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• Public Health Service dealing with Hepatitis A outbreak at Childcare Centre
  | Hep A outbreak

  05/09/2008 MidCentral Health’s Public Health Unit is working with Lots of Hugs 2 Childcare Centre in Palm

• National recognition for MidCentral Health MRTs
  | MRT Awards

  02/09/2008 Mandy Smith, Radiology Clinical Coordinator, was caught by surprise when she was announced recipient

• MidCentral Health at Full Capacity | MCH at full capacity

  28/08/2008 MidCentral Health is at full capacity and is managing large numbers of patients presenting via the E

• Plan for Women’s and Child Health Services Progresses
  | Women's and Child Health plan progress

  28/08/2008 MidCentral and Whanganui District Health Boards' joint plans for women's and children's health servi

• MidCentral District Health Board to Hold Public Forum at Start of Feilding Meeting | Feilding forum and board meeting

  08/08/2008 The Board of MidCentral District Health Board is holding an open forum in Feilding on Tuesday 19 Aug

• Further appointments to MDHB Committees | MDHB committee appointments

  08/08/2008 MidCentral District Health Board has approved the appointment of two more external members to its co

• Plans announced for enhancement of Horowhenua Health Centre's services
  | Horowhunua Health Centre increases services

  04/08/2008 MidCentral District Health Board today heard of plans to increase services offered by the Horowhenua

• Increased monitoring of Wanganui dairies shows little improvement in illegal sales of cigarettes and tobacco
  | Cigarette sales to minors

  01/08/2008 Recently staff from the Ministry of Health, and MidCentral Health’s Public Health Service ran

• Kindergarten receives funding to promote healthy eating | Healthy Eating School Funding

  01/08/2008 Pahiatua Kindergarten is one of 46 schools and early childhood centres in the MidCentral District to

• World Breastfeeding Week starts Friday
  | Big Latch On

  30/07/2008 World Breastfeeding Week 2008 kicks of with a record attempt organised by Women’s Health Actio

• ALLIANCE BETWEEN WHANGANUI AND MIDCENTRAL DHBS | WDHB MDHB Alliance

  30/07/2008 MidCentral and Whanganui DHBs are to explore the possibility of an alliance between the organisation

• “Cool” doctor receives the ultimate compliment | Twins named after specialist

  23/07/2008 MidCentral Health Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Obi Okehi recently received the ultimate compliment

• Applications open for Health Awards 2008 | 2008 Health Awards open for applications

  14/07/2008 Applications are now open for MidCentral District Health Board's 2008 Health Awards. These awards ar

• MidCentral District Health Board nurses team up with Massey University | MDHB nurses team up with Massey University

  14/07/2008 Massey University’s School of Health and Social Services has sought the expertise of MidCentra

• Parents can help ensure school ball safety | School Ball Safety

  14/07/2008 Talking with other parents is still the key to helping your teenagers stay safe during the school ba

• New Maori Chaplain Ellen Marsh Welcomed
  | New Maori Chaplain

  10/07/2008 MidCentral Health has a new chaplain to the Maori hospital community with the appointment and welcom

• MDHB wins national award for annual report
  | MDHB wins annual report

  10/07/2008 MidCentral District Health Board’s 2007 Annual Report has claimed a prestigious national award

• Hepatitis A Outbreak in Palmerston North
  | Hepatitis A Outbreak in Palmerston North

  08/07/2008 MidCentral Public Health Unit has been working with Milson Head Start Educare Early Childcare Centre

• MDHB annual report in the running for national award | Annual Report Awards 2008

  07/07/2008 MidCentral District Health Board Annual Report is again a finalist in the New Zealand Institute of C

• Horowhenua Health Centre One Year On | Horowhenua Health Centre

  01/07/2008 Horowhenua Health Centre’s one-stop shop concept has drawn significant praise from health prov

• Fellowship winner to research US elderly home care services | Jaycee Fellowship Winner

  26/06/2008 Supportlinks service coordinator Jessica Collinge will take up an opportunity to fly to America and

• Bates Estate Trust awards eight grants in Tararua | Bates Estate - Tararua

  26/06/2008 More than $18,000 has been earmarked for distribution to eight successful Bates Estate applications.

• Legionella at Regent Treated | Regent Legionella

  19/06/2008 Corrective action taken by the Regent On Broadway General Manager has seen the presence of Legionell

• Palmerston North hosts National District Nursing Conference | District Nursing Conference

  19/06/2008 About 150 district nurses from throughout New Zealand will attend the two-day 14th National District

• Horowhenua Health Centre Pharmacy offers easy accessibility for customers | Health Centre Pharmacy

  13/06/2008 Levin elderly care resident Avis Holder is delighted at the easy accessibility offered by the Horowh

• MidCentral Health continues to provide Quality Service | RMO Shortages

  30/05/2008 MidCentral Health has quickly moved to reassure its patients that its hospital remains safe, and tha

• Local family urges parents to use free vaccination against Pneumococcal Meningitis | Prevenar Vaccination

  30/05/2008 The Irvin family are relieved to see a vaccine against the Pneumococcal bacteria freely available to

• Horowhenua to benefit from community cardiology | Community Cardiology

  28/05/2008 Horowhenua residents are about to benefit from the MidCentral District Health Board’s ground-b

• Teamwork gets clinics back on track | Hospital Pipe Blockage

  22/05/2008 Thanks to the dedication and superb organisation of MidCentral Health’s management, staff, con

• We need to hear the views from the public on Women’s & Child Health Services Plan | Women & Child

  20/05/2008 The first submissions on the joint Whanganui and MidCentral District Health Board’s conceptual

• New software could save lives | New Cardiovascular Software

  9/05/2008 Assessing for cardiovascular risk has entered the information technology age thanks to some help fro

• MidCentral District Health Board to Hold Public Forum at Start of Woodville Meeting | MDHB Woodville Meeting

  09/05/2008 The Board of MidCentral District Health Board is holding an open forum in Woodville on Tuesday 20 Ma

• MidCentral tackles GP shortage head-on | GP Shortage

  09/05/2008 Faced with increasing shortages of GPs, MidCentral District Health Board is injecting $1.3 million o

• Celebration draws attention to the importance of primary health care nurses | International Nurses Day

  08/05/2008 Monday 12 May marks International Nurses Day, a celebration of the role nurses play in society. It i

• Women’s & Child Health Services | Women & Child

  07/05/2008 MidCentral DHB is seeking public comment on the future provision of women’s and child health s

• Palmerston North Hospital Plumbing Problem Solved | Hospital Pipe Blockage

  06/05/2008 The plumbing problem at Palmerston North Hospital has been fixed. The problem was not a burst pipe a

• Palmerston North Hospital Burst Pipe | Hospital Pipe Blockage

  06/05/2008 At approximately 9.30am today a pipe at the front of the clinical services block at the Palmerston N

• Stephen Paewai Completes MDHB Board | MDHB Board Completed

  05/05/2008 MidCentral District Health Board chairman Ian Wilson today confirmed Stephen Paewai’s appointm

• Primary Mental Health Forum | Primary Mental Health

  01/05/2008 Tomorrow sees the inaugural primary mental health forum to be held at the Convention Centre in Palme

• MidCentral District Health Board coped well with Junior Doctors' strike | 2008 Junior Doctor Strike

  24/04/2008 MidCentral District Health Board coped extremely well and maintained a high level of emergency and a

• MidCentral Hosts Primary Mental Health Forum | Mental Health Forum

  10/04/2008 MidCentral District Health Board is hosting a forum next month to take a snapshot of the primary men

• MidCentral Health holds Amnesty for Return of Paediatric/Children's Equipment | Paediatric/Children's Equipment

  09/04/2008 An amnesty is being held by MidCentral Health for the return of paediatric/children's equipment that

• New Look General Practice Centre for Feilding | Feilding GPs

  03/04/2008 Feilding’s Clevely Health Centre could be revamped if Feilding GPs and MidCentral District Hea

• Youth Health Receives a Helping Hand | Youth Health

  02/04/2008 MidCentral District Health Board is entering new territory with the release of their inaugural Youth

• Wanganui Sting Results Prompt Increased Monitoring | Smokefree Wanganui

  01/04/2008 Recently staff from the Ministry of Health and MidCentral Health's Public Health Service ran a check

• RCTS Looks to Buy State-Of-The-Art Artiste Linear Accelerator | RCTS Linear Accelerator

  01/04/2008 Cancer patients at Palmerston North's Regional Cancer Treatment Centre are likely to get treatment o

• Palmerston North Sting Results Prompt Increased Monitoring | Smokefree Palmerston North

  01/04/2008 Recently staff from the Ministry of Health and MidCentral Health's Public Health Service ran a check

• Positive start for Horowhenua Health Centre | Horowhenua Health Centre

  27/03/2008 Increasing awareness and use of services, allied with positive community feedback, has underlined a

• Ten MDHB Pharmacies to Work with Patients on Medicines Follow-up | Medicines Follow-up

  06/03/2008 Up to ten pharmacies in the MidCentral District Health Board region may soon be working more closely

• Region's Cancer Services Receive Significant Boost | Cancer Care Nurses

  29/02/2008 MidCentral District Health Board is making a significant investment into the district's cancer servi

• Scholarships Bring a Smile to the Region | Dental Scholarships

  29/02/2008 In response to an increasing shortage of dental therapists, MidCentral District Health Board has dev

• MidCentral Funds Talking-based Support for Sufferers of Depression | Depression Funding

  29/02/2008 Taking a leading approach, MidCentral District Health Board has announced funding of $1.9 million fo

• MidCentral Launches Nutrition Fund | Nutrition Fund

  29/02/2008 Encouraging schools and early childhood education (ECE) centres to promote healthy eating, MidCentra

• MidCentral DHB's Back to School Snack Attack | School Snack Attack

  29/02/2008 With the school term underway many parents return to the challenge of keeping hungry mouths at bay b

• Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand National Advocacy Awards | Asthma Awards

  25/02/2008 Manawatu Breathe Easy Support Group members could be excused for puffing up with pride when two nati

• Sentinel Events | Sentinel Events

  20/02/2008 MidCentral Health has released summary details of four sentinel events as part of a national release

• Palmerston North Hospital Experiences Shortage of Junior Doctors | Junior Doctors

  12/02/2008 Palmerston North Hospital, like many other hospitals around the country, is experiencing a shortage

• Boards to Consider Joint Plan For Child/Women’s Services | Child/Women Services

  01/02/2008 Whanganui and MidCentral District Health Boards will this month consider a conceptual plan to jointl

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