Trained pharmacist vaccinators in approximately 450 pharmacies across New Zealand will soon be able to deliver MMR vaccinations to people aged 16 and over, as the latest step in the Government’s plan to stop the measles outbreak and improve the immunity of New Zealanders.....

This is an update you on the proposed industrial action being undertaken by those Bay of Plenty MIT staff who are members of APEX.....

Proposed strike action by Medical Imaging Technologists (MIT) who are members of APEX (Association of Professionals and Executive Employees Inc)....

Please click here for an updated version regarding measles management on behalf of Janet Hanvey, Incident Controller for Toi Te Ora Public Health.  This supersedes the advice dated 20 September 2019.  Please forward this update to your relevant networks.....

I was delighted when we recently launched the Te Toi Ahorangi Strategy in Whakatāne. It was a wonderful event and the sense of excitement and optimism about this strategy and what it can achieve going forward was palpable.....

Pre-conception, pregnancy and the pre-school years  - “the first 1,000 days” – is a crucial period in which lifestyle behaviours can have an enormous impact on lifelong, and even intergenerational health.....

Associate Health Minister Julie Anne Genter welcomes PHARMAC’s move to improve access to long-acting reversible contraception (LARCs).....

BOPDHB world view We recently held staff forums in both Whakatāne and Tauranga and I had the opportunity to outline our current position as an organisation and where we are headed.....

Let’s celebrate and appreciate the medical workforce in the BOPDHB across primary and secondary care!....

Proposed strike action by Medical Imaging Technologists (MIT) who are members of APEX (Association of Professionals and Executive Employees Inc)....

Asthma CME talk at the Sebel on 12th November. Meet Carolyn Allen, our new respiratory consultant.....