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Hawke's Bay Hospital coping well during strike
Friday, 16 June 2006, 11:02 am | Hawkes Bay DHB
Hawke’s Bay Hospital’s emergency department was quieter than usual in the first 24-hour period of the junior doctor’s strike which started yesterday morning. On average, the department would expect to see around 80 - 90 patients in a 24-hour period – ... More >>
0800 number for patients to check re strike
Monday, 12 June 2006, 3:14 pm | Hawkes Bay DHB
0800 number for patients to check whether their surgery or hospital clinic appointment will be affected by junior doctors strike More >>
Magpies roll up sleeves for immunisation
Friday, 9 June 2006, 10:36 am | Hawkes Bay DHB
When you’ve just earned a place in the premier division, you need all the help you can get and next Monday afternoon, the Kelt Capital Magpies; Hawke’s Bay’s representative rugby team, will each receive a boost to their defence in the form of a ‘shot’ in ... More >>
HBDHB celebrates nursing on Nurses' Day
Wednesday, 10 May 2006, 4:34 pm | Hawkes Bay DHB
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board is marking International Nurses’ Day on Friday 12 May with a function to celebrate the work of nurses. The event will be held in the DHB’s Education Centre from 11:30am – 2:00pm. More >>
Interest in health of older people acknowledged
Wednesday, 10 May 2006, 3:36 pm | Hawkes Bay DHB
In a New Zealand first, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Hawke’s Bay District Health Board (DHB) and Hastings and District Grey Power Association will be signed during HBDHB’s May Board meeting. More >>
Work begins to replace carpet tiles with vinyl
Friday, 5 May 2006, 11:43 am | Hawkes Bay DHB
Work to replace Hawke’s Bay Hospital’s ground floor corridor carpet tiles with vinyl is due to start on Monday 8th May. More >>
Hui planned to mark WellChild/Tamariki Ora Week
Tuesday, 2 May 2006, 12:51 am | Hawkes Bay DHB
WellChild week runs from 7– 13 May. In Hawke’s Bay the Child Interagency Network, a coalition of health providers which includes Maori health providers, plunket nurses, public health nurses, midwives and others who work with families of children aged ... More >>
Toxin levels in shellfish drop at Pania
Thursday, 13 April 2006, 3:55 pm | Hawkes Bay DHB
Hawke's Bay District Health Board advises that despite reducing levels of Paralytic Shellfish Toxin (PSP) being found in shellfish samples taken this week, the coastline between the Mohaka River mouth in the north and Cape Kidnappers in the south needs ... More >>
HBDHB welcomes MOH involvement in electives
Thursday, 13 April 2006, 12:54 am | Hawkes Bay DHB
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board chief executive, Chris Clarke, said he welcomed the involvement of Ministry of Health staff who would be working with the DHB to review its systems around elective services. More >>
Go ahead to refer patients back to their GP
Wednesday, 12 April 2006, 3:15 pm | Hawkes Bay DHB
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board members today voted in favour of a proposal that will result in around 1,800 people being told they won’t get to see a specialist doctor at a HBDHB facility. More >>
HBDHB’s Interpreting Service
Tuesday, 11 April 2006, 9:40 am | Hawkes Bay DHB
In 1996 Hawke’s Bay become the second hospital in New Zealand to establish an interpreting service. Ten years later the service, while coordinated by the DHB, is self-funding, and supports the translation of 34 languages to patients and their families in hospital ... More >>
Toxic Shellfish levels remain elevated
Thursday, 6 April 2006, 11:01 am | Hawkes Bay DHB
Health Warning: Toxic Shellfish levels remain elevated from Cape Kidnappers north to Mohaka River mouth More >>
Toxic shellfish return to Hawke’s Bay
Friday, 31 March 2006, 9:30 am | Hawkes Bay DHB
Toxic shellfish return to Hawke’s Bay – coastline from Cape Kidnappers north to Mohaka River mouth closed More >>
Monitoring of recreational water sites finished
Tuesday, 28 March 2006, 9:43 am | Hawkes Bay DHB
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s routine monitoring of water quality for the most popular swimming spots around Hawke's Bay for the 2005/2006 summer months has now finished and will recommence again at the beginning of the summer season in November 2006. More >>
No long-term public health effects following fire
Tuesday, 7 March 2006, 5:22 pm | Hawkes Bay DHB
Following further analysis of the chemicals stored at VJ Distributors in Hastings, Hawke’s Bay District Health Board’s public health unit today reiterated its earlier advice to the public that no long-term health effects were anticipated. More >>
Lions appeal raises over $89,000
Thursday, 23 February 2006, 10:11 am | Hawkes Bay DHB
For the past six months the Lions service for children appeal committee has been out and about calling on the public, businesses and private benefactors to provide funds for much needed newborn baby portable hearing screening equipment. More >>
Rural health provider takes top honours
Friday, 17 February 2006, 11:17 am | Hawkes Bay DHB
Takapau Community Health Charitable Trust has taken out the top accolades at the inaugural Hawke's Bay Health Awards. Last night they won the award for service integration meeting health needs and went on to take out the top prize – Supreme Health Award ... More >>
Trust sponsors child health guest speaker
Monday, 13 February 2006, 1:19 pm | Hawkes Bay DHB
The Oliver Smales Memorial Trust was established in 2005 by the Rotary Club of Taradale following the death of Dr Oliver Smales, a long-serving, respected paediatrician at Hawke’s Bay Hospital. More >>
HBDHB celebrates becoming a Teaching DHB
Monday, 13 February 2006, 11:04 am | Hawkes Bay DHB
Today marks the start of a week of celebrations for Hawke’s Bay District Health Board as it becomes a Teaching District Health Board. The week of activities will culminate with an official launch at 5:30pm on Friday 17 February, where the Prime Minister, ... More >>
Hawke’s Bay’s inaugural health award finalists
Friday, 3 February 2006, 12:42 am | Hawkes Bay DHB
The finalists in the inaugural Hawke's Bay Health Awards finalists have been announced and, says acting chief executive officer Ray Lind, “We have been delighted with the calibre all entrants in this, the inaugural Hawke’s Bay Health Awards. They, without ... More >>
