Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding a rest home operator in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failures in the care provided to an elderly woman
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding a chiropractor in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for entering into a sexual relationship with a female patient
The Medical Council has been asked to review an orthopaedic surgeon’s competence after he operated four times on a patient who now requires ongoing paraplegic care
Eastern Institute of Technology professor of Māori and indigenous research David Tipene-Leach (Ngāti Kahungunu/Ngāti Kere, Ngāti Manuhiri) has been honoured for his leadership on the flax wahakura for babies to sleep in
Mental Health Commissioner Kevin Allan today released a report finding a district health board (DHB) in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failures in the care of a man at a mental health inpatient unit
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding a rest home and a healthcare assistant (HCA) in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failures in the care provided to an elderly woman
The failure to identify risk factors in unborn twins led to an emergency caesarean and resuscitation which was further complicated by the failure to turn on an oxygen cylinder
The Health and Disability Commissioner has rebuked a pharmacist, a pharmacy and the Northland DHB for a series of failures that resulted in a young boy with cerebral palsy and epilepsy being given the wrong medicine on several occasions
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