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Waikato District Health Board
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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.
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6000 Tests In Waikato Yesterday, No Significant Public Locations Of Interest Identified In Hamilton
Tuesday, 5 October 2021, 12:03 pm | Waikato DHB
Waikato DHB is processing more than 6000 COVID-19 swabs taken from around the region on Monday during unprecedented demand for testing. Community Testing Centres at Founders Theatre and Claudelands Event Centre took a combined 1000 swabs yesterday, while ... More >>
Latest Update On COVID-19 Testing
Monday, 4 October 2021, 5:18 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Demand is extremely high at the community testing centres in Hamilton: Founders Theatre on Norton Road, Claudelands Event Centre at Gate 3, Brooklyn Road and at the Raglan pop-up testing centre. People can also get tested on appointment at GP ... More >>
Waikato DHB COVID-19 Level 2
Wednesday, 29 September 2021, 5:03 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Testing at the Founders Theatre community testing centre in central Hamilton remains steady with 277 tests taken on Tuesday 29 September. People are encouraged to seek advice from Healthline before being tested if not symptomatic or identified by Public ... More >>
Latest Update On COVID-19 Testing
Thursday, 23 September 2021, 3:23 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Today, as at 11.20am, 18 swabs have been taken at Wharekawa Marae. Yesterday (Wednesday 22 September), 102 swabs were taken at the Wharekawa Marae. The Founders Theatre community testing centre in Hamilton took 387 swabs on Wednesday. Pop-up testing ... More >>
Waikato DHB To Reduce Visitor And Service Restrictions
Wednesday, 22 September 2021, 7:14 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Following confirmation of COVID-19 cases at a Waikato household this week, the DHB took a cautious approach, restricting services and visitation across our facilities as we undertook contact tracing and extensive testing in the area. Public Health ... More >>
Latest Update On COVID-19 Testing
Tuesday, 21 September 2021, 2:18 pm | Waikato DHB
Drive-through testing centres have been set up today at: · Wharekawa Marae, Cnr Rata Road and East Coast Road, Kaiaua, from 9am to 3pm. · Mangatangi Marae, 201 Mangatangi Road Mangatangi, from 9am to 1pm. The Founders Theatre community testing ... More >>
Waikato DHB urges communities to take extra care as investigations underway
Monday, 20 September 2021, 1:41 pm | Waikato District Health Board
September 20 – Waikato DHB is asking the communities in and around Kaiaua, Whakatīwai, Mangatangi, and Maramarua to take extra precautions today as public health officials investigate confirmed COVID-19 cases in a local household. Three household members ... More >>
COVID-19 Level 2 Media Advisory
Friday, 10 September 2021, 4:58 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Auckland is at Alert Level 4. The rest of New Zealand is at Alert Level 2. Please find below an update from Waikato DHB on our Alert Level 2 response. COVID-19 Testing Centres For a full list of locations where people can get a COVID-19 test, go to ... More >>
Waikato DHB COVID-19 Level 3 Media Advisory - 1 September
Wednesday, 1 September 2021, 4:08 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Auckland and Northland are at Alert Level 4. The rest of New Zealand is at Alert Level 3. Please find below an update from Waikato DHB on our Alert Level 3 response. Changes since our last media advisory on Tuesday 31 August 2021 are provided in red. ... More >>
Waikato DHB COVID-19 Advisory
Tuesday, 31 August 2021, 11:39 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Please find below an update from Waikato DHB on our Alert Level 4 response. Changes since our last media advisory on Monday 31 August 2021 are provided in red. COVID-19 Testing Centres The availability of Community Testing Centres is based on our assessment ... More >>
Waikato DHB COVID-19 Level 4 Media Advisory - 30 August
Monday, 30 August 2021, 12:57 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Please find below an update from Waikato DHB on our Alert Level 4 response. Changes since our last media advisory on Friday 27 August 2021 are provided in red. COVID-19 Testing Centres The availability of Community Testing Centres is based on our assessment ... More >>
COVID-19 Level 4 Media Advisory
Friday, 27 August 2021, 12:22 pm | Waikato District Health Board
COVID-19 Testing Centres The availability of Community Testing Centres is based on our assessment of demand and may change on a daily basis. Locations for community testing are updated in this advisory, on our website , Healthpoint and our Facebook ... More >>
Waikato DHB COVID-19 Level 4
Tuesday, 24 August 2021, 12:43 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Please find below an update from Waikato DHB on our Alert Level 4 response. Changes since our last media advisory on Monday, 23 August 2021 are provided in red. COVID-19 Testing Centres Community Testing Centres remain in place in Coromandel and Hamilton ... More >>
Waikato’s Largest COVID-19 Vaccination Centre Opens
Monday, 19 July 2021, 5:39 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Kiingi Tuheitia, centre, Waikato DHB CE Kevin Snee, centre right, and representatives from the Waikato DHB COVID-19 vaccination team, Waikato-Tainui, Tainui Group Holdings and Kiwi Properties. Waikato District Health Board has taken its biggest step forward ... More >>
Waikato DHB Information System Update
Wednesday, 19 May 2021, 9:56 am | Waikato District Health Board
Our Information Systems team has been working throughout the night to get the Waikato DHB systems back online and have been making good progress. Our staff are working to restore the infected systems and on the remediation process. We are working with ... More >>
Waikato DHB Information Services Down
Tuesday, 18 May 2021, 11:06 am | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato DHB is currently experiencing a full outage of its Information Services. A Coordinated Incident Management System has been established to resolve the situation as soon as possible. We are currently investigating the cause of this outage. This ... More >>
Waikato Hospital Simulation Training Keeps Hearts Pumping
Monday, 12 April 2021, 12:08 pm | Waikato District Health Board
A world-class simulation training programme developed at Waikato DHB to help a specialist cardiac unit prepare for the unexpected is drawing attention across the country and overseas. The training sessions for the Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory, more ... More >>
Waikato DHB Equity Report, Rapua Te Ara Matua, Published
Wednesday, 31 March 2021, 5:49 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato DHB today published its Equity Report, Rapua Te Ara Matua, which provides a clear view of the inequities experienced by Māori and Pacific peoples and illustrates the long-term impact they can have on individuals and whānau. Chief executive, Dr ... More >>
Lessons From Lockdown: How COVID-19 Alert Levels Impacted Midland Hospital Admissions
Friday, 26 March 2021, 2:48 pm | Waikato District Health Board
New research is shedding light on the impact of COVID-19 Alert Levels on injury-related hospital admissions across the Midland region and how people were injured during lockdown. The study by the Midland Trauma System (MTS), published in the New Zealand ... More >>
New Waikato Hospital Training Course To Expand Endometriosis Care Across Midland Region
Monday, 22 March 2021, 9:55 am | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato Hospital's Women's Health Service is establishing a Gynaecological Centre of Excellence which aims to improve the care and wellbeing of women across the Midland region. The centrepiece is the new Midlands Advanced Laparscopic-Endometriosis Training ... More >>
