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20/12/02 |
The government’s decision to inject a further $3m into the
Canterbury District Health Board comes as positive news, but ‘we
must live within our budget’, according to Board Chairman, Syd
Bradley.
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20/12/02 |
Three senior staff have ended their employment with the
Canterbury District Health Board.
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06/12/02 |
The Canterbury District Health Board will shortly begin
consulting with interested groups and the public regarding a
proposal to sell its unused land at Templeton.
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22/11/02 |
A new surgical Fellowship being jointly established by the
Canterbury District Health Board and the Oxford Clinic’s
Gynaecology and Obstetric Centre will benefit the women of
Canterbury and assist in recruiting talented surgical registrars
to Christchurch.
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20/11/02 |
Children from the paediatric wards at Christchurch Public
Hospital will have the chance to ‘get even’ with their medical
and nursing teams on Friday at 3pm when the annual paediatric
boat race takes place.
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19/11/02 |
The Ministry of Health’s new website on elective services is
now available to the general public. The website presents the
monthly performance of the 21 District Health Boards in a colour
coded form.
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08/11/02 |
The main building contractor for the construction of the new
Christchurch Women’s Hospital and Day Surgery Unit has been
announced by the Canterbury District Health Board. The
successful tenderer is Hawkins Construction Limited.
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08/11/02 |
As from today, Crown Public Health will merge with the
Canterbury District Health and be renamed Community Public
Health.
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25/10/02 |
The Canterbury District Health Board is establishing a
Quality and Safety Council under the chairmanship of Professor
Peter Davis.
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26/06/02 |
The Canterbury District Health Board welcomes Government
approval for the construction of a wing on Christchurch Hospital
which will be the new site for Christchurch Women’s Hospital
services and day surgery facilities.
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18/05/02 |
“We realise how upsetting the discovery of this material may
be for patients and their families,” says Vince Barry,
Canterbury DHB General Manager Mental Health Services. “We want
to apologise for what has occurred and reassure patients and
their families that no patient files were amongst the material
returned by The Press.”
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15/04/02 |
The 18 Tupuna patients cared for in nursing homes since last
December have been recommended to remain in community care,
Canterbury District Health Board, managing clinical director of
Mental Health, Dr Alfred Dell’Ario, confirmed today.
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12/04/02 |
The Canterbury DHB Board was updated on the Christchurch
Women’s Hospital and Day Surgery Development at its meeting
today.
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11/04/02 |
The Canterbury District Health Board has this week worked
with the Ministry of Health to help secure the future of the
Oxford Medical Centre.
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19/02/02 |
The Canterbury District Health Board Chairman, Mr Syd Bradley
said he welcomes the initiative, announced today by Health
Minister Annette King, to address heart surgery waiting lists in
the South Island.
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07/02/02 |
The Chairman of the Canterbury District Health Board says the
Board is relieved that nurses have accepted its pay offer.
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01/02/02 |
Mediation between the New Zealand Nurses Organisation and the
Canterbury District Health Board over salary increases for 2,000
of the Board’s nurses was completed today (Wednesday) at 7pm.
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30/01/02 |
The Canterbury District Health Board has welcomed the
decision by nurses to continue the mediation process and lift
strike action.
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25/01/02 |
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Christchurch Women's
Hospital is preparing to transfer babies to other units in New
Zealand because their safety cannot be assured during 15 days of
industrial action by nurses from next week.
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25/01/02 |
The Canterbury District Health Board is currently working
with the Pharmacy Guild to agree on a mechanism whereby
pharmacists can supply the medication free of charge to the
patient and bill the CDHB for its cost, says Acting General
Manager Christchurch Hospital, Jim Magee.
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23/01/02 |
The Canterbury District Health Board is shocked to hear the
New Zealand Nurses Organisation has served notice of further
industrial action.
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22/01/02 |
The Chief Executive of the Canterbury District Health Board,
Jean O’Callaghan, says she is relieved to hear that 1300 staff
at the Board’s Hillmorton Hospital and Princess Margaret
Hospital have accepted the Board’s pay offer.
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18/01/02 |
The first patients to be transferred out of Hillmorton
Hospital leave today (Friday).
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17/01/02 |
A proposal has been tabled by the Canterbury District Health
Board bargaining team that the New Zealand Nurses Organisation
is taking out to its members for consideration at stop work
meetings next week.
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11/01/02 |
The Canterbury District Health Board Chairman, Syd Bradley,
is blaming the National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) for the
crisis which could lead to the permanent reduction or closure of
all mental health inpatient services provided by the Board.
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11/01/02 |
The Canterbury District Health Board has been told by the
clinical directors and senior managers running its mental health
services that they have almost reached the point where they can
no longer provide safe care.
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