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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 30]
Mother of 12 year old dog attack victim releases statement
Thursday, 19 April 2012, 11:44 am | Waikato District Health Board
The mother of the 12 year old Turangi boy attacked by a dog in the bush near the town yesterday, has today released a statement thanking all those involved with helping her son. That includes St John Turangi, the Youthtown Trust Air Ambulance and those ... More >>
eReferral takes it up a notch
Wednesday, 18 April 2012, 10:07 am | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato Hospital’s emergency department (ED) is receiving electronic referrals from Midlands Health Network’s Waikato general practices, which makes sure patients’ medical information arrives instantly and securely at the ED before the patients ... More >>
Closing the gaps for high needs young people
Tuesday, 10 April 2012, 11:27 am | Waikato DHB
Waikato Hospital today launches its Waikids Gateway Assessment Service. Gateway Assessments, announced in Budget 2011, is an interagency project between Child, Youth and Family Services (CYFS) and the health and education systems. More >>
Warning now lifted from Lake Hakanoa
Thursday, 5 April 2012, 1:00 pm | Waikato DHB
The health warning has now been lifted for Lake Hakanoa, but warnings remain in place for three other regularly tested lakes outside Hamilton. These lakes are Ngaroto, Waikare, and Whangape. Waahi had its health warning lifted in February and the biovolume ... More >>
Make ED Your Last Option This Easter
Wednesday, 28 March 2012, 2:51 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato District Health Board and Midlands Health Network are appealing to the public to see their doctors and get their scripts filled before general practices close down over Easter. The secondary care and primary care partners have joined forces ... More >>
Growing up close to home
Friday, 23 March 2012, 4:32 pm | Waikato DHB
As the second report from the Growing up in New Zealand (Growing Up) longitudinal study is released today, Waikato public health physician and associate director of Growing Up Polly Atatoa-Carr reflects on the importance of the study. More >>
Clock is ticking on Meade Clinical Centre, 20 weeks to go
Friday, 23 March 2012, 4:25 pm | Waikato DHB
There’s 20 weeks to go until the Meade Clinical Centre opens on the Waiora Waikato Hospital campus site in Hamilton and already members of the public are having an input. More >>
Proposed maternity changes offer opportunities
Tuesday, 20 March 2012, 12:15 pm | Waikato DHB
The successful introduction of a new model of primary birthing care at Thames has resulted in a proposal to expand the model to Matariki Birthing Unit in Te Awamutu. www.waikatodhb.health.nz/matariki More >>
Waikato DHB health care assistants graduate
Friday, 16 March 2012, 3:31 pm | Waikato DHB
A Waikato DHB on-the-job training scheme for health care assistants is attracting the interest of several other district health boards around the country. The first group of health care assistants to complete the Level 3 National Certificate in Health, ... More >>
Old girls getting together 70 years down the line
Friday, 16 March 2012, 12:47 pm | Waikato District Health Board
When you have trained together, worked together, lived together, cried together and had children together, you can’t help but become a family. More >>
Printing efficiencies see $250,000 savings
Tuesday, 13 March 2012, 11:15 am | Waikato DHB
A new fully managed print, copy and scanning device service between Waikato District Health Board and Ricoh New Zealand will result in a $250,000 saving for the DHB in its first full year. More >>
Thames Hospital wants crutches back, offers crutch amnesty
Thursday, 23 February 2012, 3:52 pm | Waikato DHB
Patients of Thames Hospital who no longer need their crutches are being asked to return them in a ‘crutch amnesty’. The hospital’s emergency department gives out about 100 pairs of crutches a year to patients suffering from conditions including ... More >>
Back to school with an oral health check
Thursday, 9 February 2012, 4:43 pm | Waikato District Health Board
The school holidays are over, and it’s time for children and their parents to brush up on dental health routines. More >>
Your chance to have your say at Waikato Hospital
Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 4:12 pm | Waikato DHB
Waikato Hospital wants feedback from people who have attended an outpatient appointment at the hospital in the last 12 months. It’s been quite an experience for outpatients because the hospital is one of the largest construction sites in New Zealand. More >>
Waikato dental health statistics something to smile about
Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 4:09 pm | Waikato DHB
School is back, and there is plenty for Waikato youngsters to be smiling about with the release of new dental statistics for the region. Waikato District Health Board has released its provisional oral health statistics for 2011, and the results show ... More >>
New Older Persons Build Starts at Waikato Hospital
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 10:12 am | Waikato DHB
Construction of the $40 million new building for Older Persons and Rehabilitation services at the Waiora Waikato Hospital campus in Hamilton is underway. More >>
Cyanobacterial warning lifted from Lake Waahi
Friday, 3 February 2012, 4:29 pm | Waikato DHB
The health warning has now been lifted for Lake Waahi, but warnings remain in place for the other regularly tested lakes outside Hamilton. These lakes are Ngaroto Hakanoa, Waikare, and Whangape. More >>
Family of 5 year old Turangi sexual victim donates $20,000
Friday, 3 February 2012, 4:17 pm | Waikato District Health Board
The family of the 5-year-old girl sexually assaulted in Turangi on 22 December last year have today announced they donated $20,000 to four organisations who helped them in the weeks after the attack. The girl, her 3-year-old brother and parents are now ... More >>
Entries closed and counted for best of health awards
Thursday, 2 February 2012, 4:11 pm | Waikato DHB
The 2012 Waikato District Health Board (DHB) Best of Health awards promise to unveil some hidden successes in the Waikato public health sector. Entries are now closed and there are 36 project submissions from throughout the Waikato that are currently ... More >>
New dental clinic opened at Morrinsville Primary School
Thursday, 2 February 2012, 12:36 pm | Waikato DHB
Hundreds of Morrinsville children will get an improved oral health outcome after the opening of a new school-based dental service today at Morrinsville Primary School. More >>
