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Choose The Right Healthcare For You And Your Whānau These School Holidays

Wednesday, 28 June 2023, 2:40 pm | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand

If you or your whānau are unwell or injured, we want to help you get the right care in the right place. That’s the message from Therese Manning, Emergency Department (ED) clinical nurse manager at Te Whatu Ora in Taranaki. Winter, particularly during ... More >>

Taranaki Renal Unit Takes Out Further Design Awards

Tuesday, 27 June 2023, 3:04 pm | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand

Taranaki’s new Renal Unit, Te Huhi Raupō, has scooped five design awards in a matter of weeks. The building was recognised for excellence in the both the Civic, Health & Arts category and the Green Building category at the New Zealand ... More >>

RESOLVED: Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley And Wairarapa Technical Issues

Thursday, 22 June 2023, 2:39 pm | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand

Te Whatu Ora Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley and Te Whatu Ora Wairarapa have resolved the ICT issue affecting systems across Greater Wellington’s hospitals. Services across Wellington Regional Hospital, Kenepuru Community Hospital, Ratonga ... More >>

Alternate Care Plans In Place As Buller Health Services Temporarily Operating At Reduced Capacity

Thursday, 22 June 2023, 2:36 pm | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand

Buller Health’s health care services will be temporarily operating at reduced capacity with changes to some of our evening operating hours from tonight (Thursday 22 June) due to staff illness, with alternate plans in place for patients needing ... More >>

Kurawaka Waipapa Tells Unique Stories Through Its Design And Finishes

Thursday, 22 June 2023, 12:32 pm | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand

<img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2306/b351147d39f432b8dc64.jpeg" width="720" height="405"> Kurawaka Waipapa, Canterbury’s new central city birthing unit, will boast a unique and purposeful interior design ... More >>

Technical Issue Expected To Cause Delays At Local Hospitals

Thursday, 22 June 2023, 9:13 am | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand

A significant ICT outage is affecting a range of systems across Te Whatu Ora Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley and Te Whatu Ora Wairarapa. The outage is causing some disruption to systems at Wellington Regional Hospital, Kenepuru Community Hospital, ... More >>

Empowering Rural Health: Tertiary Students Inspire Change In Taranaki

Tuesday, 20 June 2023, 2:39 pm | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand

Hauora Taiwhenua's Rural Health Careers Promotion programme is heading to Taranaki on the 26th of June, with six tertiary students from around Aotearoa New Zealand volunteering for the second round of rural school visits for 2023. The Rural Health ... More >>

New Mental Health And Additions Facility Reaches Key Milestone

Tuesday, 20 June 2023, 2:10 pm | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand

A new mental health and addictions facility for the Tairāwhiti community has moved a step closer to completion today, with the first concrete being poured for the building’s base. Te Whare Awhiora will replace the current Te Whatu Ora Tairāwhiti mental health ... More >>

Helping Stroke Survivors Find Their Voice

Tuesday, 20 June 2023, 1:32 pm | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand

Every two weeks at Taranaki Base Hospital, stroke survivor Grant Kenny volunteers alongside the Speech Language Therapy (SLT) team to lead a communication group for people who have speech and language difficulties post stroke. As their caregivers ... More >>

Taranaki Renal Centre Wins Prestigious European Design Award

Friday, 16 June 2023, 2:26 pm | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand

The design of Taranaki’s new Renal Centre, Te Huhi Raupō, has been recognised on the global stage after being announced as the winner of the prestigious Healthcare Design (under 25,000m2) trophy in the European Healthcare Design Awards 2023. <img ... More >>

Hart Family Donates $6.5 Million To Help Transform PICU At Starship Children’s Hospital

Wednesday, 7 June 2023, 12:53 pm | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand

Starship Children’s Hospital is thrilled to have received a remarkable $6.5 million donation from Graeme and Robyn Hart to the Starship Foundation, to support the hospital’s Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) expansion project at Te Toka Tumai Auckland. ... More >>

Meningococcal Disease In Wellington Region

Thursday, 25 May 2023, 3:14 pm | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand

Te Whatu Ora is calling on people to be alert for meningococcal symptoms. This comes following the recent tragic death of a person with meningococcal disease in the Wellington region. Dr Craig Thornley, Te Whatu Ora, Medical Officer of Health, National Public ... More >>

Hospitals Ask People To Return Unneeded Medical Equipment

Wednesday, 24 May 2023, 1:10 pm | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand

Te Whatu Ora Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley is asking people to return unneeded medical equipment – including crutches, walking frames, shower stools, and raised toilet seats – so that they can be available for new patients. “We are asking ... More >>

Supporting Our Community Three Months On

Thursday, 18 May 2023, 12:21 pm | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand

Three months after Cyclone Gabrielle the impact is still being felt by our affected communities and those supporting the recovery process, Te Whatu Ora Clinical Psychologist Frances Oliver says. The time frame and pathway of rebuilding will be different for ... More >>

Health Warning Lifted For Algal Bloom In Lake Hood

Monday, 15 May 2023, 4:42 pm | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand

  Te Mana Ora | Community and Public Health has lifted its algal bloom health warning issued for Lake Hood and its canals on 16 March 2023. Recent water testing at Lake Hood has shown the quantity of potentially toxic blue-green algae ... More >>

Health Warning Lifted For Algal Bloom In The Waikirikiri-Selwyn River At The Whitecliffs Picnic Area

Friday, 12 May 2023, 2:39 pm | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand

Te Mana Ora | Community and Public Health has lifted its algal bloom health warning issued for the Waikirikiri-Selwyn River at the Whitecliffs Picnic Area Recent cyanobacteria surveys of the Waikirikiri-Selwyn River has shown the cover of potentially toxic ... More >>

Health Warning Lifted For Algal Bloom In Pegasus Lake

Thursday, 11 May 2023, 3:16 pm | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand

Te Mana Ora | Community and Public Health has lifted its algal bloom health warning issued for Pegasus Lake Recent water testing at Pegasus Lake has shown the quantity of potentially toxic blue-green algae (planktonic cyanobacteria) in the lake has ... More >>

Te Whatu Ora Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley Releases Review Of BreastScreen Central

Wednesday, 10 May 2023, 6:27 pm | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand

Te Whatu Ora Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley has today released the findings of its review into the BreastScreen Central (BSC) service that delivers screening services for the Greater Wellington region. The review was launched in 2022 , following ... More >>

Wellington And Hutt Hospitals Prepare For A Busy Winter

Friday, 5 May 2023, 1:16 pm | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand

Te Whatu Ora Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley has opened new facilities to increase available beds and relieve pressure on busy hospital wards and Emergency Departments as winter approaches. “Our Hutt Valley, Kenepuru Community, and Wellington Regional ... More >>

Maternity Services Contract With St George’s Hospital To End

Monday, 24 April 2023, 4:44 pm | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand

Fionnagh Dougan, National Director, Hospital and Specialist Services has confirmed an agreement has been reached between St George’s Hospital and Te Whatu Ora that its maternity services contract will end on June 30, 2023. “We would like to thank ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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