 year old girl last weekend. The sale occurred during a controlled purchasing operation carried out by Hawke’s Bay District Health Board. The operation involved young people attempting to buy tobacco or herbal smoking ... More >>

MRI equipment good news for heart patients

Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 10:08 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board

Hawke’s Bay District Health Board’s (HBDHB) Specialist Radiology Services are the grateful recipients of a cardiac array coil, purchased by a $175,000 donation from The Lion Foundation. More >>

New $1.3m high-tech angiography suite

Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 10:07 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board

A new state-of-the-art angiography suite is being opened at Hawke’s Bay Hospital this Friday, 8 December. The high-tech equipment, worth $1.3m replaces an X-Ray system purchased in 1994 and now obsolete. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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