A pharmacy, a GP and a disability service provider have been ordered to review their procedures and apologise after an incorrect prescription resulted in the anti-seizure medication midazolam being incorrectly administered to a disabled patient
The requirement for doctors to keep clear and accurate clinical records is a fundamental obligation, which can at times be overlooked by time-poor GPs seeing multiple patients in the course of a day
Canterbury DHB has been criticised by health and disability commissioner Anthony Hill after it took four visits to ED to diagnose a woman suffered two strokes
The requirement for doctors to keep clear and accurate clinical records is a fundamental obligation, which can at times be overlooked by time-poor GPs seeing multiple patients in the course of a day
A woman ended up with two punctured lungs after being treated by an acupuncturist for arm and wrist injuries says Health and Disability Commissioner Anthony Hill
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding the owner of a rest home in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failures relating to the care of a woman in her eighties with a number of serious medical conditions.
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding a self-employed midwife, a hospital employed midwife and a DHB in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for the care provided to a woman in labour and her newborn baby.
Poor co-ordination and communication within Waikato DHB may have contributed to the death of a woman says deputy health and disability commissioner Rose Wall
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