After Te Whatu Ora Waikato failed to adequately respond to three GP referrals for a woman with worsening cardiac symptoms, the patient gave up and went private
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 ED and was helicoptered to hospital for urgent surgery
In a report issued today, the Health and Disability Commissioner Morag McDowell found a gynaecologist and an obstetrics and gynaecology trainee breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code)
The Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner has found a rural locum GP breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights in her care of a patient with ongoing right leg pain, swelling and other symptoms
The Aged Care Commissioner has found Waikato DHB (now Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waikato) breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for multiple system failures which resulted in delays in actioning GP referrals and notifying the results of an echocardiogram to a patient
The office of the Health and Disability Commissioner closed more than 6000 complaints last year, but is it best placed to assess quality, safety and accountability? Ben Gray takes a look
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 commissioner Morag McDowell, and the agency is struggling to keep up with demand.
The office of the Health and Disability Commissioner closed more than 6000 complaints last year, but is it best placed to assess quality, safety and accountability? Ben Gray takes a look
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