Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding an obstetric consultant and a midwife in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights for failing to provide appropriate postnatal care to a woman with a perineal tear
Poor communication from the Canterbury DHB methadone treatment service left GPs confused over whether they could still prescribe pain killers to a back-pain patient
A teenage car crash victim suffering from brain injuries was let down at several stages of her treatment after being labelled “drunk”, according to a health and disability commissioner’s report
Waikato DHB was told about an overseas-based orthopaedic surgeon’s communication problems, employed him without following its own policies and then failed to manage complaints made against him
Two paramedics have breached the code of patient rights by not following correct steps before deciding a patient, who died shortly after, did not need hospital
Overlooked paperwork and inaction violated the rights of a patient with stage IV endometrial cancer, deputy health and disability commissioner Kevin Allan has found
A hospital emergency department consultant has been criticised by the HDC for missing a patient's life-threatening condition, despite red flags raised by the referring GP
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