September 2021
Statement on COVID Vaccination in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease
27SepThe NZ Region of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, the NZ Cardiac Clinical Network, the National Cardiothoracic Surgery Clinical Network and the National Heart Foundation of New Zealand have released a statement on COVID vaccination in the context of cardiovascular disease.....
Clinical Matters Newsletter - September 2021
23SepWelcome to the September 2021 Edition of Clinical Matters!....
Hospital Clinicians Now Able to Send a Direct Note to Primary Care Inboxes
9SepThe Midland Clinical Portal (MCP) has been upgraded to allow our hospital colleagues to send electronic messages to primary care clinicians. T....
Webinars on Assisting Dying
9SepThe Ministry of Health has created a series of webinars on the topic of Assisted Dying.....
Transfer of Care Documents (Formerly Discharge Summaries) - Your Chance to Provide Feedback
8SepThe GPL team have received a lot of feedback about the new ‘transfer of care’ documents, formerly discharge summaries.....
New In-Service Videos for Nurses on Te Whāriki ā Toi, the BOPDHB Online Learning Site
3SepThese concise, clinical sessions delivered by experts on topics of interest to nurses who want to develop their professional skills. These video sessions are 20-30 minutes long.....
Update: Re Supply of Blood Test Tubes
3SepThe Ministry of Health has been advised of delays in the supply of blood test tubes used for routine laboratory testing.....
MEDICAL VENESECTION - Iron Overload / Polycythaemia
3SepPathlab Waikato previously operated a Venesection service under the direction and control of the referring clinician, with oversight by our service.....
Covid Vaccine and Myocarditis
2SepThere have been a lot of telephone calls and emails from patients to our Cardiology department regarding myocarditis and the Covid vaccine.....