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Inadequate Information And Informed Consent Prior To Hysterectomy Surgery 20HDC01996
Monday, 22 April 2024, 2:25 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall has found a specialist obstetrician and gynaecologist breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failing to provide a woman with adequate information to enable ... More >>
Oceania Care Company Limited Breaches Code For Failures In Care For Respite Resident 20HDC02116
Monday, 22 April 2024, 2:21 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Oceania also breached Right 4(2) of the Code for record keeping. More >>
Lack Of Informed Consent For Circumcision Procedure
Monday, 25 March 2024, 2:05 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Dr Vanessa Caldwell has found that a GP breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for his care of a teenager who underwent a circumcision procedure for cultural reasons. ... More >>
Hato Hone St John Breaches Code For Not Providing Services Of An Appropriate Standard
Monday, 18 March 2024, 2:34 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
The Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner has found Hato Hone St John breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights for failures in assessing a man with a suspected heart attack, and contradicting a GP’s advice. Dr Vanessa ... More >>
GP Breaches Code For Not Following Up On Ultrasound
Monday, 11 March 2024, 2:15 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
In a report released today, the Health and Disability Commissioner has found a GP breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for not following up with a patient he had referred for an ultrasound. The woman, ... More >>
Care Home And Registered Nurse Breach The Code For Inadequate Wound Management
Monday, 11 March 2024, 2:09 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
In a report issued today, Aged Care Commissioner Carolyn Cooper found a care home and a registered nurse breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for their care of a female resident. The woman, who had a complex ... More >>
Aged Care Commissioner Carolyn Cooper Calls For Action To Improve Access To Health And Disability Care For Older People
Thursday, 7 March 2024, 11:02 am | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
A report released today by the Aged Care Commissioner Carolyn Cooper highlights the need for action to meet the ongoing health and disability needs of older people. The Aged Care Commissioner makes 20 recommendations to improve quality of care in ... More >>
Care Home And Nurse Practitioner Breach Code For Failures In Wound Management Of Elderly Woman
Monday, 26 February 2024, 1:52 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
The Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner has found Bupa Care Services, and a nurse practitioner (NP), breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failures in their management of an elderly woman’s wounds. ... More >>
Pharmacy Breached Code For Dispensing Error
Monday, 26 February 2024, 1:50 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
The Health and Disability Commissioner has found a pharmacy breached the Code of Health and Disabililty Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for a dispensing error which saw a four-year-old boy admitted to hospital. The boy had been prescribed liquid ... More >>
Shortcomings In Hospital-level Care By Aged Care Provider
Monday, 26 February 2024, 1:48 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Aged Care Commissioner Carolyn Cooper has released a report today finding Calvary Hospital Southland Limited (Calvary) breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights for hospital-level care provided to a resident. The female resident ... More >>
Progress Made But National Collaborative Action Needed To Stabilize Oncology Workforces
Friday, 23 February 2024, 9:39 am | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
The Health and Disability Commissioner has acknowledged the progress made since the publication of her Commissioner Initiated Investigation (CII) into Southern Blood and Cancer Services (SBCS) in April 2023. In Morag McDowell’s addendum to the CII, ... More >>
Pharmacist Breaches Code For Failing To Check Correct Medication Dispensed
Monday, 19 February 2024, 2:03 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
The Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner has found a pharmacist breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights for failing to check the correct medication was dispensed to a consumer. Rose Wall found the pharmacist had ... More >>
Failures In Care Provided By Mental Health Services
Monday, 12 February 2024, 1:58 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Dr Vanessa Caldwell has today released a report finding Counties Manukau District Health Board (CMDHB) (now Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau) and a Community Mental Health Service (CMHS) [1] breached the Code ... More >>
Medical Centre Breaches Code For Their Treatment Of A Man With Prostate Cancer
Monday, 5 February 2024, 1:45 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
In a report released today, Aged Care Commissioner Carolyn Cooper found a medical centre breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for their care of a man with prostate cancer. The man was diagnosed with prostate ... More >>
Doctor Directs Unqualified Employee To Administer Botox
Monday, 5 February 2024, 1:43 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
A doctor has breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for directing an unqualified employee to administer Botox to a woman who then suffered adverse reactions and for not ensuring that appropriate informed consent ... More >>
Aged Care Provider Breaches Code For Failure To Manage Pressure Injury.
Tuesday, 23 January 2024, 1:41 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
In a report released today, Aged Care Commissioner Carolyn Cooper found Mayfair Lifecare (2008) Limited breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for their care of a man in his eighties. The man was in hospital ... More >>
Surgeon Breaches Code For Not Informing Woman Of Results Of Knee Surgery
Monday, 18 December 2023, 2:17 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
A surgeon breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights (the Code) after deficiencies in communication during both preoperative and postoperative consultations relating to knee surgery. The woman, who experienced knee pain from ... More >>
Disability Service Provider Breaches Code For Physically Restraining A Man 22HDC02152
Monday, 11 December 2023, 7:35 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
A charitable organisation that provides support programmes for disabled people, and several of its employees, breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights (the Code) after a man was physically restrained. The man, aged ... More >>
Traditional Chinese Medicine Therapist Referred To Director Of Proceedings For Multiple Breaches Of Code 22HDC02896
Monday, 11 December 2023, 7:33 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
A traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) therapist has breached multiple rights of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights (the Code) in his treatment of a woman, the Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner has found. Dr Vanessa Caldwell ... More >>
Failures In Care By Registered Midwife During Pregnancy And Birth
Monday, 27 November 2023, 1:54 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall has found a registered midwife breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for her care of a woman during pregnancy and birth. Following a period of labour, ... More >>
