Nurse practitioner Genevieve Brebner and five colleagues remain under investigation almost 18 months after a complaint was laid by a family member of a patient they’d saved. She says delays in the Health and Disability Commissioner’s inquiry are causing huge stress. TONY WALL reports
In a report published today, Deputy Commissioner Dr Vanessa Caldwell found Northland District Health Board (now Health New Zealand |Te Whatu Ora Te Tai Tokerau) breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for the care of a woman in her fifties
The Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner has found a pharmacy breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failing to dispense an insulin pen correctly
A pharmacy that mistakenly dispensed a fast-release insulin pen instead of a slow-release pen has been found to have breached a patient’s rights by the health and disability commissioner
Responding to a letter from Wellington general practice academic Ben Gray, Morag McDowell addresses the role of HDC investigations in protecting consumer rights and enhancing healthcare quality despite a rise in complaints and ongoing systemic challenges
Complaints to the office of the Health and Disability Commissioner have surged by 40 per cent in the past three to four years, according to health and disability commissioner Morag McDowell, leaving the agency struggling to keep up with demand
After three visits to a rural practice with worsening symptoms over three weeks, a man’s pain was blamed on prolonged sitting just one day before he attended an emergency department and was helicoptered to hospital for urgent surgery
Responding to a letter from Wellington general practice academic Ben Gray, Morag McDowell addresses the role of HDC investigations in protecting consumer rights and enhancing healthcare quality despite a rise in complaints and ongoing systemic challenges
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