RESCyou course gives hands on emergency skills to rural clinicians
Two Waikato DHB clinicians are among the group of Midland health region emergency specialists sharing their knowledge with rural health practitioners around... Read More
Influenza season is declared over
With a constant decline in influenza-like-illness Waikato director of public health Dr Anita Bell has declared the winter influenza season over. While... Read More
New blood management service at Waikato Hospital is a first in New Zealand
Patient Blood Management team members (standing left to right): Aileen McGowan, Betsy Pactolin, Julie Retter. It is scarce, it is precious and... Read More
Maternity consumer reps attend their first board meeting
From left, Sharni Budd, 38, Milly Emery, 23, and Kylie Hickey, 31, are the Waikato maternity consumer representatives who will bring perspectives... Read More
Radio Frequency digitises hip implants
Theatre Sterile Services manager Aileen Derby with the new scanner at Waikato Hospitals SSU In a world where we can be tracked through our phones... Read More
No place for bullying in New Zealand’s health system
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is disturbed by the findings of an investigation into workplace bullying, sexual harassment and discrimination among... Read More
Learn, listen, act!
Clinical nurse specialist Steph Campbell-Wilson with delegates from the Waikato gynaecological training day. Every day a woman in New Zealand dies from... Read More
Cervical Screening Awareness Month
This September, the National Screening Unit is asking women to think about the ones they love and have a smear test. The... Read More
Maternity clinical indicators help benchmark Waikato DHB performance
The New Zealand Maternity Clinical Indicators report was released by the Ministry of Health yesterday, giving Waikato DHB the opportunity to compare... Read More
First virtual ward round at Thames Hospital
Thames Hospital undertook its first "virtual ward round" on Thursday 3 September.
