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Assessment Of A Girl Seen By Multiple General Practitioners
Monday, 22 June 2020, 2:04 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Health and Disability Commissioner Anthony Hill today released a report finding the Palms Medical Centre (The Palms) in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for its failures in relation to its care ... More >>
NZ Can Provide Global Leadership On Mental Health And Wellbeing - Mental Health Commissioner
Friday, 19 June 2020, 9:37 am | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Aotearoa New Zealand has the opportunity to provide global leadership in responding to mental distress and addiction says Mental Health Commissioner Kevin Allan. He today released the report Aotearoa New Zealand’s mental health and addiction services: ... More >>
Care Of Rest-home Resident With Pressure Injuries
Monday, 15 June 2020, 2:18 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding G J & J M Bellaney Limited in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for its failures in its care for a man in ... More >>
Triaging Of Patient At Emergency Department
Monday, 15 June 2020, 2:17 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Health and Disability Commissioner Anthony Hill today released a report finding Bay of Plenty District Health Board (DHB) in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for its failures in its care of a man in ... More >>
Management Of Elderly Woman’s Recurrent UTIs And Catheter Care In Rest Home
Monday, 8 June 2020, 2:09 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding a rest home owned and operated by Residential Management Limited (RML) in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for ... More >>
Consideration Of Alternative Diagnoses For Coccyx Pain
Monday, 8 June 2020, 2:06 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 adequately assess and consider alternative ... More >>
DHB Systems Failures And Delayed Treatment
Monday, 8 June 2020, 2:04 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Health and Disability Commissioner Anthony Hill today released a report finding Hawke’s Bay District Health Board (HBDHB) in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for multiple systems failures. A man underwent ... More >>
Pharmacist Dispensing Error And Dishonest Conduct
Monday, 25 May 2020, 2:24 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Kevin Allan today released a report finding a pharmacist in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for a dispensing error, and dishonest conduct following the error. ... More >>
Care Of Mother In Labour And New-born Baby
Monday, 25 May 2020, 2:19 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding a District Health Board, a self-employed midwife and a paediatric registrar in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for ... More >>
Recognition And Management Of Deterioration In A Rest Home Patient
Monday, 18 May 2020, 4:00 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 failing to appropriately manage a woman’s care when her condition ... More >>
Professional Boundaries Between Social Worker And Client
Monday, 18 May 2020, 3:11 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Kevin Allan today released a report finding a social worker in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failing to maintain professional boundaries between herself ... More >>
Health & Disability Commissioner Supports Prime Minister And Governor-General Pay Cut Initiatives
Thursday, 16 April 2020, 2:50 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Health and Disability Commissioner Anthony Hill, together with Mental Health Commissioner Kevin Allan and Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall announced this morning that they will each donate 20 per cent of their salary to charities for six ... More >>
False Reporting Of Test Result By Registrar
Monday, 16 March 2020, 2:27 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Health and Disability Commissioner Anthony Hill today released a report finding a doctor in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for lying to a senior colleague about a patient’s test results. The ... More >>
Monitoring Of Prostate Condition
Monday, 16 March 2020, 2:12 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 provide appropriate care and services ... More >>
Rest Home Care Provided To Elderly Woman
Monday, 9 March 2020, 2:11 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 failing to provide appropriate care and services to one of ... More >>
Disclosure Of Complication To Patient Following Eye Surgery
Monday, 9 March 2020, 2:05 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Health and Disability Commissioner Anthony Hill today released a report finding an ophthalmologist in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failing to promptly tell a patient about a complication encountered ... More >>
Care Provided To Newborn Baby With Respiratory Distress
Monday, 2 March 2020, 3:29 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding a midwife in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for the care she provided to a newborn baby with respiratory distress. ... More >>
Assessment And Management Of Rest Home Resident Following Falls
Monday, 2 March 2020, 3:25 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding a rest home and three of its nurses in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failing to adequately manage and assess ... More >>
Management Of End-of-life Care
Monday, 24 February 2020, 2:11 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding Heritage Lifecare Limited and one of its staff in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failures relating to the palliative ... More >>
Terminally Ill Woman Dispensed Incorrect Amount Of Pain Medication
Monday, 24 February 2020, 2:08 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Kevin Allan today released a report finding a pharmacist in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for making a number of errors, on different occasions, when dispensing ... More >>
