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21/12/01 |
Children and other patients at Christchurch Hospital will be
treated to an exhibition of singing and dancing by members of
the Spotlight Talent Agency on Friday.
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21/12/01 |
Nursing in Canterbury has been given a boost. It has been
announced that one of three pilot programmes for post-graduate
training of nurses in their first year of practice has been
awarded to the Canterbury District Health Board.
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11/12/01 |
The Canterbury District Health Board Chairman has today
welcomed the announcement by the Health Minister of three years
fixed funding for the health sector, saying this will allow the
Board to become much more innovative and flexible in health
delivery.
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03/12/01 |
In the first twenty-nine hours of the strike by 3,000
Canterbury District Health Board hospital workers Christchurch
Hospital's Emergency Department treated 146 patients.
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02/12/01 |
Christchurch Hospital’s Emergency Department had a busy
Saturday night leading up to the strike by 3,000 hospital
workers which started at 6am this morning.
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30/11/01 |
The following statement was issued by the Canterbury District
Health Board following its meeting tonight (Thursday) to discuss
the two day strike which 3,000 of its hospital staff will begin
on Sunday at 6am.
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30/11/01 |
Approximately eighty patients from Canterbury District Health
Board hospitals are being transferred to other centres before
the start of the two-day strike by 3,000 hospital staff starting
Sunday morning at 6am.
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30/11/01 |
The Canterbury District Health Board will hold a press
conference at 3pm Sunday to provide media with an update on the
50 hour strike by 3,000 hospital staff which starts this Sunday
December 2nd at 6am.
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21/11/01 |
The Canterbury District Health Board has developed plans for
patient care during the two-day strike by 3,000 staff, largely
nurses, in its hospitals on December 2nd and 3rd.
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20/11/01 |
The Canterbury District Health Board is facing a two-day
strike in all its hospitals on December 2nd and 3rd, with
non-co-operation in implementing contingency planning during the
two days prior to the strike at two major hospitals – Hillmorton
and Princess Margaret.
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15/11/01 |
The Canterbury District Health Board is facing a two-day
strike in all its hospitals on December 2nd and 3rd, with
non-co-operation in implementing contingency planning during the
two days prior to the strike at two major hospitals – Hillmorton
and Princess Margaret.
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08/11/01 |
Two thousand of the three thousand Canterbury hospital staff
threatening to strike on Monday, 12 November, have called off
strike action following an agreement by the New Zealand Nurses
Organisation to take a salary offer made by the Canterbury
District Health Board tonight to their members.
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06/11/01 |
The strike by 3,000 Canterbury District Health Board hospital
staff scheduled for Monday 12th November is already resulting in
massive disruption to patient services.
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06/11/01 |
The first day of mediation involving the Canterbury District
Health Board and the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) to
try and resolve pay and allowance claims by 2,000 hospital
nurses ended just before 4pm today with talks scheduled to
resume tomorrow (November 7).
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01/11/01 |
The combined unions have refused to grant exemptions for any
major Canterbury hospital or critical care patient service
provided by the Canterbury District Health Board during the
strike by 3,000 staff scheduled for November 12.
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26/10/01 |
The combined unions' notification that 3,000 nurses and other
health staff will strike for 24 hours at all Canterbury public
hospitals on November 12, and start an indefinite overtime and
transfer ban from that day, will cause massive disruption to
patient services and a grave threat to patient safety.
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23/10/01 |
This assessment is the first stage in the Canterbury DHB’s
strategic planning process which will decide how the DHB will
use its resources to provide for the health and disability needs
of the Canterbury community in the next five to 10 years.
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18/10/01 |
Canterbury District Health Board Chief Executive Jean
O’Callaghan is prepared to meet with the combined unions to
clarify issues surrounding salary negotiations for 3,000 Board
staff.
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18/10/01 |
The Canterbury District Health Board’s Forensic Psychiatric
Services are organising a national conference in Christchurch on
November 1 & 2 for those who work in Forensic services.
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11/10/01 |
The Board of Crown Public Health Ltd has supported the
integration of Crown Public Health into the Canterbury District
Health Board, says Crown Public Health Board Chairperson,
Allison Lomax.
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10/10/01 |
Five Canterbury District Health Board staff were among 10
Christchurch people who today received Mental Health Respect
Awards from the Like Minds, Like Mine campaign to counter the
stigma of mental illness.
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20/09/01 |
Health Minister Annette King has today agreed to gift the
Templeton Chapel to the Holy Family Community Trust, and has
proposed making a financial contribution to the Canterbury
District Health Board as compensation for the land.
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20/09/01 |
The Canterbury District Health Board will now be able to
provide the full range of Older Persons and Mental Health
services in Canterbury again following the combined unions today
withdrawing overtime and transfer bans for 1100 staff at The
Princess Margaret and Hillmorton hospitals.
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19/09/01 |
Negotiations between the Canterbury District Health Board and
the combined unions over pay claims for 1100 staff at The
Princess Margaret and Hillmorton hospitals have finished for the
day (Wednesday).
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18/09/01 |
Negotiations between the NZNO and the Canterbury District
Health Board over salary increases for 2,000 nurses in
Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch Women’s Hospital, Burwood
Hospital, Ashburton Hospital and rural hospitals ceased today
(Tuesday) at about 4pm.
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11/09/01 |
A century ago on September 12 New Zealand became the first
country in the world to have a registered nurse. To commemorate
the event, more than 250 former and current nurses will take
part tomorrow in a very special event in the Christchurch chapel
built to honour nurses killed in war.
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07/09/01 |
Following a second twelve-hour day of negotiations with the
Canterbury District Health Board, the combined unions have
withdrawn strike notice which would have involved 1100 staff at
Hillmorton and Princess Margaret Hospitals. However, overtime
bans remain.
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07/09/01 |
The Canterbury District Health Board is concerned that the
combined unions have today stated publicly on radio that they
will not be recommending to health staff at Hillmorton and
Princess Margaret Hospitals that the latest pay offer of the
Board be accepted.
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05/09/01 |
Due to pending staff industrial action, the September meeting
of the Canterbury District Health Board and its Committee
meetings have been cancelled.
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03/09/01 |
The Canterbury District Heath Board today announced it will
close The Princess Margaret Hospital and most Mental Health
services when 1100 nurses and allied health staff at these
facilities go on strike for a fortnight beginning September 14.
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30/08/01 |
There will be severe and serious impacts on patient services
as a result of the notice given by the combined unions today
that staff in the Canterbury District Health Board’s Mental
Health, Older Persons Health and School Dental services will
take strike action for two weeks starting September 14.
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29/08/01 |
Following is the final list of candidates standing in the
Canterbury District Health Board elections.
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27/08/01 |
The wage claim being sought by the combined unions, which
began industrial action at several Canterbury DHB sites today,
amounts to increases of up to 30% and not 6.5% as being reported
by some media, Canterbury DHB Chief Operating Officer, Bill
McDonald, said today.
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23/08/01 |
The Canterbury District Health Board is about to adopt an
implementation plan that will convert NZ's Disability Strategy
into action. This will provide a lead for Canterbury people with
disabilities and for service providers that support them.
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23/08/01 |
The Canterbury District Health Board is concerned that the
community may have been left with the misleading impression by a
front page story in The Press newspaper today that its staff
"turf" patients out of bed, as stated in the newspaper.
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22/08/01 |
The Canterbury District Health Board is planning to reduce
some services in Mental Health and Older Person's Health, to
ensure appropriate patient care and staff welfare, as a result
of next week's industrial action by Older Person's Health,
School Dental Service and Mental Health Service nursing staff,
allied health professionals and clerical staff.
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20/08/01 |
Today , August 20th, marks the start of the Canterbury
District Health Board's Statutory Committee meetings being open
to the public and media to attend:
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17/08/01 |
The Canterbury District Health Board clarified its position
today in relation to negotiation of the Older Person's Health
and Mental Health collective agreement when it met with the
Combined Unions in mediation.
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14/08/01 |
Health Minister Annette King and Quality Health New Zealand
Chief Executive Barbara Donaldson will present Burwood
Hospital's Accreditation Certificate on Thursday (August 16).
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12/07/01 |
Canterbury DHB, Chair, Syd Bradley, said the new facilities
were a welcome addition to the modern facilities provided as
part of the Christchurch Hospital campus.
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05/07/01 |
A total of almost three hundred people have turned out to the
first public meetings with the Christchurch community held by
the Canterbury District Health Board.
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02/07/01 |
The Canterbury District Health Board is calling for all
patients who are booked to have a publicly funded bone scan at
The Princess Margaret Hospital site to contact them urgently to
change their appointments.
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02/07/01 |
The new CEO of the Canterbury District Health Board, Jean
O'Callaghan, started with the organisation yesterday and tonight
hopes to hear the views of many Christchurch people about health
issues at the Board's public meeting in the Christchurch Town
Hall at 7.30pm.
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29/06/01 |
The Canterbury District Health Board will, on Tuesday July
3rd and Wednesday July 4th, hold public meetings to provide the
Christchurch community with information about what is being
planned for the delivery of health and disability services in
the region and to give an opportunity for feedback.
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27/06/01 |
Christchurch and The Princess Margaret Hospitals have
achieved their best results for many years in the latest round
of examinations taken by young doctors training to be specialist
physicians.
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18/06/01 |
Canterbury Maori will be able to receive marae based cardiac
consultations for the first time when the Canterbury DHB’s
Cardio/ Respiratory Outreach Department holds a Maori cardiac
clinic at the Rehua Marae on Tuesday morning.
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06/06/01 |
The Canterbury District Health Board will, this Friday (June
8), hold the first in a series of public meetings to provide the
community with information about what is being planned for the
delivery of health and disability services in the region and to
give an opportunity for feedback.
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18/05/01 |
Jean O’Callaghan, a New Zealand health management specialist
who is currently Area Director Health Service Development in one
of Sydney’s Area Health Services, has been appointed Chief
Executive Officer of the Canterbury District Health Board.
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07/05/01 |
The Leprosy Mission is to donate 400 pairs of knitted baby
booties to Christchurch Women’s Hospital.
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04/05/01 |
More than 100 students from nine Christchurch secondary
schools will arrive at Christchurch Hosptial on Tuesday (May 8)
to find out about a possible career in health. They are taking
part in the Canterbury District Health Board and Christchurch
School of Medicine annual Careers Day.
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04/05/01 |
The Canterbury District Health Board has satisfactorily
resolved issues with Mr Murray Gardiner.
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24/04/01 |
The architectural firm who will design and oversee the
construction of the new building for Christchurch Women’s
Hospital services and Day Surgery facilities has been appointed
by the Canterbury District Health Board.
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10/04/01 |
Children faced with spending Easter in Christchurch Hospital
will have their weekend brightened by three visits from the
Easter bunny this year.
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29/03/01 |
The Canterbury District Health Board has appointed 14
community members to three statutory committees which will
advise the Board. These are the Community and Public Health
Advisory Committee, the Disability Support Advisory Committee,
and the Hospital Advisory Committee.
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21/03/01 |
Syd Bradley was Chairman of the Health Funding Authority
during the 2000 year, and during the whole of the appointment
process for the review of PHARMAC’s review of its Operating
Policies and Procedures.
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19/03/01 |
At the end of March, 51 rehabilitation patients, currently
housed in Seager I and II at Canterbury District Health Board's
Hillmorton Hospital site will move to The Princess Margaret
Hospital site, where they will be housed in the Seager Clinic on
the refurbished ground floor of the Heathcote building.
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16/03/01 |
On Thursday, March 15, when the Minister of Health unveils a
plaque at the entrance to the newly refurbished Te Awakura Acute
Inpatient Services building, she will officially open not just
Te Awakura but the entire $17.5 million, three-year, major
redevelopment of the Canterbury District Health Board's
Hillmorton site (formerly Sunnyside Hospital).
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06/03/01 |
The new Youth Inpatient Unit at Canterbury District Health
Board’s Cashmere site in Christchurch is the first of its kind
in New Zealand, although it will be closely followed by a
similar development in Auckland.
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28/02/01 |
On March 1 Te Whare Hohou Roko (the Forensic Extended Care
Unit) on the Hillmorton Hospital site (formerly Sunnyside), will
be officially opened by Judge Ken Mason (author of three Mason
reports on Mental Health Services in New Zealand).
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16/02/01 |
From Monday (February 19) Brackenridge Estate will have a new
Acting Manager, Carolyn Park, following the resignation of the
previous Manager.
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15/02/01 |
The Canterbury District Health Board will consider at its
first Board meeting (Friday February 16th) a recommendation to
provide new home dialysis machines for the 45 kidney patients
currently using them.
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14/02/01 |
Investigation of a proposal to build a multi-storey extension
onto Christchurch Hospital to accommodate Christchurch Women’s
Hospital services is underway.
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14/02/01 |
The Princess Margaret Hospital will be almost full again for
the first
time in many years when 42 psychogeriatric patients move into
specifically redesigned ground floor premises on Wednesday
(February 14).
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09/02/01 |
A press conference will be held on Wednesday (February 14th)
at 10am to brief media about how Canterbury DHB Board meetings
will be conducted and the opportunities for journalists to
obtain comment.
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02/02/01 |
The South Island Child Cancer Unit will be formally opened at
Christchurch Hospital tomorrow (Friday the 2nd) of February at
10.30am.
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02/02/01 |
The Canterbury DHB is seeking public involvement on a number
of its committees and advisory groups.
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15/01/01 |
Today (January 1st 2001) Canterbury DHB was created, along
with 20 other District Health Boards, each covering a different
geographic area of New Zealand. |
