A community health support worker most likely lied about visiting an elderly male client, who was later found on the floor of his bedroom and subsequently died in hospital
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Kevin Allan today released a report finding a district health board in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failures in its care of a woman with an ongoing dental infection
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding a dermatologist in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failures in his care of a woman undergoing surgery for skin cancer
A pharmacist has been ordered to upskill on her medicines checking after she incorrectly dispensed sertraline instead of sumatriptan to a teenage patient; it was her first day at a new pharmacy
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding an aged care provider in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failures in its care of an elderly woman
A GP has told the health and disability commissioner of her guilt at failing to monitor the health of an infant who went on to require several corrective surgeries for developmental dysplasia of the hip
A collective failure by a Waitematā DHB surgical team resulted in an Alexis wound retractor the size of a bread and butter plate being left inside a patient
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding a midwife in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failings in her care of a woman during pregnancy
A collective failure by a Waitematā DHB surgical team resulted in an Alexis wound retractor the size of a bread and butter plate being left inside a patient
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