Unfortunately a couple of people have had to pull out of this ACP Level 2 Practitioner training being offered in Tauranga on 23/24 November.....

I was delighted to attend the pohiri for Tricia Keelan, our new General Manager Māori Health Gains and Development, on Tuesday (24 October).....

We had a record number of entries for this year’s Innovation Awards. It was a hard job for the selection panel to choose 6 finalists from the 29 entries.....

The cardiology clinic has been unable to keep up with increasing numbers of echocardiogram referrals (both inpatient as well as primary care generated) for some time, and now has a huge wait list for non-urgents, comprising hundreds and hundreds of patients.....

Have you recently asked your patient to give the hospital or the scheduler a call, to enquire about when their clinic appointment might be?....

Our paediatric and CAMHS colleagues have noticed recently that a number of young children under the age of 12 have been started on anti-depressants including paroxetine. ....

If you need to check for foot pulses, you can not only refer to the community nurses for ABPI measurement, but also to the podiatry clinic at either Tauranga or Whakatane Hospital.....

A new service is now available for Western BOP children aged 5 to 18 with asthma and other chronic respiratory conditions.....

There is a large volume of information available through these pathways including printable resources to give to patients, useful websites, strategies on pharmacological challenges and locally based psychosocial services.....