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08/12/05
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The occurrence on the morning of 7 December 2005 concerning
Shana Ferris having difficulty gaining access to Christchurch Women's Hospital
and giving birth to her new son Te Ahu is of concern to Christchurch Women’s
Hospital.
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08/12/05
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A variant of the common bacteria staphylococcus aureus has
been identified at Christchurch Women’s Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
with four babies returning positive swab results and although it has been
colloquially described as a ‘superbug’ there are standard effective treatments
available.
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01/12/05
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The General Manager of Mental Health
Services for the Canterbury District Health Board, Vince Barry has confirmed
today that an individual has been admitted to Hillmorton Hospital in
Christchurch following an incident at Arthur’s Pass late yesterday.
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25/11/05
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Canterbury District Health Board has six
finalists in the 2006 National Health & Innovation Awards.
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25/11/05
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Today marks the launch of a South Island
wide campaign that aims to support bars becoming safer and more social places to
drink and less tolerant of drunks.
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21/11/05
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Jasper Timothy O’Loughlin, who was born at
Christchurch Women’s Hospital at 1.31am today, is a history maker.
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04/11/05
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‘It is with regret that I have today
accepted the resignation of Shelly Park, General Manager, Medical and Surgical,
Christchurch Hospital.
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02/11/05
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The hot water system at The Princess
Margaret Hospital is being treated for a type of legionella.
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31/10/05
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Canterbury’s meningococcal B immunisation programme is
already well into dose three, with half of the region’s eligible population
now fully vaccinated.
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28/10/05 |
The Canterbury District Health Board has begun construction of the new
Diabetes & Home Dialysis Training Centre on the Christchurch Hospital
extended campus of St Asaph Street.
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26/10/05 |
Gardeners are being warned to take care
when opening bags of potting mix or handling compost following four cases of
legionnaires disease in Canterbury this month attributed to potting mix or
compost.
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13/10/05 |
The yachtsman rescued yesterday, Mr Bruce
Cox is in a fairly comfortable position in Christchurch Hospital.
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11/10/05 |
The Canterbury District Health Board has
no plans at this stage to introduce any system by which all patients have to
provide identify of residency in New Zealand.
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03/10/05 |
The Canterbury District Health Board has
entered into an agreement with Ngai Tahu Property Ltd for the sale and purchase
of 22 hectares of surplus land at the Hillmorton Hospital site.
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29/09/05 |
A new centralised switchboard for the CDHB
will be introduced within the next three months.
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13/09/05 |
In spite of the union NUPE’s claims that
the CDHB is having difficulties managing without the 400 staff who are on
strike, the Health Board reports that to date, staff are managing well with
minimum disruptions.
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13/09/05 |
Six people were taken to the Emergency Department at
Christchurch Hospital this morning following a serious motor vehicle accident in
the city.
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09/09/05 |
The Chairman of the Canterbury District Health Board Syd
Bradley today announced the appointment of Gordon Davies as the Board’s new
Chief Executive.
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02/09/05 |
Today the Canterbury District Health Board has released the
name of the business in Christchurch whose water cooling tower exceeded the
recommended guidelines for legionella in April this year at the start of the
outbreak of Legionnaires Disease.
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01/09/05 |
The Canterbury District Health Board has
today completed its checks on more than 80% of the cooling towers in
Christchurch.
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26/08/05 |
The spatial relationship of Legionnaires
Disease cases in Christchurch suspected from the case control study carried out
by the Canterbury District Health Board last weekend has now been supported by
the second arm of the scientific study.
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23/08/05 |
The Canterbury District Health Board today announced that
four Christchurch businesses yielded positive results when their cooling towers
were tested for possible contamination that could result in Legionnaires Disease.
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19/08/05 |
Public health teams will today begin to
revisit the 19 people and their families affected by Legionnaires Disease in
Christchurch. They are surveying everyone as part of a formal scientific study
(case control) to ensure all information about the person who developed the
disease is collected.
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16/08/05 |
One more case of Legionnaires Disease has been notified to
the Canterbury Medical Officer of Health today bringing the total number of
cases notified since the beginning of this year to 19 in Christchurch.
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15/08/05 |
No new cases of Legionnaires Disease have been notified to
the Canterbury Medical Officer of Health since last Friday.
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12/08/05 |
One more Christchurch person has been diagnosed with
Legionnaires Disease and is currently in Christchurch Hospital.
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11/08/05 |
The Canterbury District Health Board is very disappointed
that NUPE has decided to issue notice of a five day strike effective from 29
August 2005.
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11/08/05 |
Associate Professor Mike Davis, Medical Director of the
Hyperbaric Medicine Unit at Christchurch Hospital has won an international award
for his outstanding contribution to diving medicine.
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10/08/05 |
Another new case of Legionnaires Disease
in Christchurch has been identified and notified to the Medical
Officer of Health.
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08/08/05 |
An elderly patient suffering from
Legionnaires Disease has died today. Making the announcement,
the Medical Officer of Health for Canterbury Dr Mel Brieseman
said the patient was one of the people identified as having
Legionnaires Disease during July this year.
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05/08/05 |
Public consultation has started on the proposed integrated
model of care for Ashburton District’s public health services.
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12/07/05 |
A $1.6m scanner installed at Christchurch Hospital’s
Radiology Dept will be officially opened by the Minister of
Health Hon Annette King tomorrow afternoon (Wednesday).
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11/07/05 |
The Chairman of the Canterbury District Health Board today
announced that Dr Karleen Edwards will be the interim Chief
Executive of the Canterbury DHB from 30 July until the
appointment and arrival of the new Chief Executive.
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06/07/05 |
A South Island Centre of Excellence in Neuroendovascular
surgery has been established at Christchurch Hospital under the
guidance of neurosurgeon Mr Ronald Boet.
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05/07/05 |
Kaiapoi Lodge, an existing rest home operator of 14 years,
has been awarded a Canterbury District Health Board contract for
20 new aged care hospital beds.
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01/07/05 |
A preliminary check of the 100 or so written submissions on
the Canterbury District Health Board's draft strategic plan has
shown many different themes coming through.
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29/06/05 |
A new $3.5m state-of-the-art Linear Accelerator was installed
on Oncology Services at Christchurch Hospital this week.
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28/06/05 |
The Canterbury District Health Board’s Hospital Advisory
Committee has asked for more detail about community involvement
in the review of Ashburton Health Services.
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21/06/05 |
Five Christchurch patients have been successfully implanted
with a new monitoring system for the treatment of congestive
heart failure using an investigational device developed by an
American company.
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17/06/05 |
This week the Specialist Mental Health Services of the
Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) has announced it will
begin a detailed process of community consultation on its
proposed changes to its Child, Adolescent and Family Mental
Health Service.
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15/06/05 |
‘Catering to you’ – a new concept in hospital food for
patients is being trialled in some wards at two of the
Canterbury District Health Board’s hospitals – Christchurch and
Christchurch Women’s.
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09/06/05 |
Thirteen thousand doses of the meningococcal B vaccine
arrived in Canterbury this week.
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08/06/05 |
The Minister of Health Hon Annette King has approved the
second stage of Burwood Hospital’s redevelopment at a total cost
of $21.5m.
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03/06/05 |
The Management of Canterbury’s drinking water supplies has
improved greatly but there is still more to do, according to the
Canterbury District Health Board’s Drinking Water Unit.
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27/05/05 |
Tuesday next week is World Smokefree Day and it will also
mark one year since the Canterbury District Health Board
introduced its smokefree policy into its facilities and
premises.
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24/05/05 |
It is with considerable regret that I have accepted the
resignation of the Chief Executive Jean O’Callaghan.
Jean is leaving the CDHB to take up a new position in England as
Chief Executive of the Bedford NHS Trust. She will be leaving
the DHB in August.
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19/05/05 |
Local Smokefree Officer, Michael Morris, is reminding
businesses about what constitutes an outdoor area with colder
weather here, and signs that some businesses may be
inadvertently breaking the new smokefree law.
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19/05/05 |
The high standard of service provided by several divisions of
the Canterbury District Health Board has been recognised by the
Quality Health New Zealand accreditation award.
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10/05/05 |
It is WellChild/Tamariki Ora Week and the theme is ‘colourful eating’, focusing
on the consumption of five servings of fruit and vegetables a day and the
benefits of eating different coloured fruit and vegetables.
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04/05/05 |
Following a census earlier this year to gauge the total bed
occupancy for hospital and resthome dementia care, the
Canterbury District Health Board will be looking for more aged
care beds in the Waimakariri and Hurunui Districts.
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29/04/05 |
The neonatal unit at Christchurch Women’s Hospital is today
screening the staff working in the neonatal unit as a
precautionary measure following the outbreak of the bacteria
staphylococcus aureus in Wellington’s neonatal unit.
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13/04/05 |
This information is provided by the CDHB General Manager Dr
Karleen Edwards and is an update following the information about
Admatha Resthome that was made public yesterday (12 April).
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12/04/05 |
This is an update on the media release that was made
yesterday (11 April 2005) regarding the decision of the CDHB to terminate
Admatha resthome’s contract.
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11/04/05 |
The Canterbury District Health Board has taken the rare step
of terminating its contract with Admatha Resthome in
Christchurch.
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04/04/05 |
Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) today announced that
Telecom (NZ) has been named the preferred provider of
telecommunications services to the DHB.
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01/04/05 |
This afternoon at 2pm, the Neonatal Service at Christchurch
Women’s Hospital will be presented with a special gift of
pounamu.
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30/03/05 |
Baby Holly Williams has achieved the rare honour of being the
first baby born at the new Christchurch Women’s Hospital in Riccarton Avenue.
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30/03/05 |
The new Day Surgery Unit which is based on the first floor at
the new Christchurch Women’s Hospital opened for official
business 14 hours earlier than expected with an emergency eye
operation at 6pm last night (Tuesday).
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29/03/05 |
At 10am tomorrow (Wednesday 30 March) the new Christchurch
Women’s Hospital will open its doors for business.
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17/03/05 |
There has been an increase in the numbers of patients coming
into Christchurch hospital’s emergency department recently.
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25/02/05 |
Ashburton Hospital is facing a shortage of junior medical
staff from next Monday that will affect admissions to the
hospital.
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24/02/05 |
A Canterbury District Health Board technical expert on
drinking water has been seconded to China for a month to advise
on water contamination, treatment and analysis.
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24/02/05 |
On Sunday (27 February), there will be a special public
ceremony of remembrance starting at 2pm at Christchurch Anglican
Cathedral acknowledging special events that have happened at
Christchurch Women’s Hospital over the last 53 years.
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24/02/05 |
Tomorrow morning (Friday) at 7 o’clock, the new Christchurch
Women’s Hospital (which includes the new Day Surgery Unit) will
receive its official blessing by a team of hospital chaplains
and associate Church Ministers, led by the Rev Maurice Gray.
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24/02/05 |
The future of Rangiora, Oxford and Waikari
hospitals are not being reviewed in spite of some claims to the
contrary made earlier this week.
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21/02/05 |
The Canterbury District Health Board's
review of maintenance and technical staff is targeted for
completion within the next three weeks.
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18/02/05 |
The Canterbury District Health Board has
established an advisory group to assist in its review of health
services in rural Canterbury.
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11/02/05 |
The Canterbury District Health Board has
decided to defer making a decision on the Community Midwifery
Services in Canterbury until an overall maternity services
strategy is developed and approved by the Board.
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10/02/05 |
When Christchurch Womens’ Hospital opens
at the end of next month, there will be no soft drink vending
machines in the building.
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07/02/05 |
The National Union of Public Employees (Nupe)
has misinformed both the public and its members when it states
that the Hillmorton cafeteria will be closed on weekends.
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03/02/05 |
On Thursday, 3 February 2005, the $2.63
million extension of the Gastroenterology Department at
Christchurch Hospital, was officially opened by the Minister of
Health, Hon Annette King.
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28/01/05 |
The waiting list for radiation therapy has
been reduced to zero – the result of some excellent team work within the
radiation oncology department at Christchurch Hospital.
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14/01/05 |
The Department of Nursing’s Professional Development Unit at
Christchurch Hospital is offering Registered Nurses who have
been away from the acute tertiary hospital setting since the
year 2000, the opportunity to return to work. |
