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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 26]
Promise to surgical team after finger reattached
Tuesday, 16 October 2012, 10:50 am | Waikato District Health Board
Meatworker Tamati Parkes has a promise to keep – along with his ring finger More >>
Bridge move will halt traffic
Tuesday, 9 October 2012, 2:53 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Media Release Date: 9 October, 2012 Bridge move will halt traffic Motorists are being urged to avoid using State Highway 1 and 3 near the Waiora Waikato Hospital on Tuesday evening (16 October) when a large bridge will be transported to the hospital. More >>
Waikato DHB Responds To Misleading Claims
Monday, 8 October 2012, 4:11 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Claims in Fairfax newspapers today that Waikato District Health Board “bosses’’ flew to the US to lure medical staff to New Zealand are misleading, says chief executive Craig Climo. More >>
Kirsten Steinke out of intensive care, condition improves
Sunday, 7 October 2012, 11:01 am | Waikato District Health Board
American Kirsten Steinke, 28, who was involved in a car accident near Waitomo Caves on 20 September in which her husband Kallan Stithem, 31, died, has been transferred out of intensive care More >>
Quirky campaign to woo US emergency doctors
Friday, 5 October 2012, 5:29 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Snorkels, skis and stethoscopes don’t usually belong together, but for a recruitment campaign in Colorado next week, Emergency Department doctors have been strutting their recreational gear in front of Waikato DHB’s photographers. More >>
Quirky campaign to woo US emergency doctors
Friday, 5 October 2012, 5:27 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Snorkels, skis and stethoscopes don’t usually belong together, but for a recruitment campaign in Colorado next week, Emergency Department doctors have been strutting their recreational gear in front of Waikato DHB’s photographers. More >>
40 years at Mothercraft
Thursday, 4 October 2012, 3:34 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Media Release Date: 4 October 2012 40 years at Mothercraft Caption for supplied photo New mums: From left, Nikki Stokes, Jacqueline Herrett, Kayla Robinson, Clinical Nurse Manager Alison Williams, Candice Haultain and Vicki Glasgow at Mothercraft ... More >>
A better place for patients and staff
Wednesday, 3 October 2012, 7:36 pm | Waikato District Health Board
When Hands, Burns and Scar Therapy moved into the Meade Clinical Centre three weeks ago it also meant they amalgamated their whole therapy team. More >>
Kirsten Steinke update 3/10/12
Wednesday, 3 October 2012, 5:19 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Kirsten Steinke, the newly-wed involved in a fatal car accident at the Waitomo Caves intersection on SH3 on Thursday morning 20 September. is responding to her parents' voices. More >>
New High Dependency Unit opens
Wednesday, 3 October 2012, 3:41 pm | Waikato District Health Board
New High Dependency Unit opens The new 12-bed High Dependency Unit -- which opened today (Wednesday) at Waikato Hospital -- offers the latest in medical technology. More >>
Let's go shopping
Monday, 1 October 2012, 5:31 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Fitting out a building the size of the Meade Clinical Centre doesn’t happen without a lot of planning, budgeting and hard work. More >>
Health Care Assistants Graduate
Monday, 1 October 2012, 3:12 pm | Waikato District Health Board
A group of Waikato DHB health care assistants (HCAs) graduated with a Level 3 National Certificate in Health, Disability and Aged Support last week. The graduates are mainly from Waikato Hospital's internal medicine and speciality surgery services, with one ... More >>
Running 'Front of House"
Monday, 1 October 2012, 2:55 pm | Waikato District Health Board
With Ali Wilkinson in charge you expect things to run smoothly. And that’s the way she likes it. More >>
Waikato DHB Lose It And Win
Thursday, 20 September 2012, 12:22 pm | Waikato District Health Board
-Waikato District Health Board awarded NZ Workplace of the Year at Weight Watchers Healthy Life Awards- More >>
Waikato DHB mortality data
Tuesday, 18 September 2012, 5:02 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato District Health Board hospitals participate in an independent data review process collated by the Health Roundtable. More >>
Free Whooping Cough Vaccines for Pregnant Women
Friday, 14 September 2012, 3:39 pm | Waikato DHB
Waikato District Health Board is taking the fight against whooping cough one step further and offering free vaccination against the illness to women from 20 weeks of pregnancy up to two weeks after the birth of their babies. More >>
Board And Iwi Māori Council Sign Deal
Tuesday, 11 September 2012, 4:54 pm | Waikato District Health Board
There will be more regular meetings between the Waikato DHB board and its Iwi Māori Council following the signing of a memorandum of understanding last week. More >>
Access to the right care in a timely way in Ruapehu
Tuesday, 11 September 2012, 3:37 pm | Waikato DHB
Waikato District Health Board (DHB) has made a commitment to work with the Ruapehu District Council and primary care providers to meet the health needs of the 8500 people the DHB is responsible for in the district. More >>
Cervical Screening Awareness Month
Tuesday, 11 September 2012, 1:25 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Media Release Date: 11 September 2012 Women in the Midland Region are being urged to use September – Cervical Screening Awareness Month – as a reminder to have a cervical smear test, every three years. Waikato District Health Board Screening ... More >>
New centre pens while well worn route closes its doors
Monday, 10 September 2012, 2:02 pm | Waikato District Health Board
The $130 million stage one Meade Clinical Centre at Waikato Hospital welcomed its first patients today (Monday, 10 Sept) while the doors closed on another hospital landmark, the Red Corridor . Paul Ansley was on time and ready for his appointment ... More >>
