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Sewn with love
- 16 Sep 2020
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- Kathryn Van Woerkom provides support for patients and their relatives as a hospital chaplain. Recently, she has also been very busy sewing hundreds of reusable masks.
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Primary care nurses’ strike
- 2 Sep 2020
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- Hutt Valley DHB is aware that some primary care nurses will be undertaking strike action for eight hours tomorrow (Thursday 3 September).
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Baby on board: Whānau benefiting from marae-based maternity care
- 27 Aug 2020
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- Leith Porter-Samuels empowers pregnant Māori women and their whānau with childbirth and early-parenting skills using a unique kaupapa Māori model.
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Let’s kōrero: Māori cultural safety sessions to benefit Hutt Valley DHB staff and patients
- 3 Aug 2020
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- We want a conversation that adds value for both tangata tiriti (non-Māori) and tangata whenua, and our active partnership to make a rocking country: Aotearoa, says Hutt Valley DHB Pou Tikanga Rawiri Hirini.
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Hapū Ora service redefining maternity care for Māori
- 28 Jul 2020
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- Hapū Ora, a drop-in clinic based at Lower Hutt’s Waiwhetu Marae, is a collaborative Māori maternity service for whānau expecting a new baby.
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Starting a new role in the middle of COVID-19
- 24 Jul 2020
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- Christine is the Associate Director of Nursing, Acute Services and Integrated Operations Centre. She joined Hutt Valley DHB during the height of Alert Level 4 and gives us this insight into starting a new job during nationwide upheaval.
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Specialist mental health and addictions service for Wellington general practices
- 6 Jul 2020
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- The Mental Health, Addictions and Intellectual Disability Service (MHAIDS) has launched a GP Liaison service to provide specialist mental health and addictions advice to general practices across the Hutt Valley, Wairarapa and Wellington regions.
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Hutt Hospital remains safe
- 19 Jun 2020
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- Hutt Hospital remains safe and does not have any current cases of COVID-19.
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Trail-blazing Pacific nurse practitioner sets sights on child health
- 5 Jun 2020
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- Catherine Tu’akalau is aiming to be New Zealand’s first Pacific nurse practitioner focused on child health.
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Planned surgery - Maori and Pacific patients
- 28 May 2020
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- People placed on a surgical waiting list are treated according to clinical urgency firstly, and then days waiting on that list.
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Swift birth brings joy to mum - and ED staff
- 20 May 2020
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- Five minutes. Four deep breaths. Three nurses. Two pushes. The arrival of a delightful baby girl for Azalea and Brooklyn Emery in Hutt Hospital’s Emergency Department was quick.
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Te Paepae Arahi: Supporting vulnerable whānau
- 6 May 2020
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- Help from the service meant a mother was able to keep her immunocompromised tamariki at home, safe and warm in their bubble.
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Celebrating our Midwives
- 5 May 2020
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- 2020 is International Year of the Nurse and Midwife and the world has suddenly been presented with a stark reminder of how essential our frontline healthcare workers are. During COVID-19, babies continue to be born and women still need support during pregnancy and birth. Today we celebrate our midwives for the significant and important roles they play in the lives of so many.
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Looking out for the disabled community during COVID-19
- 1 May 2020
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- Capital & Coast, Hutt Valley and Wairarapa DHBs have been improving access to information for people living with disabilities across the Wellington region.
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Day-in-the-life of a COVID-19 contact tracer
- 28 Apr 2020
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- Liz Macdonald from Regional Public Health gives us a glimpse into life for contact tracing teams at the frontline of the COVID-19 response in Wellington.
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Watch: What to expect when you come to our emergency departments
- 23 Apr 2020
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- You may be unsure about coming to our emergency departments, but please reach out and get the help you need. We're open to care for you, and we’re taking precautions to keep everyone safe.
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Whānau tuning in to healthier lifestyles under lockdown
- 20 Apr 2020
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- One of Wellington’s biggest Māori health services is getting whānau healthier and fitter under lockdown using virtual whanaungatanga.
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Please continue to visit your GP, or come to ED if you need to
- 10 Apr 2020
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- As we enter the Easter holiday, we want to remind you that our hospital Emergency Departments remain open to care for you - despite the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Tangihanga Process During Covid-19
- 9 Apr 2020
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- There are now strict rules put in place during Alert Level 4 when our loved ones pass away.
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Free Flu and Whooping Cough Vaccination Clinic for pregnant women
- 1 Apr 2020
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- Hutt Maternity will be providing a free Pop-Up Flu and Whooping Cough Vaccination Clinic for pregnant women by the florist in Hutt Hospital's Heretaunga Building from 9am– 12.00pm on Thursday, April 2.
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Patient brought to tears as staff reunite her with four-legged friend
- 30 Mar 2020
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- It’s not everyday OPRS patient Barbara is left speechless.
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Alert level 3: hospital visitors and opening hours
- 24 Mar 2020
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- Yesterday the Prime Minister raised the alert level to 3, with plans to raise it to level 4 at 11.59 on Wednesday night. This involves changing the way people access our hospitals and services. We have made these changes to keep our patients and staff safe.
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COVID-19 23 March Update: Alert level rise
- 23 Mar 2020
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- New Zealand is at COVID-19 alert level 3, and will rise to alert level 4
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Information for visitors to our hospitals and clinics
- 20 Mar 2020
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- As part of our work to keep everyone safe from COVID-19, we are asking people to please limit their visits to patients in hospital and to wait outside if picking patients up.
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Ubook and Surgical Waiting List offices moving
- 19 Mar 2020
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- Having trouble reaching the UBook Appointments and Referrals Centre and the Surgical Waiting List Office at Hutt Hospital? They are both moving premises on Thursday and Friday.
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