Analysis of complaints about residential disability support services over the past five years offers critical recommendations for enhancing the quality of support for disabled people, writes Rose Wall
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Deborah James has found the rights of a woman were breached under the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) during the management of her endometriosis
In a report published today, Deputy Commissioner Dr Vanessa Caldwell has found Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for care provided to a client residing in a secure unit
Southern DHB (now Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Southern) breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) in respect to aspects of care provided to a woman who required spinal surgeries
The acting Health and Disability Commissioner is pleased to announce the appointment of Jane Herschell as the new Director of Proceedings | Pouārahi o Ngā Hāmenetanga
The Health and Disability Commissioner has found Health New Zealand│Te Whatu Ora breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) after a man was circumcised without his consent
A radiologist has breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for poor reporting of a CT scan, which may have delayed a bowel cancer diagnosis for a woman who, sadly, died of a blood infection from a bowel obstruction
In a report released today, the Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner has found Health New Zealand Waikato and a surgeon breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) after the surgeon failed to perform a physical examination on a woman when it was indicated, and Health NZ did not adhere to guidelines when it advised the woman of the wait times for a colonoscopy
Analysis of complaints about residential disability support services over the past five years offers critical recommendations for enhancing the quality of support for disabled people, writes Rose Wall
Specialist GP Nikki Vadgama provides some tips to make your next paediatric eczema consult easier. She includes a review of new guidelines, resources, websites and medications for paediatric eczema management