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11/12/06 |
Service and Food Workers
Union Strike Members of the
Service & Food Workers Union will be striking at Canterbury District Health
Board sites from 11.30am until 1pm this Wednesday 13 December. This strike will
affect services provided by food service staff, cleaners and orderlies.
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08/12/06 |
CDHB Welcomes Ngai Tahu
Representative
Canterbury District Health Board
members today formally introduced Ngai Tahu representative Dr Matea Gillies as
an observer to the Board.
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06/12/06 |
Canterbury Birthing
Facilities In response to
recent media coverage about Christchurch Women’s Hospital, the Canterbury
District Health Board would like to advise that....
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03/12/06 |
MLWU
Strike Continues Until Wednesday
The public is being reminded that the
Medical Laboratory Workers Union strike will continue until 8am on Wednesday 6
December.
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29/11/06 |
Medical Laboratory Workers
Union Strike
Update
The first day of strike
action by members of the Medical Laboratory Workers Union has gone without any
major incidents at Canterbury District Health Board hospitals.
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24/11/06 |
Strike by Medical Laboratory
Workers Union
The Canterbury District
Health Board is one of 15 District Health Boards to have received strike notice
from the New Zealand Medical Laboratory Workers Union.
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22/11/06 |
CDHB
Supporting White Ribbon Day
The Canterbury District Health Board is supporting the New
Zealand Families Commission and the United Nations in their promotion of White
Ribbon Day, a national day for the elimination of violence against women.
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20/11/06 |
She’s the Best! National
Recognition for CDHB Manager
Janine Aldwin, Cleaning
Services Manager for The Princess Margaret and Hillmorton Hospitals, has been
named Employer of the Year by the Association for Supported Employment in New
Zealand.
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16/11/06 |
$1.7 Million
To Provide Treatment For More Patients
The $1.7 million
allocated by the Canterbury District Health Board to treat people removed from
the hospital booking system in August, looks set to assist more people than
originally envisaged.
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16/11/06 |
Update On
MRT
Strike
CDHB hospitals and
private radiology providers have been busy and under pressure but coping in the last 24
hours of strike action by MRTs (radiographers), according to Jock Muir, who is
heading the CDHB’s contingency planning for the strike.
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15/11/06 |
Update On
MRT
Strike
Christchurch
Hospital’s Emergency Department has been extremely busy in the last two
days. There was an expected rise in attendances during Cup Day yesterday and an
increase in the number of people presenting with alcohol related problems last
night but Emergency Department staff say they have also been seeing a large
number of people for unrelated reasons.
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15/11/06 |
Keep
Stomach Bugs At Home Say Hospitals
Stay home if
you’re sick or have recently been sick with a stomach bug is the message coming
loud and clear from Christchurch hospitals and the Christchurch Medical Officer
of Health.
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14/11/06 |
Update On
MRT
Strike
CDHB hospitals and
radiology providers have been busy and under pressure but coping in the last 24
hours of strike action by MRTs (radiographers), according to Jock Muir, who is
heading the CDHB’s contingency planning for the strike.
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13/11/06 |
Update On
MRT
Strike
CDHB hospitals have
been busy but coping well in the last three and half days of strike action by
MRTs (radiographers), according to Jock Muir, who is heading the CDHB’s
contingency planning for the strike.
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10/11/06 |
Update On
Today’s MRT
Strike
CDHB hospitals have been busy
but are coping well on the first day of the MRTs (radiographers) strike,
according to Jock Muir, who is heading the CDHB’s contingency planning for the
strike.
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07/11/06 |
Medical
Radiation Technologists Strikes
Canterbury District
Health Board is one of seven DHBs to have been issued strike notice by the union
representing Medical Radiation Technologists (MRTs), who perform x-rays, CT, MRI
and ultrasound scans.
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07/11/06 |
Precautions Taken To Limit
Spread Of Norovirus
The Canterbury District Health Board is working to limit the
effects of recent Norovirus cases in The Princess Margaret Hospital and its
other hospitals.
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27/10/06 |
New Mental Health Resource
Launched
A new resource called
"Respect Costs Nothing - Aroha Ki Te Tangata" has been launched under the
Healthy Christchurch banner by the Canterbury District Health Board, the Mental
Health Foundation and the Like Minds Like Mine initiative.
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25/10/06 |
Ward Re-Opens Following Infection
Outbreak
Ward 3A at The Princess
Margaret Hospital has re-opened for admissions and transfers following an
outbreak of Streptoccocal bacterial infection on the ward earlier this month.
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24/10/06 |
Christchurch Hospital Marks 600th
Kidney Transplant
Christchurch Hospital
marked a milestone this month when it carried out its 600th kidney
transplant operation.
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19/10/06 |
CDHB
Plans For Improved Oral Health Service
The Canterbury
District Health Board has today released a proposed model for upgrading
Canterbury’s Community Oral Health Services for children and adolescents.
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16/10/06 |
Screening And Treatment Used To Prevent
Infection Spreading
There have been no new cases of
the Streptoccocal bacterial infection that is thought to have contributed to the
deaths of three patients in ward 3A at The Princess Margaret Hospital.
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14/10/06 |
Hospital Works To Manage
Infection Outbreak
Ward 3A, one of the geriatric
medicine wards at The Princess Margaret Hospital, has been closed for admissions
today due to an outbreak of a streptococcal bacterial infection that is believed
to have contributed to the deaths of three patients.
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13/10/06 |
CDHB To
Take
Action
On
Healthy
Food
Policy
The Canterbury District Health
Board is hoping other organisations will follow its lead with the implementation
of a Healthy Food Policy and Healthy Eating Active Living Action Plan that was
approved by Board members today.
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10/10/06 |
Hospital
works to stop norovirus spread
Members of the public with
symptoms of norovirus - diarrhoea and vomiting – are advised to contact their GP
if they need medical assistance, rather than go to Christchurch Hospital’s
Emergency Department.
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06/10/06 |
Christchurch Child Health Summit attracts top speakers
Canterbury will host some of New Zealand’s
leading child health specialists at the 2006 Child Health Summit in Christchurch
on October 11 and 12.
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22/09/06 |
Failure In Sterilisation Of
Surgical Instruments On
Friday 8 September, there was a failure in the last of three stages of
sterilising a batch of surgical instruments.
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15/09/06 |
Medical Radiation Technologists Strikes
Canterbury District Health Board, along
with six other DHBs, is preparing for two more days of strike action from
Medical Radiation Technologists (MRTs), who perform x-rays, CT, MRI, ultrasound
and other diagnostic scans.
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08/09/06 |
Medical Radiation Technologists Strikes
Canterbury District Health Board is one of seven DHBs to
have been issued strike notice by the union representing Medical Radiation
Technologists (MRTs), who perform x-rays, CT, MRI and ultrasound scans.
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06/09/06 |
Apology and Extra funding for Elective Services
Canterbury District Health Board has publicly apologised to
patients and staff as a result of the way some patients have been referred back
to GPs without an operation, specialist appointment, or other procedure. To
reduce the effect of this action, the DHB has allocated $1.7 million of
additional funding for elective services this year.
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05/09/06 |
CDHB refutes ASMA president’s claims
Canterbury District Health Board refutes claims made today by the president
of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, Jeff Brown that the DHB is
trying to prevent General Practitioners and hospital specialists from talking to
each other about their patients.
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17/08/06 |
Physio Project wins 2006 Quality & Innovation
Awards
The Front Door Physio, a project which leads New Zealand in providing a full
time physiotherapy service in an Emergency Department, has won the Supreme Award
in the 2006 Canterbury District Health Board Quality and Innovation Awards.
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15/08/06 |
Infection Control Booklet
Launched
In a "first" for New Zealand, the Canterbury District Health Board
has produced an infection control handbook to fit in the pockets of all
front-line staff.
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09/08/06 |
Pandemic Planners advise Community to use
Flu Season to learn more
Canterbury pandemic planning leaders are
urging local people to use the influenza currently circulating in the region to
get educated about caring for the illness – and as a reminder to get, and
stay, prepared.
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09/08/06 |
Good Results for Canterbury in Menzb Campaign
Results of the recently completed Meningococcal B Immunisation Programme
have revealed that the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) achieved one of
the highest rates of vaccination in the country for six week to
eleven-month-old babies.
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02/08/06 |
Winter illness puts pressure on Christchurch
Hospital
Some non- acute or arranged admissions to Christchurch Hospital have been
temporarily cancelled as the Hospital works to deal with a sharp increase in
admissions due to influenza and general winter illness.
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28/07/06 |
CDHB to retain Current community laboratory services
The Canterbury District Health Board is pleased to announce it has completed
its review of Community Laboratory Services.
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22/07/06 |
CDHB explains reduced waiting lists
Canterbury District Health Board, in partnership with the Canterbury
Hospitals Medical Staff Association, Primary Health Organisations and Pegasus
Health, has written an open letter to the people of Canterbury explaining why a
number of people will soon be removed from hospital waiting lists.
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03/07/06 |
Advice to all hospital and rest home visitors
Following an article in The Press newspaper today (Saturday 1 July), the
Canterbury District Health Board would like to reassure the public that
norovirus is not a problem at The Princess Margaret Hospital or any other CDHB
hospitals at the moment.
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09/06/06 |
CDHB puts plans in place for proposed doctors’ strike
Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch Women’s Hospital, Burwood Hospital,
The Princess Margaret Hospital, Ashburton Hospital and Hillmorton Hospital will
be offering limited services during the proposed Resident Medical Officers’
strike from 15 June until 20 June 2006.
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19/05/06 |
Nirovirus Outbreak
Only one new case of norovirus has been reported at
Christchurch Hospital since Friday when the hospital advised of an outbreak of
the virus.
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19/05/06 |
Nirovirus Outbreak
A total of 20 patients and 12 staff are affected. The outbreak
has occurred in Wards 23 and 29. Ward 23 is now being set up as an isolation
ward, with Ward 29 as a back up. All requisite infection control precautions
have been taken to reduce the chance of further infection.
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05/05/06 |
Smile for Life
The Canterbury District Health Board takes seriously its
mission to improve, promote and protect the health of the people in the
community.
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09/03/06 |
CDHB Recognised in
Energy Management Awards
A Christchurch Hospital energy management project has won the
Canterbury District Health Board a highly commended award at the Energy
Efficiency Conservation Authority (EECA) “Energywise”
Awards 2006.
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09/02/06 |
Weekend Closure of
Burwood Birthing Unit
The Birthing Unit at Burwood Hospital will be closed
temporarily this weekend to enable contractors to carry out planned work
adjacent to the birthing suite.
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24/01/06 |
Stomach Virus
Cases of the stomach bug ‘Norovirus’, have been reported to
Community and Public Health in Christchurch.
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20/01/06 |
Airport Passenger
Unwell
An unwell passenger on a flight into Christchurch Airport
last night did not have bird flu.
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20/01/06 |
Update on 'Hepatitis A' Cases in
Christchurch
No new cases of ‘Hepatitis A’ have been identified in the
results of those tested in the Christchurch child care centre outbreak.
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17/01/06 |
Update on 'Hepatitis A' Cases in
Christchurch
A total of 23 cases of ‘Hepatitis A’ have now been notified
to the Medical Officer of Health for Canterbury since Boxing Day 2005 and 3
cases prior to Christmas.
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13/01/06 |
Update on 'Hepatitis A' Cases in
Christchurch
A total of 21 cases of 'Hepatitis A' have been notified to
the Medical Officer of Health. Three prior to Christmas
and 18 since Boxing Day.
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09/01/06 |
'Hepatitis A' Cases in
Christchurch
Seven cases of ‘Hepatitis A’ have been notified to the
Medical Officer of Health since Christmas.
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