A Wellington barrister who specialises in medicolegal cases says creating an appeal process for HDC decisions would add unnecessary costs and delays to the resolution of cases
The Health and Disability Commissioner (HDC) is asking all New Zealanders to have their say, in a public consultation opening this week, about their rights when using health and disability services
The Health and Disability Commissioner has found an obstetrician and gynaecologist breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights for failures in communication regarding a woman’s gynaecological procedure
A massage therapist has been referred to the Director of Proceedings by the Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner to assess if further legal action is required
The Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner has found Hawke’s Bay District Health Board (now Te Whatu Ora Te Matau a Māui) breached Right 4(1) of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall has found a specialist obstetrician and gynaecologist breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failing to provide a woman with adequate information to enable her to provide informed consent to treatment
Aged Care Commissioner Carolyn Cooper has found Oceania Care Company Limited breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights for respite care provided to a resident
Complaints to the health and disability commissioner have escalated by 40 per cent over the past four years. Morag McDowell discusses the challenges in advocacy
GPs must recognise the risks of a Health and Disability Commissioner investigation and take steps to reduce them, says clinical advisor David Maplesden
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