Hawkes Bay District Health Board - Latest News [Page 5]
Waipatiki lagoon swimming warning lifted
Thursday, 17 January 2008, 9:50 am | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr Richard Hoskins today lifted an earlier warning advising members of the public not to swim in the Waipatiki Lagoon. More >>
Lake Tutira contaminated – swimming warning
Wednesday, 9 January 2008, 5:08 pm | Hawkes 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 Lake Tutira. More >>
Change of Meeting Date
Monday, 26 November 2007, 4:34 pm | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
HBDHB advises that the public Mental Health & Addiction Services Advisory Committee meeting originally scheduled for 1:00pm on Thursday 29 November has been changed and will now take place at 12:30pm on Wednesday 28 November. Members of the public ... More >>
White Ribbon Day marked at HBDHB
Friday, 23 November 2007, 5:16 pm | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board is supporting White Ribbon Day (the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) with Hawke’s Bay Hospital façade festooned with metres of white ribbon. White ribbons are also being ... More >>
Are mental health services improving lives?
Wednesday, 8 August 2007, 11:43 am | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
A new programme has revealed that a $4 million investment into mental health services in Hawke’s Bay has significantly improved the lives of consumers. More people are living independently with stable housing, employment and access to support, a programme ... More >>
Strike actions will disrupt services
Tuesday, 29 May 2007, 4:19 pm | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
Due to strike action by members of the Service and Food Workers and Medical Laboratory Workers unions services at Hawke’s Bay and Wairoa Hospitals will be disrupted. More >>
Contingency planning for strike action advanced
Thursday, 5 April 2007, 10:12 am | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
Contingency planning at Hawke’s Bay District Health Board (HBDHB) is well underway to ensure minimum risk to patients and maintenance of urgent and acute care during the planned strike action by members of the Medical Laboratory Workers’ Union (MLWU). ... More >>
Summer monitoring of recreational water sites ends
Friday, 30 March 2007, 11:16 am | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
The summer monitoring of water quality of the most popular swimming spots around Hawke's Bay for the 2006/2007 season has now finished. Hawke's Bay Regional Council has completed its monitoring of 30 recreational spots on the region’s rivers and ... More >>
Health Warning lifted following sewage overflow
Monday, 19 March 2007, 4:28 pm | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board’s medical officer of health, Dr Caroline McElnay, today lifted the warning issued on 7 March which advised the public not to swim, gather food or collect shellfish in the Kaiapo Drain, Southland Drain, Irongate Stream, ... More >>
WellChild/Tamariki Ora Week 5 – 11th March 2007
Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 4:46 pm | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
A Whanau (family) Fun Day is being held this Sunday, 4 March in Flaxmere, to kick off WellChild/Tamariki Ora week and celebrate National Children’s Day. More >>
New Hawke’s Bay laboratory services begin 1 March
Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 2:30 pm | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
From Thursday 1 March, Hawke’s Bay District Health Board and Southern Community Laboratories will be working in partnership to provide laboratory services for Hawke’s Bay people. More >>
DHB Makes Final Decision On Laboratory Services
Monday, 15 January 2007, 3:54 pm | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board chief executive, Chris Clarke, said Southern Community Laboratories had been confirmed as the future provider of laboratory services for Hawke’s Bay, and will work in partnership with the Hawke’s Bay Hospital laboratory. More >>
Keep mozzies from the Bay - Clean up your section
Thursday, 11 January 2007, 3:36 pm | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
While warmer summer weather is great for residents and holidaymakers alike in the Hawke's Bay, it is also great weather for mosquitoes. They can be a real nuisance, especially at this time of the year, when many people are outdoors trying to enjoy ... More >>
Heavy rain causes swimming warnings
Thursday, 21 December 2006, 4:32 pm | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
Recent heavy rain has caused pollution to contaminate many Hawke’s Bay waterways, says Hawke’s Bay’s District Health Board Medical Officer of Health, Dr Caroline McElnay. More >>
Strike action underway at HBDHB
Saturday, 2 December 2006, 12:21 am | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
The Medical Laboratory Workers’ Union strike began at 8.00am this morning and for the next seven days Hawke’s Bay DHB’s contingency planning team will be working around the clock to ensure patients receive the care they need. More >>
Plus Rehab to provide physio services
Monday, 27 November 2006, 10:20 am | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board (HBDHB) chief executive officer, Chris Clarke, said he was delighted to announce that Plus Rehab, a private physiotherapy practice would be moving in to the Napier Health Centre on 4 December. More >>
Animal Poisoning Warning: , Havelock North
Thursday, 23 November 2006, 11:39 am | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr Lester Calder and Hastings District Council’s Community Safety Manager, Malcom Hart, today issued a warning, advising members of the public to control their dogs and ensure their ... More >>
Physiotherapy services in Napier
Saturday, 21 October 2006, 2:17 pm | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
Following the July relocation of physiotherapy services from the Napier Health Centre, Hawke’s Bay District Health Board called for requests for proposals from private physiotherapists wanting to work in partnership with the DHB to provide physiotherapy ... More >>
Board makes decision on preferred provider
Friday, 20 October 2006, 3:35 pm | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
Following a lengthy Request for Proposal process, Hawke’s Bay District Health Board members have made a decision on a preferred provider of laboratory services to partner with the Hawke’s Bay Hospital laboratory. More >>
Hawke’s Bay Coastline Toxic Shellfish closure over
Thursday, 11 May 2006, 2:32 pm | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board is able to advise that the closure for the consumption of shellfish of the Hawke’s Bay coastline between Mohaka in the north to Cape Kidnapper’s in the south can now being lifted. More >>