Health / May 2019
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Today’s a great day to quit smoking or help someone quit
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- Today is World Smokefree Day. It’s a chance for all of us to celebrate and work towards smokefree lives for New Zealanders. World Smokefree Day is also the perfect opportunity to consider quitting smoking if you smoke.
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Meet our Young Sportswoman of the Year Maya Hahn
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- Like many of us in health care, Maya Hahn says one of the toughest things about her work is to "find new ways to constantly make little improvements".
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Better care for Pacific families in homes and the community
- Capital & Coast District Health Board
- A new nursing service is strengthening the support available for Porirua’s Pacific families and ensuring they can access health services in their home.
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Consumer Council terms of reference
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- Here are the terms of reference for the Hutt Valley District Health Board Consumer Council.
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Dale Talks: Meet Hutt Valley DHB's new pou tikanga Daniel Kawana
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- Hutt Valley District Health Board interim chief executive Dale Oliff chats with Hutt Valley District Health Board Pou Tikanga Daniel Kawana about his new role, and what it means for improving Maori health in the Hutt Valley, in this episode of the monthly Dale Talks series.
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From pen to pixels: Doctors trialling first Concerto-based patient handover system
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- It may not yet mark the writing on the hospital wall for doctors’ hand-written patient handover notes but doctors at Hutt Valley District Health Board are piloting an original digital system.
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Matariki Achieving Excellence in Maori Health Awards
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- We want to celebrate everything our people do to improve whānau experience, eliminate health inequities for Māori or develop the Māori workforce. Applications for the 2019 Hutt Valley Matariki Achieving Excellence in Maori Health Awards will be open from 27 May through to 16 June.
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Amnesty: DHB urges return of overdue medical equipment
- Capital & Coast District Health Board
- Capital & Coast DHB is asking people to return any items of medical equipment they have borrowed but no longer need.
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Hospi’s Pyjamas for Winter Appeal
- Wellington Health Foundation
- Help Hospi keep our sick kids warm this winter! Wellington Regional Children’s Hospital sees a significant increase in the number of children who are admitted to hospital over the winter months, and many of them come in without a pair of pyjamas to wear.
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Newborn hearing screening turns 10
- Capital & Coast District Health Board
- Little Indie Addy (pictured) recently joined the thousands of newborns to have their hearing screened in Wellington each year.
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Hutt Hospital Celebrates 75 Years in the Community
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- It’s not often staff are encouraged to eat cake in a hospital but there are always exceptions to that rule and a 75th birthday is a good exception. On Wednesday 15 May Hutt Valley DHB staff will be eating one enormous cake to celebrate and mark an impressive 75 years of Hutt Hospital taking care of people in the region.
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Cancer patients benefitting from extra testing
- Capital & Coast District Health Board
- Additional testing is helping ensure that almost 1800 cancer patients per year are receiving safe and appropriate radiation doses during radiation oncology treatment.
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New Zealand Sign Language Resources
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- NZSL has been an official language of New Zealand since 2006. We’ve got some short health videos available for the deaf community and staff with helpful information when coming to hospital.
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Living Life Well – A Strategy for mental health and addiction 2019-2025
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- The 2019-2025 Mental Health and Addictions Strategy for the Wairarapa, Hutt Valley and Capital & Coast District Health Boards, is now available.
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Pharmacy Strategy launch
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- Hutt Valley DHB has launched its Future Pharmacist Services 2018–2023 strategy.
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181 cement trucks deliver precious cargo to the new children’s hospital
- Wellington Health Foundation
- Construction of the new Wellington Regional Children’s Hospital took an exciting step forward today with the first pour of the foundations! Philanthropist Mark Dunajtschik and Grant Corleison were thrilled to be on site this afternoon to see 181 cement trucks snake their way through Newtown with their very precious cargo.
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It's International Day of the Midwife and International Nurses Day this month.
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- A special thank you goes out to Hutt Valley nurses and midwives this month.
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