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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 19]
Get Your Fluoride Surveys Into Waikato District Council
Friday, 27 September 2013, 9:11 am | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato District Council’s water fluoridation survey closes on Monday (30 September). Waikato District Health Board is urging those living in Tamahere, Matangi, Puketaha, Gordonton and Te Kowhai to complete the surveys and return them to make their voices ... More >>
New Modern Health Centre In Tokoroa Given A Name
Thursday, 26 September 2013, 6:37 pm | Waikato District Health Board
The name South Waikato Health Centre was approved by Waikato District Health Board (DHB) yesterday for the site which includes Tokoroa Hospital and in future a number of other health providers in previously “mothballed” wards. More >>
The Last of the Sugar Babies
Thursday, 26 September 2013, 12:45 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Being a paediatrician doesn’t mean you can be certain your unborn child will avoid monitoring and intervention at birth. Dr Alex Wallace, was always aware her little boy wasn’t going to be so little from what the hospital scans had picked up – ... More >>
Waikato Hospital Leads With World-Breaking Baby Research
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 1:57 pm | Waikato DHB
Newborn baby research undertaken at Waikato Hospital between 2008 and 2010, known as the Sugar Babies Study, features in one of the world’s best known, oldest and most respected general medical journals today. More >>
Waikato Doctor Appointed National Clinical Lead
Tuesday, 24 September 2013, 3:09 pm | Waikato DHB
Dr Kim McAnulty has been appointed by the Ministry of Health as the National Clinical Leader for Radiology for the next two years. This is a part-time role and Kim will continue to be actively involved here at Waikato Hospital at the same time. More >>
Waikato DHB to Launch Paediatric Falls Prevention Programme
Tuesday, 24 September 2013, 2:38 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Patients in some of Waikato Hospital’s Waikids wards will soon be the first in the country to benefit from a falls prevention programme targeted specifically at children. More >>
Waikato DHB Facebook Page Bombarded
Friday, 20 September 2013, 4:33 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato District Health Board has had to block all comments to their Facebook page after a member of the anti-fluoridation community created two fake profiles using one of its doctor’s identities. More >>
Bad Teeth Affect Many Areas of Health Experts Say
Thursday, 19 September 2013, 5:02 pm | Waikato District Health Board
A whole range of people employed to protect the public’s health are voicing concerns about what will happen if the quality of Hamilton’s teeth declines due to drinking non-fluoridated water. More >>
More Money, More Time Needed
Thursday, 19 September 2013, 3:55 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Hamilton City Council’s decision to take fluoride out of the water supply means Kara Disher and her team at Frankton Community Dental Centre have taken on a bigger workload. More >>
Bill's Teeth Near Perfect Thanks to Fluoridea
Thursday, 19 September 2013, 3:52 pm | Waikato District Health Board
“All that fluoride and I’m still here, I’m healthy – and I have great teeth.” More >>
Ongoing Personal Attacks On Dhb Staff Over Fluoride
Thursday, 19 September 2013, 9:45 am | Waikato District Health Board
There will be no Waikato District Health Board (DHB) staff attending a Hamilton City Council-organised public meeting about community water fluoridation on Monday 30 September. More >>
Council Picks up Pukekohe Dog Pound Management
Wednesday, 11 September 2013, 10:53 am | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato District Council has taken on the management of Pukekohe Dog Pound after the former contractor of the Auckland Council-owned facility ended its contract earlier this year. The facility, which reopened last week, is located at 15 Austen Place, ... More >>
Waikato Residents Have Their Say On Fluoride
Wednesday, 11 September 2013, 9:28 am | Waikato District Health Board
Health professionals have applauded Waikato District Council’s decision to give nearly 2500 of their residents a chance to have their say on the continuation of water fluoridation in Hamilton. More >>
Refurbished Chemotherapy Day Stay has the ‘wow’ factor
Friday, 6 September 2013, 2:22 pm | Waikato DHB
Wendy Hickey has been a regular at Waikato Hospital's Chemotherapy Day Stay for four years but the clinic she walked into on Monday was a vast improvement on the one she's been used to attending. More >>
NZ Dental Association Appalled At Anti-Fluoride Billboards
Friday, 6 September 2013, 2:18 pm | Waikato DHB
The New Zealand Dental Association is appalled at the two anti-fluoride billboards which have gone up in central Hamilton this week. Fluoride Action Network New Zealand has erected two anti-fluoride billboards on Ulster St and Mill St this week, boldly ... More >>
Hamilton Being Denied the Right to Healthy Teeth
Wednesday, 4 September 2013, 3:13 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Thousands of Hamilton residents are being denied access to fluoridated water. In June, Hamilton City councillors voted 7-1 in favour of removing fluoride from the town’s water supply. More >>
Action Plan Sets Waikato on a Path to Excellence
Monday, 2 September 2013, 3:57 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Action Plan Sets Waikato on a Path to Excellence The first annual report for Waikato District Health Board (DHB) as part of a focus on maternity quality and safety confirms that a number of changes have taken place in recent months in response to an action ... More >>
Waikato Hospital staff embrace comedy for a cause
Wednesday, 28 August 2013, 4:41 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato Hospital staff will trade the bright lights of operating theatres for the bright lights of the stage tomorrow night when Waikato Hospital’s 2013 comedy revue opens at Hamilton's Clarence Street Theatre. More >>
Helping Smokers to Quit, a Health Target First
Tuesday, 27 August 2013, 10:44 am | Waikato DHB
Waikato has hit the 95 per cent Better help for Smokers to Quit health target in its hospitals for the first time since the introduction of the target in July 2009. More >>
Thousands of Waikato people have elective operations
Tuesday, 27 August 2013, 9:10 am | Waikato District Health Board
27 August 2013 Thousands of Waikato people have elective operations Surgeons, booking clerks, anaesthetists and those who work in Waikato District Health Board’s theatres and ward settings have today come in for huge praise for delivering nearly 15,000 ... More >>
