Happy International Nurses Day
Today we celebrate our nurses who work in a diverse range of nursing roles across the motu.
We wanted to find out what motivates some…
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Quality Improvement Review sets out new pathway for breast screening services in Aotearoa
Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand has today released a Quality Improvement Review of Breast Screening Aotearoa, which sets out the pathway to improve breast…
Read more ...Work underway on $7m of Gisborne hospital improvements
Work has started on $7m of improvements to Gisborne Hospital to provide better capacity and capability for the treatment of patients with COVID-19 and other inf
Read more ...Huge step forward in breast scanning at Gisborne Hospital
Pictured: Vanessa Smith, Elrika Patricio and Debbie Cordiner.
Breast scans at Gisborne Hospital are now more accurate and comfortable.
A brand new ultrasound tomography machine arrived from Sweden…
Renewed calls for people to know the symptoms of whooping cough and be immunised following third death
Te Whatu Ora is encouraging people to be vigilant to the symptoms of whooping cough (pertussis) and renewing calls for pregnant people, pēpē (from six-weeks of…
Read more ...Taskforce Immunisation Report Welcomed
Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand welcomes today’s release of a new report containing wide-ranging recommendations on the future of immunisations in Aotearoa.
The independent Immunisation…
Breathing for a better quality of life
The lungs and respiratory system allow us to breathe. They bring oxygen into our bodies (called inspiration, or inhalation) and send carbon dioxide out (called expiration,…
Lion’s Club Gisborne Host, funds vision-saving treatment for Tairāwhiti.
Gisborne Hospital has received $29,500 from the Lions Club Gisborne Host to help people with an eye condition called keratoconus regain their vision.
“Teenagers are most likely…
Personal experience fuels passion for career in neonatal care.
Ashlee McNabb, Ngati Kahungunu ki te Wairoa and Tainui, had no aspirations of becoming a nurse until she witnessed first-hand the care her younger brother, born…
Read more ...Colleagues and community rally around Richardsons
“We’ve lost so much but our family is safe and thanks to the kindness of others, we’ll get through this,” says Sheryl Richardson, after Cyclone Gabrielle…
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