General Information

Introduction

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Vision Statement

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Women's Health Division Annual Clinical Report - 2005

I am pleased to be asked to write the foreword to this report because it reflects one of our key challenges; how to measure and improve the quality of the services we provide for the people of Canterbury from this District Health Board. In years gone by, the traditional process in health was to deal with the matter in hand and keep relatively simple records of actions and outcomes. There have been notable exceptions over the years, where individuals or professional groups have continuously monitored their performance and striven to improve. It is very encouraging to see a whole service combining to do this as a body. It is only through carefully recording the work that we do and the outcome for our patients that we will identify opportunities for future improvement. I have confidence that Canterbury has an excellent health service which would match up against many of the best in the world. However it is never enough to rest on our laurels. The in depth analysis from the partnership of management and clinicians in Women’s Health and now Children’s’ Health in this series of annual reports is fundamental to quality improvement and also future planning.

Clearly there are challenges, such as how to manage births safely while at the same time maintaining a lower caesarean rate and for child health to work more closely with primary care and reduce demand for acute admissions. I know that the services are keen to address these and other issues and I look forward to continued updates on their successes. The commitment of the many dedicated health professionals in Women and Children’s Health is evident through this report and also the many positive accolades they regularly receive from the public. I thank them for their work and the management team that ably support them.

Gordon Davies - Chief Executive Officer CDHB

Women's & Children's Health Annual Clinical Report 2005

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Christchurch Women's Hospital

As well as providing gynaecological and obstetric services, Christchurch Women's Hospital has a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit which provides both intensive and special care for newborn babies.

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Infection Control

• Infection Control is an important part of hospital life. We aim to minimise infections in patients, clients, and healthcare workers through education, surveillance and clinical intervention. For information and advice, please contact the Clinical Nurse Specilist Infection Control on telephone (03) 364 4510 or ask one of our staff.

Medical Certificates and Accident Compensation

• If you require a Medical Certificate please ask your nurse or doctor.
• If your admission to hospital is the result of an accident, a claim should be lodged with the Accident Compensation Corporation.
• For more information please ask your nurse or doctor.
• Remember it is your right and responsibility to claim compensation for an accident. The hospital has no legal responsibility beyond providing the medical certificate.

Gifts, Donations and Bequests

• From time to time patients, other individuals or organisations give donations or bequests to the benefit of patients and hospital services.
• Christchurch Women's Hospital is always grateful for any financial assistance received by way of donations and bequests as it enables us to purchase additional items of equipment especially for the benefit of patients.