Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding a residential aged care facility in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failures in its care of an elderly man who was paralysed and had dementia
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Media release from The Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Kevin Allan today released a report finding a Bay of Plenty District Health Board (BOPDHB) in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failings in its care of a young man requiring mental health services
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Media release from The Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
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