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Waikato District Health Board
Healthy People. Excellent Care
Waikato District Health Board (DHB) employs over 6500 people and plans, funds and provides hospital and health services to more than 391,770 people in a region covering eight per cent of New Zealand.
Waikato District Health Board - Latest News [Page 12]
Waikato Hospital dental staff to bring smiles to Fijians
Wednesday, 29 October 2014, 3:49 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Dr Marguerite Paterson is a dental surgeon at Waikato Hospital, but in late March next year she and six dental colleagues will be changing the modern facilities of a hospital in New Zealand for the challenges of a small village in rural Fiji. More >>
Waikato Continues to Provide Good Maternity Services
Friday, 24 October 2014, 3:02 pm | Waikato District Health Board
The New Zealand Maternity Clinical Indicators yearly report released today by the Ministry of Health demonstrates that women in Waikato are receiving good maternity care and Waikato is doing well against the national average for all district health ... More >>
Board Confirms Maternity Units’ Closure
Friday, 24 October 2014, 10:36 am | Waikato DHB
Primary birthing facilities run by Waikato District Health Board (DHB) in Morrinsville and Te Awamutu will close in February next year, the board confirmed at its monthly meetingon Wednesday. More >>
Remembrance Board for Lost Babies Unveiled
Thursday, 16 October 2014, 10:31 am | Waikato District Health Board
An evolving art piece which acknowledges those families who fitted a lifetime of love into a few precious moments with their babies, was unveiled today at a simple but moving ceremony at Waikato Hospital. More >>
Employee at Hamilton Dairy Fails Tobacco Compliance Test
Tuesday, 14 October 2014, 2:24 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Employee at Hamilton Dairy Fails Tobacco Compliance Test An employee at a Hamilton dairy is facing enforcement action after selling a tobacco product to a person less than 18 years of age. Waikato District Health Board’s Population Health staff visited ... More >>
Waikids Surgical Ward on the Move
Monday, 13 October 2014, 5:12 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Tokoroa’s Jaida Maxwell-Davies, 10, had her teddies ready and her suitcase packed for the early morning move from floor to floor at Waikato Hospital today (13 October). More >>
Self Help for Patients to Speed up Emergency Time
Monday, 13 October 2014, 4:33 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Thames Hospital will become the first hospital in the country to trial a patient kiosk in the emergency department, an idea first mooted by its clinical director Dr Ruth Large last year. More >>
Bob Uses Kiwi Ingenuity to Solve Hospital’s Cleaning Problem
Monday, 13 October 2014, 3:31 pm | Waikato District Health Board
The new Meade Clinical Centre at Waikato Hospital is a modern, attractive building with wide spaces and high atriums. More >>
Stop smoking initiatives bring Stoptober to Waikato
Friday, 10 October 2014, 3:30 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Hospital staff, health promoters, cessation providers and medical centres all have a role to play in stop smoking initiatives in the Waikato. More >>
Waikids Surgical Ward Blessing Marks End of Era
Friday, 3 October 2014, 5:16 pm | Waikato District Health Board
It has taken many years but finally all Waikids surgical services are in the same ward close to Waikato Hospital’s other critical care services but in the same building as the hospital’s paediatric services. More >>
Sue’s Heart Has Been in Nursing, Retirement Looms
Thursday, 2 October 2014, 1:25 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Sue Martin has spent the last 41 years and nine months doing what she always dreamed about – being a nurse. More >>
Dialysis Patients Help Themselves to Treatment
Thursday, 2 October 2014, 10:20 am | Waikato District Health Board
Shane Waraki and Jake Wharewhiti are in no doubt learning to do their own care at Waikato District Health Board’s Regional Renal Centre in Hamilton has given them a quality of life they could only dream of months ago. More >>
Waikato women accessing top class services
Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 10:12 am | Waikato District Health Board
Two thirds of all Waikato women are registering with a lead maternity carer within the first 12 weeks of their pregnancy, a just-published Waikato District Health Board Maternity Annual Report shows. More >>
Snapshots Show Excellent Older Persons Care
Monday, 29 September 2014, 2:41 pm | Waikato District Health Board
When Older Persons and Rehabilitation group manager Barbara Garbutt asked her team of people working in the service for examples of care excellence, the response staggered her. More >>
Jan Adams Denies Her New Job Linked to MOH Review
Thursday, 25 September 2014, 4:44 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato District Health Board chief operating officer Jan Adams has today strongly denied any suggestions her appointment to a primary care strategic liaison role was in direct response to the Ministry of Health report “Review of opportunities for ... More >>
Executive Changes at Waikato DHB
Tuesday, 23 September 2014, 12:02 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato District Health Board’s chief operating officer Jan Adams is to take up a newly created position of primary care strategic liaison for the DHB early next month while Brett Paradine, currently general manager of the DHB’s planning and ... More >>
Waikato measles outbreak declared over
Wednesday, 17 September 2014, 10:39 am | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato has not had a confirmed measles case since 12 August prompting Waikato District Health Board’s medical officer of health Dr Anita Bell to declare the outbreak over. “I would like to take the opportunity to say a big thank you to all those ... More >>
Patients Surveyed on Their Time in Waikato Hospitals
Monday, 8 September 2014, 3:11 pm | Waikato District Health Board
If you spent time last month as an inpatient at one of Waikato DHB’s five hospitals, you may have been asked to fill in a survey on your experiences. More >>
Maternal Smoking Messages a Focus at Waikato Hospital
Friday, 5 September 2014, 1:33 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato Hospital will actively promote the message for pregnant mums to quit smoking starting from Monday. More >>
Organisation Wide Support for ‘Lunch Box’ Appeal
Thursday, 4 September 2014, 12:17 pm | Waikato District Health Board
A campaign in support of the popular “Lunch Box” day tomorrow (Friday 5 September) not only has the support of Waikato DHB’s Māori Health service Te Puna Oranga, but also staff in Waikato Hospital’s operating theatre. More >>
