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Charting And Administration Of Prisoner’s Medications By DHB
Monday, 24 August 2020, 2:14 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Health and Disability Commissioner Anthony Hill today released a report finding a district health board (DHB) in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failing to give a patient his regular medications ... More >>
Reporting Of Skin Cancer Results And Arrangement Of Follow Up
Monday, 24 August 2020, 2:10 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Health and Disability Commissioner Anthony Hill today released a report finding a general practitioner (GP) and a medical centre in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for not communicating a man’s ... More >>
Recall For Repeat Cervical Smear
Monday, 24 August 2020, 2:08 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Health and Disability Commissioner Anthony Hill today released a report finding the Ministry of Health National Screening Unit (NSU) in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for a misalignment of the ... More >>
Misidentification Of Patient
Monday, 17 August 2020, 2:20 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Health and Disability Commissioner Anthony Hill today released a report finding a GP in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failing to correctly establish a woman’s medical history and identity ... More >>
Assessment And Treatment Of Man With History Of Self-harm And Suicide Attempts
Monday, 17 August 2020, 2:16 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Mental Health Commissioner Kevin Allan today released a report finding a district health board (DHB) in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights for failing to adequately plan treatment for a man who later died by apparent ... More >>
Recognition Of Sepsis In A Deteriorating Patient
Monday, 10 August 2020, 2:18 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Health and Disability Commissioner Anthony Hill today released a report finding a doctor and a health centre in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights for failing to recognise an elderly man was deteriorating with ... More >>
Hospital-level Care In A Rest Home
Monday, 3 August 2020, 2:41 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding a rest home in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for a number of serious oversights in the care of a woman in the ... More >>
Emergency Department Care Results In Delayed Diagnosis Of Stroke
Monday, 3 August 2020, 2:40 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Health and Disability Commissioner Anthony Hill today released a report finding a district health board (DHB) in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for the suboptimal care of a woman in a public hospital’s ... More >>
Personal Relationship With Patient
Monday, 3 August 2020, 2:23 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Health and Disability Commissioner Anthony Hill today released a report finding a general practitioner (GP) in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failing to maintain professional boundaries with ... More >>
Personal Relationship With Patient
Monday, 3 August 2020, 2:21 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Health and Disability Commissioner Anthony Hill today released a report finding a general practitioner (GP) in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failing to maintain professional boundaries with ... More >>
Recognition And Treatment Of Sepsis
Monday, 27 July 2020, 2:15 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Health and Disability Commissioner Anthony Hill today released a report finding a general practitioner (GP) and a District Health Board (DHB) in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failing to appropriately ... More >>
Failure To Respect Refusal Of Consent To Treatment
Monday, 27 July 2020, 2:13 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Health and Disability Commissioner Anthony Hill today released a report finding an obstetrician and gynaecologist (O & G) and a district health board in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) ... More >>
Intensive Care Provided To New Born Baby
Monday, 20 July 2020, 2:23 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Health and Disability Commissioner Anthony Hill today released a report finding a District Health Board in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights for the care provided to a new born baby in its neonatal intensive care unit ... More >>
Source: Health And Disability Commissioner
Monday, 13 July 2020, 2:17 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Health and Disability Commissioner Anthony Hill today released a report finding two general practitioners and a skin clinic in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for oversights in relation to a man’s diagnosis ... More >>
Processes For Checking On Vulnerable Clients At Home
Monday, 13 July 2020, 2:15 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding community healthcare provider Access Community Health (Access) in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failing to have ... More >>
Management Of A Prisoner's Medication
Monday, 6 July 2020, 2:06 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Kevin Allan today released a report finding the Department of Corrections (Corrections), Clendon Pharmacy and a doctor in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for ... More >>
Sexual Relationship Between Community Support Worker And Consumer
Monday, 6 July 2020, 2:04 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding a community support worker in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for entering into a sexual relationship with his client. ... More >>
DHB Response To "red Flag" Symptoms
Monday, 29 June 2020, 2:01 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Health and Disability Commissioner Anthony Hill today released a report finding a DHB in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failing to identify a woman’s "red flag" symptoms and ... More >>
Mental Health Commissioner Welcomes Progress Report On The Government’s Response To He Ara Oranga
Thursday, 25 June 2020, 12:02 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
The Initial Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission has released a report describing the Government’s initial progress towards achieving the vision set out in He Ara Oranga. Mental Health Commissioner Kevin Allan says that the Initial Commission’s ... More >>
Care Of A Deteriorating Patient At A Rest Home
Monday, 22 June 2020, 2:06 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding the owner of a rest home in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for providing poor care to a man whose condition was ... More >>
