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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 32]
Waikato Hospital celebrates 125th anniversary - book launch
Tuesday, 29 November 2011, 10:51 am | Waikato DHB
Some 125 years ago, Waikato Hospital was a small kauri farm cottage overlooking Lake Rotoroa in Hamilton. Today it stands as a sprawling campus undergoing a $430 million building programme – the biggest redevelopment in its history – and has a staff ... More >>
Waikato doctor warns young people, party pills kill
Tuesday, 22 November 2011, 1:30 pm | Waikato DHB
Waikato Hospital emergency department doctor Tonia Nicholson today warned the public that party pills can and do kill. Dr Nicholson, who published a paper on the prevalence of use of 'herbal party pills' in patients presenting to Waikato emergency department, ... More >>
Award winning electronic whiteboard at Waikato Hospital
Friday, 18 November 2011, 5:05 pm | Waikato DHB
Datacom picked up the business intelligence award at the Microsoft NZ partner finals in Auckland last night with its e-clinical whiteboard solution used in the new Acute Services Building at Waikato Hospital. More >>
Waikato: Three nurses making a difference
Thursday, 17 November 2011, 11:41 am | Waikato DHB
Three clinical nurse specialists are making a difference for complex patients on inpatient waitlists at Waikato Hospital by ensuring their journeys through the hospital system are that much easier. More >>
Māori staff keen to become Quit Coaches
Wednesday, 16 November 2011, 2:57 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Iwi Māori Council and the Kaumātua Kaunihera Tobacco Cessation Plan Tupeka Kore was launched on the 10 and 11 November with the convening of Quit Coach training held at Kingsgate Conference Centre, Hamilton for over 50 Māori staff predominantly ... More >>
Stop youth suicide campaigner visits Waikato
Friday, 11 November 2011, 11:25 am | Waikato DHB
Professor Hatim Omar is a Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Kentucky and chair of the successful 'stop youth suicide' campaign. He is visiting New Zealand in November to present a series of lectures and workshops on preventing youth suicide. ... More >>
Auditors lift Waikato DHB's performance
Wednesday, 9 November 2011, 10:37 am | Waikato DHB
Audit New Zealand has lifted Waikato District Health Board's service performance an unprecedented two grades from 'poor' last financial year to 'good' this year and its management control environment one grade from 'needs improvement' to 'good'. More >>
Cyanobacterialwarning Update - North Waikato Lakes
Thursday, 3 November 2011, 2:07 pm | Waikato District Health Board
New health warnings are now in place for two more of the regularly tested lakes outside Hamilton. The lakes affected are Hakanoa, and Waikare, and now Waahi and Whangape as well, said Waikato District Health Board (DHB) medical officer of health Dell ... More >>
Action plan at Waikato DHB after gall bladder complaint
Tuesday, 1 November 2011, 10:11 am | Waikato District Health Board
An action plan was put in place in the weeks after a Waikato District Health Board (DHB) surgeon performed an operation to remove the gall-bladder of a woman whose organ he had already removed 13 years before. More >>
Two Waikato retailers fail tobacco compliance tests
Thursday, 27 October 2011, 10:42 am | Waikato District Health Board
Two Tokoroa retailers are facing possible prosecution and a fine of up to $2000 each after selling cigarettes to a person under 18 years of age. Waikato District Health Board's Population Health staff visited 28 retail premises in Tokoroa and Putaruru ... More >>
Waikato: All work and no play for attendants on mobiles
Thursday, 27 October 2011, 10:38 am | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato District Health Board (DHB) recently launched a new integrated system at Waikato Hospital using mobile phone technology to manage services and allocate jobs to attendants to reduce wasted time. More >>
Keeping Waikato in the best of health
Wednesday, 26 October 2011, 5:02 pm | Waikato DHB
Waikato District Health Board’s Best of Health Awards are back next year. The awards event, which showcases excellence in health innovation and quality, started in 2003 and is open to Waikato DHB staff and all health service providers in the Waikato ... More >>
Inspiring People get a new website
Friday, 21 October 2011, 11:45 am | Waikato District Health Board
A new website ( www.inspiringpeople.co.nz ) showcases Waikato's aged care sector and provides a place for those working in it to share information. More >>
Dog Ban Reinforced
Wednesday, 19 October 2011, 10:50 am | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato District Council is taking action to reinforce the ban on dogs in the central business areas of Huntly, Ngaruawahia, Tuakau, Raglan and Te Kauwhata this summer. Dog owners will be fined $300 for dogs on or off the lead in these areas. More >>
Raglan Wharf Building Plans Delivered
Monday, 17 October 2011, 1:46 pm | Waikato District Health Board
The reality of a new Raglan Wharf building came much closer this week with the delivery of the final plans which have been sent to contractors to cost. More >>
Health warning to those collecting shellfish in Coromandel
Monday, 10 October 2011, 5:16 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato District Health Board’s medical officer of health Dr Anita Bell says people need to be vigilant if they are collecting shellfish off the eastern seaboard of the Coromandel Peninsula, because of the Rena grounding. Dr Bell says people should ... More >>
Hospital Revue - Die Laughing raises $15,000 for charities
Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 4:18 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Two Waikato charities are the recipients of $7500 each thanks to the questionable artistic talents of Waikato District Health Board (DHB) staff. For three nights in August they put on a show at Hamilton’s Clarence Street Theatre to raise money ... More >>
Christians and Muslims create Quiet Room at Waikato Hospital
Wednesday, 21 September 2011, 5:17 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Waiata, Christian and Muslim prayers were all part of the blessing and opening today (Wednesday 21 September) of a new Quiet Room for people of all faiths at Waikato Hospital. The room was developed by the hospital’s chaplains working closely with ... More >>
Chaplaincy Awareness Week celebrated at Waikato Hospital
Wednesday, 21 September 2011, 12:01 am | Waikato District Health Board
Clinical teams at Waikato Hospital tend to injury and illness, but another type of support is offered by the hospital’s chaplaincy team. Their role is to provide spiritual care and comfort patients and their relatives, irrespective of any religious ... More >>
New Kopua Footbridge To Open
Monday, 19 September 2011, 10:57 am | Waikato District Health Board
On Thursday 22 September, the new Kopua Bridge will be opened, and the public will have a final opportunity to walk the old bridge before it is demolished. More >>
