In November last year, I undertook an Observorship at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, USA. It has world-renowned experts in patient safety and quality.....

Toi Te Ora Public Health is seeing a rise in pertussis cases across the Bay of Plenty and Lakes districts as part of the current national pertussis epidemic.....

Whilst learning from mistakes is crucial, I recently learnt about a programme which celebrates those who prevent them happening at all. ....

Patients managing their own healthcare online is the future says a Bay of Plenty GP, and the future is here.....

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• Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) Testing withdrawn from 12/02/18

Are you interested in child health? Would you like to provide input into a regional project to develop a pathway of care for engaging  “At Risk” mums in their 3rd trimester with primary care, and for increasing enrolment and engagement in the first six weeks after birth?....

The BOP DHB has entered into a new ‘Acute Demand Service’ agreement with the WBoP PHO.....

READ codes (see below) for advance care planning have been activated in MedTech following a project undertaken by Hauraki PHO and Waikato DHB.....

If you are referring a patient acutely to an admitting team or APU/CAU etc, they will go through the usual ED triage process.....

Registrations are now open for the Advanced Care Planning Cooperative’s Level 1A workshops in the Bay of Plenty.....