Bay Navigator

October 2016

Latest From the BOPDHB CEO, Helen Mason - 14th October 2016

21Oct

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

Regional Māori Health Services - Paediatric Clinic

21Oct

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

Update on RMO Strike

18Oct

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.....

Opthalmology Referrals

18Oct

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

National Health Advisory: Notification of Measles Case in Queenstown

17Oct

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

Need Home Oxygen?

14Oct

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

Future Care Planning Training

14Oct

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.....

New Locum O&G Consultant - Dr Aparna Basu

14Oct

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

New ENT Resources Now Available

14Oct

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

SOS on Outpatient Clinic Letters

14Oct

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

Frustrated with the Current System of Seeing Patients in Primary Care?

13Oct

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.....

Overstretched Endocrinology Clinic

13Oct

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

New Haematology Resources Available

13Oct

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

Message to GPs re: RMO Strike

13Oct

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