Youth health services across Tairāwhiti
Growing up can be difficult especially the transition from child to adult. This stage of growing can for some result in a lack of self-confidence and…
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Local invention keeps our babies safe
Baby Porourangi Hall sleeps in his wahakura watched by Mum Lateesha Lerm and Dad Taka Hall.
Porourangi Hall is one of many local babies sleeping safe thanks…
Turning around infant deaths in Tairāwhiti
Tairāwhiti has for its population size the highest rate of Sudden Unexplained Death in Infants (SUDI) in the country – a statistic Mokopuna Ora Safe Sleep…
Read more ...Continued risk of measles over summer
Public Health Nurse Shannon Moloney and her son Arlo. “I wouldn’t even consider taking Arlo to anywhere that has had a measles outbreak without making sure…
Read more ...Students work with people in need
Final year Otago University dentistry students Shay Taylor and Ishani Sukumaran work with real-life patient Derek Biddle as part of the Tairāwhiti Interprofessional Education Programme for…
Read more ...Inspiring stories of mental health and addiction
Lots of people in Tairāwhiti have shared their views on mental health and addiction over the last six weeks. The review of all Hauora Tairāwhiti funded…
Read more ...Planet Sunshine excels in pre-op checks
Suzan Anderson has been instrumental in the success of the weekly nurse-led pre-op assessments
Nurse-led weekly pre-op health assessment clinics are providing children with holistic health assessments…
10 days of limited radiology at Gisborne Hospital
Ensuring Gisborne Hospital can respond to any medical emergency is the priority when Medical Imaging Specialists (MIT) strike for the fifth time this year.
“MIT are striking…
Thanks Sherryll - new chair is 'da bomb'
Medical Day Unit Nurse Sophia Stuart with John Campbell and Sherryll Markie-Brookes. Thanks, Gisborne Herald for the photo.
John Campbell has been spending a lot of time…
Hauora Tairawhiti Health Board Election Results
The Hauora Tairawhiti Health Board Election Day was held in conjunction with the local authority elections on Saturday, 12 October 2019.
The Board consists of up to 11…
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