Last week we had the triennial BOPDHB Board elections and the elected members of our Board were re-elected.....

You may not be aware of this under-utilised part of our local health services.....

The table below gives a summary of the contingency plans that have been put in place to ensure patient safety and continuing service at both Tauranga and Whakatane Hospitals during the junior doctors industrial action.....

I have had a meeting with the Opthalmology service to see if there was any way in which we could improve the referral process.....

Public Health South has been notified of a case of measles in Queenstown.....

If you need some O₂ for one of your patients, make sure you include an O₂ saturation with your referral to the respiratory clinic.....

The BOPDHB Future Care Planning Advisory Group will offer fully funded positions on this training, which will be on 14-15 November 2016 with the venue to be confirmed at a later date.....

We welcome Dr Basu in her new role. You may have heard her name already as she has been working as a Senior Registrar.....

There has been some new information on two common ENT conditions added to ENT Information Resources....

Here is an update with regard to SOS on outpatient clinic letters:....

Have a look at this short video, describing a novel Care Planning concept developed in the UK, and embraced by the Royal College of General Practitioners.....

Dr Laurie Wing has left BOPDHB to move to the South Island, leaving only one endocrinologist here at Tauranga Hospital, Dr Kingsley Nirmalaraj.....

Over the past few weeks we have added a few new Primary Care Guidelines to the Haematology Information Resources section of our website....

From Dr Hugh Lees, Medical Director, Bay of Plenty District Health Board....