Budget 2021 gave the health and disability commissioner extra money to manage rising complaint volumes and perform a new role as watchdog over assisted dying
The failure of a health provider in caring for a woman with a deteriorating skin condition has raised the importance of having effective communication channels and adequate escalation systems: HDC
An incomplete assessment by an ambulance team resulted in a man undergoing two amputa¬tions, a ruling from the deputy health and disability commissioner finds
Health and Disability Commissioner Morag McDowell today released a report finding a radiology service and radiologist in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for the care provided to a woman later diagnosed with liver cancer
Health and Disability Commissioner Morag McDowell today released a report finding a District Health Board and a speech language therapist in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failures in their care of a man with throat cancer
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