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MidCentral District Health Board media releases and news updates are listed below in date order. You can follow our news and events updates:

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MidCentral District Health Board Communications Unit
Board Office
PO Box 2056
Palmerston North
Phone: +64 6 350 8945 - Fax: +64 6 355 0480
Email: communications@midcentraldhb.govt.nz

Public news items by date order:

• ‘Just Ten Steps’ theme of World Breastfeeding Week | Breastfeeding Week

  29/07/2010 MidCentral District Health Board are leaders in working toward a baby friendly world.

• Paid car parking, night service district nursing, and rehabilitation review decisions confirmed by Board | Review decisions confirmed by Board

  22/07/2010 MidCentral District Health Board has agreed to introduce paid car parking at Palmerston North Hospit

• Shared Clinical Technology | Shared Clinical Technology

  22/07/2010 A shared clinical information system for the management and audit of existing colposcopy services fo

• Nominations Open on Friday for Seven Positions on MidCentral DHB | Local Body Elections

  21/07/2010 Nominations open this Friday (23 July) for the seven elected positions on the MidCentral District He

• Still time to be vaccinated for seasonal flu | Flu Update

  13/07/2010 While no confirmed cases of H1N1 have been reported in the MidCentral District Health Board region s

• Applications Open for MidCentral DHB 2010 Health Awards | Health Awards

  09/07/2010 Entries will open for the MidCentral District Health Board 2010 Health Awards on Monday 12 July.

• Return of Unused Hospital Loan Equipment | Loan Equipment

  30/06/2010 MidCentral Health is appealing to people with hospital loan equipment they have finished using, to r

• BBQ opening marks completion of STAR Centre courtyard make-over | STAR Centre courtyard

  28/06/2010 What do an around Lake Taupo cycle relay, a store’s centenary, and a service club’s hard

• Bates Estate Grants of $8941 Distributed to Tararua Groups | Bates Estate

  24/06/2010 Four of 10 applications have been successful in this year’s round of grants totalling $8941 fr

• Patients to benefit from joint contract between MidCentral and Whanganui DHBs | Joint contract between MidCentral and Whanganui DHBs

  16/06/2010 A new venture by MidCentral, and Whanganui DHBs should result in better value for money, greater eff

• Falls prevention at MidCentral Health and the introduction of Invisibeam | Falls prevention at MidCentral Health

  16/06/2010 Invisibeam, which is a tool in the prevention of falls is working well in MidCentral Health and assi

• TB Case at PNBHS | TB Case at PNBHS

  14/06/2010 MidCentral Public Health has confirmed they have been notified about a Tuberculosis (TB) case in a s

• Palmerston North Hospital takes the “no excuse” approach to increase quit attempts | ABC Smoking Cessation

  04/06/2010 Patients are encouraged to ask health care workers about the ABC Smoking Cessation and find out abou

• Renal patients encouraged to use available dialysis services | Renal Dialysis Services

  04/06/2010 There is currently a lot of interest around dialysis services and how they can be provided.

• MDHB Financial Recovery Progress | MDHB Financial Recovery Progress

  04/06/2010 MidCentral District Health Board’s Financial Recovery Programme is proving to be very successful wit

• InZone Bus to promote careers, including health to eight local schools | InZone Bus promotes careers to local schools

  02/06/2010 The InZone Bus that travels around high schools promoting career opportunities to students is once a

• Majority of women say length of maternity stay at MidCentral Health was ‘just right’ | Maternity stay at MidCentral, 'just right'

  02/06/2010 Ninety five percent of mothers, including those who had caesarean section births in MidCentral Healt

• Region’s sun bed operators put clients at risk | Sun Bed Risks

  25/05/2010 Results from a recent survey around the safety precautions taken by operators of sun beds/solaria/Ul

• MDHB Makes Excellent Improvements Toward Meeting Health Targets | MDHB Health Targets

  21/05/2010 MidCentral District Health Board has made excellent progress toward achieving the Government’s

• AT&R Service Reconfiguration Suspended pending Integrated Family Health Centre Establishment | AT&R Service Reconfiguration Suspended

  21/05/2010 At its meeting this week, the MidCentral District Health Board decided to suspend the planned servic

• MDHB welcomes extra $13 million in Budget | Extra $13 million in Budget

  20/05/2010 MidCentral District Health Board has welcomed the extra $13million allocated to the board in today&#

• Smokefree Parks get the nod from the Palmerston North City Council | Smokefree Parks

  20/05/2010 Ongley Park is the setting for the launch of the Palmerston North City Council (PNCC) Smokefree Park

• Progress in Joint Provision of Commercial Support Services | Commercial Support Services

  20/05/2010 This project is part of the centralAlliance between MidCentral and Whanganui DHBs working together u

• MidCentral DHB people take advantage of seasonal flu vaccine, but still more encouraged to take it | Seasonal Flu Vaccine

  19/05/2010 Nearly 29,000 MidCentral District Health Board residents have taken advantage of the seasonal influe

• MDHB hosts a successful WorkChoice Day | WorkChoice Day

  19/05/2010 “The day has been really helpful and interesting.”

• Open letter to Residents of Horowhenua and Otaki Communities from MidCentral District Health Board | Proposed Bed Changes at Horowhenua Health Centre

  14/05/2010 There has been a lot of talk about the beds at Horowhenua Health Centre and the Centre’s futur

• MDHB hosts 120 students for WorkChoice Day | WorkChoice Day

  13/05/2010 More than 120 secondary school students from eight schools around the MidCentral District Health Boa

• Survey finds most child seats incorrectly fitted | Child safety seat checks

  12/05/2010 Recent child safety seat checks within the MidCentral District Health Board region found that most w

• New committee member for MidCentral District Health Board | New committee member - Oriana Paewai

  03/05/2010 Oriana Paewai has been appointed to MidCentral District Health Board Community and Public Health Adv

• DHB proposes number of beds at Horowhenua Health Centre remain the same | DHB proposes number of beds at Horowhenua Health Centre remain the same

  21/04/2010 At the MidCentral District Health Board meeting in Feilding yesterday (20 April 2010), it was propos

• Financial Recovery Programme - Proposed Service Reconfigurations | Proposed change for five MDHB Services

  21/04/2010 MidCentral District Health Board is proposing changes to five services which would see them continue

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

  12/04/2010 The MidCentral District Health Board is holding an open forum in Feilding on Tuesday (20 April 2010)

• Hospital team competes in 100km Oxfam Trailwalker | Hospital team competes in 100km Oxfam Trailwalker

  07/04/2010 Palmerston North Hospital staff are competing in the 100km Oxfam Trailwalker this weekend in Taupo.

• Board clarifies intentions about Horowhenua Health Centre beds | Horowhenua Health Centre Beds

  22/03/2010 Murray Georgel, CEO of MidCentral DHB, moved today to clarify the intentions of the DHB regarding th

• Women’s Health Expo and Horowhenua maternity unit open day | Women's Health Expo

  22/03/2010 A Women’s Health Expo and Maternity Unit ‘Open Day’ are being held at the Horowhen

• Mobile Dental Clinic arrives at Foxton Primary School | Mobile Dental Clinic at Foxton Primary School

  17/03/2010 The first double mobile dental clinic arrived at Foxton Primary School on Monday morning.

• Sunflower Awards 2010 | Sunflower Awards

  17/03/2010 Three MidCentral Health staff were among others who received Sunflower Awards at a city symposium in

• Seasonal influenza vaccine campaign begins in MDHB district | Influenza Vaccine

  10/03/2010 The annual Seasonal Influenza Immunisation Programme for 2010 began this week around the country, in

• Mobile Dental Clinic arrives at Somerset Crescent School | Mobile Dental Clinic at Somerset Crescent School

  09/03/2010 The first single mobile dental clinic arrived at Somerset Crescent School yesterday morning.

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

  08/03/2010 The MidCentral District Health Board is holding an open forum in Dannevirke on Tuesday 16 March 2010

• New Disability Car Parks | Disability Car Parks

  05/03/2010 Ten new disability car parks were opened at Palmerston North Hospital yesterday.

• First two new mobile dental clinics arrive | Mobile Dental Clinics Arrive

  03/03/2010 The first two of a scheduled five new mobile dental clinics MidCentral District Health board is buyi

• MidCentral District Health Board improves second quarter health targets | MDHB Health Targets

  26/02/2010 MidCentral District Health Board made improvements in five out of the six national health targets in

• Health Warning Lifted for Dudding Lake | Dudding Lake Warning Lifted

  18/02/2010 Dudding Lake, near Marton is again safe to swim in.

• Don't let the flu get you! | Immunisation Programme 2010

  15/02/2010 The seasonal flu vaccine will be available from 8 March from general practices. This will protect yo

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

  09/02/2010 The MidCentral District Health Board is holding an open forum in Palmerston North on Tuesday (16 Feb

• 2010 Influenza Vaccination Campaign starts in MDHB region | Influenza Vaccination Campaign

  02/02/2010 MidCentral District Health Board, along with the other 20 DHBs, is about to start the 2010 Influenza

• MDHB prostate patients benefit from new technology | PN Hospital New Technology

  02/02/2010 Two prostate patients from MidCentral District Health Board region last week benefitted from a new r

• Temporary closure of northern entrance to car park C | PN Hospital Temporary Carpark Closure

  01/02/2010 Site works for the provision of nine new disability car parks at Palmerston North Hospital, will mea

• Health Warning Issued for Dudding Lake | Health Warning: Dudding Lake

  29/01/2010 Tests carried out by Horizons Regional Council have shown elevated concentrations of cyanobacterial

• Laura takes on The Great Ride for Heart 2010 | Great Ride for Heart 2010

  22/01/2010 Sometimes we hear of things that people do which are just amazing. Imagine cycling the length of New

• Two retailers warned after selling tobacco products to underage teenagers in Palmerston North | Underage Tobacco Sales

  21/01/2010 Two out of 38 retailers sold two under 18-year-olds tobacco products in a Palmerston North survey of

• Summer Fun Without the Tummy Bug | Tummy Bug - Gastro Warning

  08/01/2010 Tummy bugs or “gastro” (gastroenteritis) can happen any time of the year but getting sic

• Check water before swimming
  | Check water before swimming

  23/12/2009 A recent Red Health Risk alert at the Foxton River Loop is a reminder that some recreational wat

• Audit findings confirm rest home issues | Audit findings confirm rest home issues

  22/12/2009 A quality audit of the Rose A Lea Rest Home in Palmerston North has upheld complaints about the stan

• Roast lamb or turkey on PN Hospital Christmas Lunch Menu | Christmas menu PN Hospital

  21/12/2009 Roast lamb or turkey followed by plum pudding served with brandy sauce, or jelly and ice cream will

• Biggest losers receive award
  | Biggest losers - receive award

  15/12/2009 Yesterday Horowhenua Health Centre staff received a special commendation for their entry Austral

• Return of Unused Hospital Loan Equipment on Christmas Wishlist | Request for return of unused equipment

  15/12/2009 MidCentral Health is appealing to people with hospital loan equipment they have finished using, to r

• MDHB leads the way with Weight Watchers Workplace of the Year award | MDHB Weight Watchers award

  14/12/2009 MidCentral District Health Board (MDHB) celebrated winning the New Zealand Workplace of the Year in

• Carol singing at Palmerston North Hospital 17 December, Horowhenua Health Centre tomorrow | Carols at MCH

  14/12/2009 Carol singing at Palmerston North Hospital will be held this Thursday 17 December, and at Horowhenua

• Keas donate 30 Christmas boxes to Appeal | Keas donate to Christmas Appeal

  10/12/2009 Hokowhitu Keas donated 30 decorated boxes of Christmas goodies to children in our community who are

• Nurse-Led Urology Clinics Start in Dannevirke on 8 December | Urology clinics in Dannevirke

  02/12/2009 A Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) nurse-led urology clinic will begin at Dannevirke Community Hospit

• 2008/09 Serious and Sentinel Events | 2008/09 Serious and Sentinel Events

  30/11/2009 MidCentral Health has released summary details of eight sentinel events as part of a national releas

• Public Invited to Join in Horowhenua Health Centre Christmas Present Appeal and Foodbank Drive | Horowhenua Health Centre Christmas Appeal

  24/11/2009 The public is invited to join with MidCentral District Health Board staff in spreading some Christma

• Public Invited to Join in Palmerston North Hospital Christmas Present Appeal and Foodbank Drive | PN Hospital Christmas Appeal

  24/11/2009 The public is invited to join with MidCentral District Health Board staff in spreading some Christma

• MDHB staff win Weight Watchers Workplace of the Year | MDHB Weight Watchers win

  19/11/2009 MidCentral District Health Board (MDHB) staff have won New Zealand Workplace of the Year in the Aust

• MDHB carries out audit of rest home | MDHB carries out audit of rest home

  17/11/2009 MidCentral District Health Board has instigated an immediate quality audit of the Rose A Lea Res

• New Silent Patient Call Bell System Being Trialled in PN Hospital
  | Patient call system trial

  11/11/2009 A new silent patient call bell system being trialled in a ward at Palmerston North Hospital will all

• Nursing Review looks at staffing rosters | Nursing Review looks at staffing rosters

  10/11/2009 The Nursing Review announced by MidCentral Health last week is about how MidCentral Health staffs it

• Nursing Review in Wards Completed
  | Nursing Review in Wards Completed

  06/11/2009 As part of MidCentral Health (MCH) service reviews, a nurse staffing review has been completed for t

• DIYers need to be aware of the risks of sanding or removing lead based paint | Lead based paint risks

  05/11/2009 LEAD-BASED PAINT INFORMATION
  With the arrival of summer, house renovations are often on the agend

• More car parks on the horizon | Hospital access improvements

  03/11/2009 Nine new car parks will be available for Disability Card holders parking at Palmerston North Hospita

• Waiting list software scoops top health award | Health Awards 2009

  02/11/2009 A computerised 'traffic light' waiting system developed by urologists Dr Homi Zargar and Mr Quentin

• MidCentral DHB launches stroke prevention initiative | Stroke prevention initiative launched

  23/10/2009 This year’s International Stroke day coincided with the district wide launch of a new software

• Alarm based answer to bed wetting | Alarm based answer to bed wetting

  22/10/2009 Night-time bed wetting is a common problem that causes significant grief to many children, young peo

• When moving hurts | When moving hurts

  19/10/2009 Today is the day set aside for world focus on musculoskeletal pain – the pain people feel R

• Olympic edge for Dina’s “passion” | Dina Cole - Special Olympics

  16/10/2009 Working in the challenging world of intellectual disabilities has, is and always will be, a lifelong

• MidCentral District Health Board secures Energy Management Funding | MDHB gets Energy Management Funding

  15/10/2009 MidCentral District Health Board has successfully secured funding of $198,500 for energy management

• Laura Tackles ‘The Great Ride for Heart’ | The Great Ride for Heart

  15/10/2009 MidCentral Health cardiologist Laura Davidson has completed some large cycle events in her time, but

• Six Community Forums to Discuss Mobile Dental Service | Mobile Dental Service Community Forums

  14/10/2009 A series of six community forums regarding the introduction of mobile dental clinics for children an

• Third Tier Restructuring Decisions | MidCentral Health 3rd Tier Restructuring

  09/10/2009 Please attribute comments to Murray Georgel, Chief Executive Officer, MidCentral District Health Boa

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

  07/10/2009 The MidCentral District Health Board is holding an open forum in Eketahuna on Tuesday 20 October 200

• Palmerston North Hospital ready for Samoan Tsunami Patients | Samoan Tsunami Patients @ PN Hospital Release 1

  02/10/2009 Palmerston North Hospital is in a state of readiness as it prepares to receive a number of victims a

• Oral Health community forums in Dannevirke and Pahiatua | Oral Health Forum - Tararua

  02/10/2009 Community forums regarding the introduction of mobile dental clinics for children and adolescents wi

• Oral Health community forums in PN and Feilding | Oral Health Forum - Manawatu

  02/10/2009 Community forums regarding the introduction of mobile dental clinics for children and adolescents wi

• Oral Health community forums in Levin and Otaki | Oral Health Forum - Horowhenua

  02/10/2009 Community forums regarding the introduction of mobile dental clinics for children and adolescents wi

• Palmerston North Hospital Stood Down after SamoanTsunami Alert | Samoan Tsunami Patients @ PN Hospital Release 2

  02/10/2009 Palmerston North Hospital has been stood down and, at this stage, is no longer receiving patients an

• Public Health Unit shares home safety messages on Kia Ora FM 89.8 | PHU home safety on Kia Ora FM

  29/09/2009 This morning MidCentral Health (MCH) Health Promotion Advisor Nigel Fitzpatrick joined local health

• October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month | Breast Cancer Awareness Month

  28/09/2009 Although 75 percent of breast cancers are found in women over 50 years of age, breast cancer can

• Listen in to Kia Ora FM 89.8 for home safety information | Kia Ora FM for home safety information

  25/09/2009 MidCentral Health (MCH) Health Promotion Advisor Nigel Fitzpatrick will next week lead a group of he

• Surgical Bus recommences visits to Levin and Dannevirke | Surgical Bus recommences visits to Levin and Dannevirke

  21/09/2009 The Mobile Surgical Bus will recommence visits to Levin and Dannevirke on 28 October and 18 December

• Tararua PHO Successful in Rural Innovation Fund Application | Tararua PHO Successful in Rural Innovation Fund Application

  20/09/2009 Tararua Primary Health Organisation is one of two PHOs in the MidCentral District Health Board regio

• Otaki PHO Successful in Rural Innovation Fund Application | Otaki PHO Successful in Rural Innovation Fund Application

  20/09/2009 Otaki Primary Health Organisation is one of two PHOs in the MidCentral District Health Board region

• Technical Workshops held before public input into new Schools Oral Health Service | Oral Health technical workshops

  18/09/2009 Discussions on the introduction of mobile dental clinics for children, and some adolescents where pr

• MidCentral Health General Manager Resigns | MidCentral Health General Manager Resigns

  18/09/2009 MidCentral Health General Manager Lareen Cooper today announced her resignation as she moves to expl

• Vigilance urged due to increase in meningococcal disease | Increase in meningococcal disease

  12/09/2009 A recent rise in meningococcal cases has prompted a reminder from MidCentral Health to be vigilant.

• MidCentral DHB member resigns | MidCentral DHB member resigns

  11/09/2009 Ormond Stock, MidCentral District Health Board member since 2007, has resigned today. Mr Stock was a

• Donated device helps people with diabetes plan treatment | Diabetes device donated

  11/09/2009 Thanks to a sizeable bequest Diabetes Manawatu yesterday donated a state-of-the-art glucose monitori

• Specialised stroke unit opens | Specialised stroke unit opens

  10/09/2009 Tomorrow (11 September) will see the official opening of the Acute Stroke Unit at Palmerston North H

• Immunisation Improvements Targeted | Immunisation Improvements Targeted

  02/09/2009 Health workers in the MidCentral District Health Board region are encouraging all parents to get the

• Previous Dannevirke clinics remain in Palmerston North | Dannevirke Clinics

  01/09/2009 A review of a MidCentral Health decision to move three outpatient clinics from Dannevirke, to Palmer

• Third round of cancer vaccine for school girls | HPV Vaccine

  13/08/2009 School girls in Horowhenua, Otaki and Foxton will receive the final dose of the Gardasil vaccine nex

• Health awards recognise innovation | Health Awards 2009

  12/08/2009 MidCentral District Health Board is calling for entries to its annual Health Awards to be held in Pa

• Parent’s urged to protect kids from measles outbreak | Measles Outbreak

  10/08/2009 MidCentral District Health Board is urging parents to make sure their children are fully immunised w

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

  07/08/2009 The MidCentral District Health Board is holding an open forum in Otaki on Tuesday 18 August 2009 fro

• On-site shuttle at Palmerston North Hospital | On-site shuttle at Palmerston North Hospital

  04/08/2009 A Palmerston North Hospital campus on-site shuttle service that picks up and returns clinic pati

• Emergency response focus for breastfeeding week | Breastfeeding week 2009

  04/08/2009 The importance of continued exclusive breastfeeding of babies, especially in an emergency, is be

MidCentral District Health Board media releases and news updates are listed above in date order. You can follow our news and events updates:

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