Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding a residential aged care facility in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failures in its care of an elderly man who was paralysed and had dementia
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Kevin Allan today released a report finding a Bay of Plenty District Health Board (BOPDHB) in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failings in its care of a young man requiring mental health services
The General Practice Owners Association of Aotearoa New Zealand has raised with MPs the matter of GPs not being paid for preparing written reports for the coroner
A doctor’s confusion over enduring powers of attor¬ney enabled a man to take over decision-making for his partner and move her away from her family, against their wishes
Multiple failures and “a pattern of suboptimal care” by staff at a Bupa Care aged facility meant a short-stay patient’s deterioration went unnoticed and she died four days after being transferred tohospital
A doctor’s confusion over enduring powers of attorney enabled a man to take over decision-making for his partner and move her away from her family, against their wishes
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