The Health and Disability Commissioner has criticised a GP for failing to follow up with a patient referred for an ultrasound who ended up with stage four endometrial cancer and is now receiving palliative care
A report released today by the Aged Care Commissioner Carolyn Cooper highlights the need for action to meet the ongoing health and disability needs of older people
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall has today issued a report finding a community support worker breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for her care of multiple consumers at a disability service
Wellington GP academic Ben Gray writes in response to a news article by Stephen Forbes regarding a recent HDC decision, “Man dies from prostate cancer after deficient treatment”
A novice nurse practitioner criticised for her management of an elderly woman’s chronic leg wounds says, in hindsight, a more experienced clinician should have seen the resthome patient
The Health and Disability Commissioner has criticised a pharmacy for a dispensing error that resulted in a child’s hospitalisation after being mistakenly given an antipsychotic medication instead of an antihistamine
Aged Care Commissioner Carolyn Cooper has released a report today finding Calvary Hospital Southland Limited (Calvary) breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights for hospital-level care provided to a resident
The Health and Disability Commissioner has found a pharmacy breached the Code of Health and Disabililty Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for a dispensing error which saw a four-year-old boy admitted to hospital
The Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner has found Bupa Care Services, and a nurse practitioner (NP), breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failures in their management of an elderly woman’s wounds
The Health and Disability Commissioner has acknowledged the progress made since the publication of her Commissioner Initiated Investigation (CII) into Southern Blood and Cancer Services (SBCS) in April 2023
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