Demolition of the former Christchurch Women’s Hospital in Colombo St, Christchurch has started.
 

Professor Philip Darbyshire, Chair of Nursing, Women's and Children's Hospital University of South Australia (Adelaide) says there is a desperate need for research to be welcomed into clinical practice and development. 
 

Some Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) staff are helping support the Fresh Future Charitable Trust by joining walkers on the Canterbury leg of a charity walk/cycle from Invercargill to Auckland at the end of this week.
 

CDHB Launches Campaign to Boost Nursing Numbers

The Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) is beginning a new campaign this weekend to attract nurses who have been out of the workforce back into the profession.
 

The Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) has contacted Christchurch Police to investigate several incidents, where pain relief medication has been diluted or replaced with water on wards at Christchurch Hospital. 
 

The review of the Acute Inpatient Service (AIS) at Hillmorton Hospital has been completed.  Canterbury District Health Board will now look at its recommendations and consider what changes need to be made to the AIS.
 

The Mobile Surgical Bus had a successful first day at the Waikari Medical Centre on Monday 11 August.  Five patients on the Canterbury general surgery list received operations.
 

Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) hospital land will soon be shared by Lincoln people for recreation, therapy, educational opportunities and community-grown food.
 

Christchurch Hospital's Children's Wards are asking Canterbury people to support the annual
Progressive Enterprises Fresh Futures Appeal.
 

Canterbury’s influenza season is likely to peak in the coming weeks warns Dr Lance Jennings, Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) virologist and National Influenza Strategy Group (NISG) spokesperson.
 

Dr Melvin Brieseman retired yesterday from Canterbury District Health Board’s Community and Public health division after more than 30 years as a Canterbury Medical Officer of Health (MOH).
 

Facts in a media release today from the NZ Medical Laboratory Workers Union about Canterbury District Health Board’s cytology screening are incorrect.
 

Christchurch Hospital’s extended and refurbished Emergency Department will be officially opened this Friday 4 July.
 

Volunteer Awareness Week began on Sunday and continues until Saturday 21 June. The Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the volunteers who work with us.
 

Canterbury District Health Board Chairman Alister James regrets to announce that Chief Executive Gordon Davies has decided to retire later this year at the end of his contract with the Board.
 

Parents are being encouraged to ensure their children get their free measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination, following a measles outbreak at a Christchurch preschool.
 

‘Nothing about us, without us’, is the slogan adopted by The CDHB’s new Health Services Planning (HSP) Consumer Council.
 

Herpes is a common sexually transmitted infection that can be easily managed and treated.
 

A new campaign launched by the Canterbury District Health Board urges Cantabrians to think about the best place to go for health care, rather than simply head to the Emergency Department.
 

A Canterbury District Health Board investigation into a cluster of campylobacter cases in the Springston Township during February and March this year has concluded that the outbreak was caused by contamination of the town’s water supply.
 

Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch Women’s Hospital and Burwood Hospital will be offering limited services during the Resident Medical Officers’ (Junior Doctors) strike from 7am, Tuesday 22 April until 7am, Thursday 24 April.
 

Canterbury District Health Board members voted to rejoin DHBNZ at their monthly meeting today. The previous Board withdrew last year.
 

Canterbury District Health Board members decided at their monthly meeting today to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Canterbury Charity Hospital Trust.
 

A new website and 0800 number have been launched to help Māori women and their whānau get more information about and link into Aukati Kaipaipa – a free smoking cessation service.
 

A report in the Sunday Star Times last Sunday incorrectly stated that the Canterbury District Health Board had cancelled annual leave for its junior doctors until August.
 

The Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) is supporting a new programme being run by the Te Puna Whaiora Glenelg Children’s Health Camp to encourage overweight children and their families to eat healthily and exercise regularly.
 

Canterbury District Health Board is commissioning an external review of its Acute Adult Inpatient Service at Hillmorton Hospital.
 

Patients needing acute surgical admission to Christchurch Hospital will now be fast tracked through to a new unit.
 

The Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) will tomorrow sign a Memorandum of Understanding with Manawhenua Ki Waitaha.
 

The Canterbury District Health Board today voted to accept the independent Health Impact Assessment of the Central Plains Water Scheme, subject to some changes to the draft report produced by the DHB’s Community & Public Health division.
 

Canterbury District Health Board will be issuing a Request for Proposals for the management of its residential service for people with intellectual disabilities, who have experienced mental illness.
 

Canterbury District Health Board is considering issuing a Request for Proposals for the management of its three residential homes for people with intellectual disabilities, who have experienced mental illness.
 

Two of the Canterbury District Health Board’s specialist services have been accredited by Quality Health New Zealand this week.

Most of the 3000 scouts and 1500 leaders at the 18^th New Zealand Scout Jamboree at Christchurch’s Canterbury Agricultural Park will return home today.