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Wallet-sized Health Card Launched
Wednesday, 14 October 2020, 2:43 pm | Waitemata District Health Board
Waitematā DHB is marking Health Literacy Month in October with a new initiative that guides people to reliable, clear online health information. Waitematā DHB partnered with the Health Navigator Charitable Trust, Auckland DHB and Counties Manukau Health ... More >>
Waitematā DHB Doctor Granted $1 Million For Research
Thursday, 2 July 2020, 4:03 pm | Waitemata District Health Board
Waitematā DHB renal doctor Janak de Zoysa has received just over $1 million from the Health Research Council to participate in an international study to improve health outcomes for dialysis patients. The international study, ACHIEVE, is a large, randomised, ... More >>
Dame Naida Glavish Marks 30-year Milestone
Thursday, 4 June 2020, 4:24 pm | Waitemata District Health Board
Dame Naida Dame Rangimārie Naida Glavish is celebrating 30 years of service to the health sector. Dame Naida (Ngāti Whātua) first became involved in Māori health and education in the early 1980s. She entered the health sector in 1990 as the former ... More >>
Waitematā DHB moves to grow its Māori workforce
Tuesday, 18 February 2020, 3:48 pm | Waitemata District Health Board
Waitematā DHB is thought to be the first district health board in the country to create a role designed specifically to recruit more Māori into its workforce. More >>
Waitematā DHB receives the Accessibility Tick
Tuesday, 3 December 2019, 4:58 pm | Waitemata District Health Board
Waitematā DHB has received the Accessibility Tick at an event coinciding with the International Day of Disabled Persons. More >>
Waitematā develops Digital Academy
Wednesday, 28 August 2019, 11:43 am | Waitemata District Health Board
Waitematā DHB has developed a Digital Academy to train its clinical IT leaders of the future. More >>
New $220 million surgical hospital supports best care
Friday, 19 October 2018, 2:46 pm | Waitemata District Health Board
Today’s announcement of a new $220 million surgical hospital on the North Shore Hospital campus will create significant additional elective capacity to meet the future health needs of the people of the Waitemata district and beyond. More >>
Save emergency departments for emergencies only
Monday, 27 August 2018, 1:46 pm | Waitemata District Health Board
Waitemata District Health Board is seeking the support of the public to avoid hospital emergency departments unless in genuine need of emergency healthcare. More >>
Supporting foot health with new roles in podiatry
Monday, 26 February 2018, 11:21 am | Waitemata District Health Board
Waitemata and Auckland DHBs are investing in podiatry by creating new positions to work with primary care to ensure earlier interventions and better outcomes for patients with foot issues and diabetes-related foot disease. More >>
Auckland health community thanks Lester Levy for leadership
Wednesday, 24 January 2018, 5:04 pm | Waitemata District Health Board
The Auckland Metro District Health Boards expressed their thanks to outgoing Chairman Dr Lester Levy for his service and leadership, at a cross-DHB staff event in North Shore Hospital today. More >>
New Technology Improving Outcomes at North Shore Hospital
Monday, 20 November 2017, 11:51 am | Waitemata District Health Board
Revolutionary new technology is reducing the need for pancreatic surgery, saving lives and dramatically reducing recovery times at North Shore Hospital (NSH). More >>
Giving Waitemata Babies ‘the Best Start in Life’
Friday, 29 September 2017, 12:03 pm | Waitemata District Health Board
Waitemata District Health Board has given in-principle approval to plans to establish an urban primary birthing unit - a direct response to community requests to provide more choices for the district’s population. More >>
Waitemata DHB First to Transform Way Oxygen is Prescribed
Monday, 28 August 2017, 11:22 am | Waitemata District Health Board
Waitemata DHB is the first in the country to transform the way oxygen is prescribed. More >>
Keeping patients and staff healthy in, and out, of hospital
Wednesday, 23 August 2017, 11:37 am | Waitemata District Health Board
Waitemata DHB has one of the highest rates of hand washing compliance in the country. More >>
Waitemata DHB “Leading the Way in Maternal And Newborn Care”
Thursday, 10 August 2017, 3:09 pm | Waitemata District Health Board
August 10, 2017 - Waitemata DHB has the joint lowest perinatal mortality rate in New Zealand according to a national health quality report. More >>
Waitemata ePrescribing team wins national award
Monday, 31 July 2017, 1:42 pm | Waitemata District Health Board
A Waitemata District Health Board electronic prescribing and administration [ePA] initiative has won the Hospital Pharmacy Performer of the Year at the 2017 Pharmacy Awards. More >>
Waitemata: Repairs underway to hospital water main
Friday, 21 July 2017, 2:10 pm | Waitemata District Health Board
Waitemata District Health Board (DHB) has initiated an emergency management response at North Shore Hospital due to a rupture of a water main supplying the hospital. This has caused an interruption to water supplied to inpatient wards, theatres and ... More >>
Waitemata DHB – winter illness and an aging population
Thursday, 20 July 2017, 3:44 pm | Waitemata District Health Board
Waitemata District Health Board (DHB) is experiencing increased demand from sick patients who are requiring admission to inpatient beds and is asking patients to only present to North Shore and Waitakere hospital emergency departments in emergency ... More >>
Waitemata DHB’s data science partnership wins big
Friday, 14 July 2017, 1:08 pm | Waitemata District Health Board
Waitemata DHB is thrilled to have won the Research and Business Partnership Award with partners the University of Auckland and Orion Health at this year’s KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards. More >>
Help Waitemata DHB fight the flu
Thursday, 13 July 2017, 1:40 pm | Waitemata District Health Board
Waitemata District Health Board (DHB) has launched a call-to-action campaign to help fight the spread of influenza in hospitals this winter. More >>
