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Westcoast DHB Successful Public Meetings
Friday, 13 April 2012, 11:54 am | Westcoast DHB
During the second half of March, DHB Chief Medical Officer Dr Carol Atmore led a series of advertised public meetings up and down the West Coast on the future direction of the health system on the West Coast. More >>
West Coast DHB calls for expressions of interest
Wednesday, 4 April 2012, 12:37 pm | Westcoast DHB
The West Coast District Health Board is seeking expressions of interest from individuals, investors or companies keen to be involved in the development of the proposed integrated family health centre for the Buller region. More >>
Proposed changes to orthopaedic services on the West Coast
Wednesday, 4 April 2012, 12:35 pm | Westcoast DHB
Responding to recent media coverage about a proposed change to the way orthopaedic services will be delivered on the West Coast, West Coast DHB Chief Executive, David Meates said, “We have said for some time that we have to live within our means. More >>
Making Our Hospitals Safer
Monday, 20 February 2012, 3:31 pm | Westcoast DHB
The reporting today of Sentinel and Serious Events by the Health Quality and Safety Commission sharpens the focus on the quality of patient care at the West Coast DHB says Chief Medical Officer Dr Carol Atmore. More >>
New smokefree co-ordinator determined to lower smoking rates
Thursday, 19 January 2012, 1:14 pm | Westcoast DHB
The West Coast’s new Smokefree Services Co-ordinator, along with local health organisations, is determined to improve the Coast’s smoking rates, among the highest in the country. More >>
Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Update
Friday, 23 December 2011, 2:09 pm | Westcoast DHB
The pertussis outbreak currently being experienced continues to infect more people, particularly children on the West Coast. There continue to be fresh cases of pertussis in the Grey and Buller districts. There have been no new cases in the Westland district ... More >>
Innovative health service making a difference on West Coast
Wednesday, 21 December 2011, 10:16 am | Westcoast DHB
An innovative service that helps people navigate their way through health and social services continues to go from strength to strength, with client numbers doubling in four years. More >>
West Coast Children benefit from Countdown Kids Appeal
Monday, 12 December 2011, 2:51 pm | Westcoast DHB
West Coast children will benefit from new equipment as a result of the generosity displayed by New Zealanders through the Countdown Kids Hospital Appeal. More >>
New community respite care programme starts next month
Monday, 12 December 2011, 10:50 am | Westcoast DHB
A service giving older people the opportunity to have respite care in a homely and comfortable setting is starting on the West Coast next month. The West Coast DHB, in partnership with Presbyterian Support’s Enliven Services will be offering a ... More >>
West Coast DHB releases its Annual Report
Thursday, 24 November 2011, 3:17 pm | Westcoast DHB
The West Coast District Health Board has released its Annual Report for 2010 -2011. The report can be uploaded from the DHB’s website here . More >>
Share for Care goes live at end of November
Wednesday, 23 November 2011, 12:52 pm | Westcoast DHB
West Coast residents are encouraged to actively ‘opt-in’ to the Share for Care system before the first upload of health information into the system takes place at the end of the month. More >>
Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Update
Friday, 11 November 2011, 10:10 am | Westcoast DHB
With no new suspected cases of pertussis reported from Westland in the past week, health officials are hopeful that the pertussis outbreak there has run its course. Elsewhere on the West Coast new cases are being reported from Grey and Buller districts, ... More >>
Free home insulation scheme underway
Tuesday, 1 November 2011, 9:43 am | Westcoast DHB
A home insulation project offering free insulation for up to 500 vulnerable West Coast households is under way, with applications open and work on the first home due to start soon. More >>
Business case and Feedback on Buller Family Health Centre
Wednesday, 26 October 2011, 10:46 am | Westcoast DHB
West Coast DHB is happy to release the report “Building a Better Buller Health System: Buller Integrated Family Health Centre Development Plan & Indicative / Strategic Business Case” together with copies of the written submissions received from the ... More >>
Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Update
Friday, 21 October 2011, 10:22 am | Westcoast DHB
While the number of new cases of pertussis from Westland district has reduced, the number in the Grey district is starting to climb. At this stage all the cases in Grey have a link to Westland. More >>
Canterbury people to benefit from health info sharing system
Friday, 7 October 2011, 1:04 pm | Westcoast DHB
A new way of sharing health information will be introduced in Canterbury later this month. Called the Shared Care Record View or eSCRV for short, the system takes certain patient information and makes it available to authorised doctors, nurses and pharmacists ... More >>
West Coast Exceeds Surgery Targets
Wednesday, 17 August 2011, 2:06 pm | Westcoast DHB
More West Coasters than ever had surgery performed at the DHB during the last financial year. This one of the key results that has become apparent and the figures from the 2010/11 financial year are processed. More >>
DHB Chair Playing More Communication Games
Monday, 13 September 2004, 10:03 am | Westcoast DHB
West Coast DHB chair, Auckland-based Professor Gregor Coster, has added another blind alley to the DHB communications maze by refusing to answer an email sent to him by health campaigner David Tranter and forwarding it to the West Coast board ... More >>
