The advice to people wanting to visit friends and loved ones at Taranaki Base Hospital this festive season is to stay at home if they are feeling unwell. Following the recent outbreak of a Pertussis (whooping cough) epidemic, as well as COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses still circulating in the community, we are asking people ...
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora has issued a health warning after high levels of faecal bacteria were found in samples taken from Pines Beach. Dr Annabel Begg, Public Health Medicine Specialist for the National Public Health Service, says – “rainfall in the area in the last few days has most likely caused the ...
Statement attributable to Cath Cronin, Deputy Chief Executive Te Manawa Taki Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Interim Holidays Act remediation payments of $32.6 million have been processed today for 4308 current Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Bay of Plenty employees. With less than a week to go before Christmas I know ...
Attributable to Margie Apa, Chief Executive of Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora has today published its Quarterly Performance Report for Quarter 1, covering the period 1 July to 30 September 2024. 1 July 2024 marked the commencement of the five health targets and five mental health ...
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora (Health NZ) has introduced public reporting of key primary healthcare measures and Primary Health Organisation (PHO) performance. PHOs are not-for-profit organisations that contract primary healthcare services for their local communities. They offer a range of services like general practice, mental health, podiatry, immunisations, screening, and stop smoking services, ...
One year on since the Kimiora Infusion Unit opened at Whanganui Hospital, more people than ever before are getting the cancer care they need closer to home. The unit is now delivering 20-40 cancer treatments a month, and the number is expected to grow as patients see the benefit of being able to receive their ...
Controlled purchase operations (CPOs) carried out by Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora in October, November and December resulted in 15 sales of cigarettes or vaping products to minors. As part of the CPOs, 48 retail outlets were visited across the Whangārei, Kaipara and Far North districts by trained volunteers aged between 14 and ...
A new tikanga initiative to ensure medical staff can access a kit of dedicated equipment for confirming deaths has been rolled out across hospitals in Otago and Southland by the Southern Māori House Officers’ Working Group. In Te Ao Māori, when a person passes on, the body becomes tapu, (sacred or special). The separation of ...
More than 1000 seasonal workers in Hawke’s Bay have been immunised against measles, to protect themselves and their families back in the Pacific Islands. Since August, five immunisation outreach clinics have been held in Te Matau ā Māui for Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme workers who have recently arrived in New Zealand from the Pacific ...
As the healthcare sector continues to respond to a whooping cough (pertussis) epidemic across the motu, it’s promising to see a recent uptick in the number of Boostrix immunisations among the 15- to 44-year-old age group, with a recent doubling of doses administered from about 1,000 per week to over 2,000 per week. While the figures ...