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Find out about the latest MidCentral DHB events.
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:
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02/02/2012
A proactive approach to providing local Maori with interconnected health and social services is help
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31/01/2012
The volunteers at Palmerston North Hospital provide a valuable service to the community and support
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17/01/2012
Whanganui residents requiring dietary advice now have access to a significantly larger, more compreh
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16/12/2011
Roast lamb and chicken served with roast vegetables, baby carrots and beans; steamed plum pudding wi
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30/11/2011
World AIDS Day tomorrow (1 December) is about “Getting to Zero”. That is: Zero new HIV I
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30/11/2011
It’s easy to use, available 24 hours a day and lets friends and family from all over the world
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30/11/2011
The ‘nominated contact people’ of acute adult patients staying at Palmerston North Hospi
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29/11/2011
Crime, prison sentences and stressed families have all hit the headlines recently.
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29/11/2011
MidCentral DHB has continued to make good progress toward achieving the Health Targets over this las
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23/11/2011
Ho Ho Ho …MidCentral DHB is again calling for the public and staff to help spread some Christm
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22/11/2011
Depression - thanks to the John Kirwan-fronted campaign targeting this unseen illness and hidden dis
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18/11/2011
MidCentral Health is acknowledging White Ribbon Day (Friday 25 November), with a range of exciting a
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17 November 2011
MidCentral District Health Board had its first case of laboratory confirmed measles diagnosed since
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14/11/2011
Traumatic incidents, including natural disasters, accidents, and the concerning trend of youth suici
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07/11/2011
MidCentral Health continues to develop its Child and Adolescent Oral health Services, expanding beyo
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04/11/2011
The Regional Cancer Treatment Service is maintaining its 100 percent record of providing radiation t
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03/11/2011
More people than ever before are having their elective surgery sooner and being seen earlier for a f
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27/10/2011
The Cancer and Palliative Care District Group will be holding an open forum on 15 November 2011 at A
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25/10/2011
Two dairy owners in the Palmerston North area were convicted and fined this month for selling tobacc
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25/10/2011
Staff from MidCentral Public Health Service were delighted that the Government Capital Assistance Pr
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20/10/2011
The Mental Health and Addiction District group will be holding a number of public forums throughout
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15/10/2011
The achievements of health care providers in the MidCentral District Health Board region were recogn
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10/10/2011
Health Minister Tony Ryall will join other dignatories in Levin on Monday to celebrate recent achiev
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06/10/2011
The MidCentral District Health Board is holding an open forum in Palmerston North on Tuesday 18 Octo
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04/10/2011
MidCentral Health will have four sites available throughout its region during the October school hol
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04/10/2011
MidCentral Health is working hard to ensure the whole organisation is involved in and supporting its
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21/09/2011
The alliance between MidCentral and Whanganui District Health Boards continues to grow, benefiting b
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21/09/2011
The Child Health/Tamariki Ora District Group will be holding an open forum on Monday 3 October 2011,
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16/09/2011
Spirituality is one of the essential building blocks necessary for human wellbeing. Hospital chaplai
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12/09/2011
A MidCentral District Health Board and Mayoral welcome evening will be held for new MDHB staff and t
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7/09/2011
A new joint care clinic launched more than three months ago at Palmerston North Hospital for patient
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5/09/2011
General practice teams in the MidCentral DHB region are performing well in the national Primary Heal
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05/09/2011
Teamwork and a dedication to the health of local children are the key reasons for growing immunisati
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05/09/2011
Supportlinks’ younger person’s team has been renamed ‘Enable New Zealand Needs Ass
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02/09/2011
From 1 October 2011 patients with diabetes will be able to receive their retinal screening in the co
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30/08/2011
MidCentral DHB has continued to make good progress toward achieving the Health Targets over the last
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30/08/2011
Women in MidCentral DHB region are being urged to use September – Cervical Screening Awareness
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26/08/2011
Palmerston North Hospital's emergency department was very busy last night with up to 45 patients wai
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24/08/2011
A small group of Wellington medical students are planning a visit two rural high schools in the Mana
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19/08/2011
A new system, which will increase the quality of care and patient safety, and enable clinicians to w
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18/08/2011
MidCentral Health’s first foray into offering free dental care during school holidays for pre-
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18/08/2011
Enable New Zealand has introduced a scheme where equipment and modification services Assessors spend
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15/08/2011
MidCentral Health has made a number of improvements to the way it assesses and manages women who pre
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08/08/2011
The MidCentral District Health Board is holding an open forum in Levin on Tuesday 16 August 2011 fro
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04/08/2011
The Tararua-based Bates Estate has been around for about 90 years, but for around 65 years it lay do
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03/08/2011
A tender has been awarded to Buildrite Construction of Palmerston North for the building of the firs
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01/08/2011
Paid car parking has been going well at Palmerston North Hospital for almost five months, especially
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27/07/2011
The benefits that people will gain from changes that Whanganui DHB and MidCentral DHB Allied Health
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27/07/2011
Whanganui and MidCentral communities can be assured their health needs are in good hands says Allied
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22/07/2011
Entries for the 2011 Health Awards open on Monday 25 July. Hosted by MidCentral DHB in October, the
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22/07/2011
A substantial amount of parking equipment at Palmerston North Hospital was damaged by vandals last n
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20/07/2011
Six District Health Boards have committed to continue working closely together and co-ordinate plann
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18/07/2011
July 18-22 is Speech and Language Therapy Awareness Week – are you aware?
Do you know w
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15/07/2011
With winter finally hitting the Manawatu, Palmerston North Hospital has seen an increase in the numb
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12/07/2011
A report on the health status of Whanganui and MidCentral District Health Board (DHBs) residents has
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07/07/2011
Disabled people with complex postural or pressure management needs receive help to ensure their whee
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30/06/2011
MDHB board chairman Phil Sunderland has welcomed the return of former board member Stephen Paewai, a
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30/06/2011
Optometrists and ophthalmologists applying for spectacle subsidies from Enable New Zealand, for chil
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28/06/2011
This year MidCentral District Health Board will be taking part in the Manawatu Careers Expo this wee
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28/06/2011
MidCentral District Health Board’s Hospital Volunteer Group held their 34th annual group meeti
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24/06/2011
Although there have been unfortunate incidents associated with school balls elsewhere in the country
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15/06/2011
Seven Palmerston North Hospital-based Spotless Services staff were supported by friends, colleagues
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15/06/2011
MidCentral District Health Board’s strong medical training infrastructure is really paying div
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10/06/2011
Horowhenua and Otaki residents will now benefit from the opening of a new fixed dental clinic in the
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10/06/2011
Three experienced MidCentral District Health Board Public Health Nurses work across the Tararua dist
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09/06/2011
The MidCentral District Health Board is holding an open forum in Feilding on Tuesday (21 June 2011)
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02/06/2011
Patients in Wanganui and Palmerston North Hospitals needing help opening their food, or needing help
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27/05/2011
The Orthopaedic clinic at Palmerston North hospital launched a new Joint Care Clinic on Friday 27 Ma
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27/05/2011
Approximately 200 more MidCentral District Health Board patients have had their elective surgery in
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26/05/2011
MidCentral DHB continued to make further progress toward achieving the six national Health Targets o
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26/05/2011
MidCentral District Health Board has been working extremely hard toward achieving the GovernmentR
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26/05/2011
MidCentral District Health Board’ regional cancer treatment service has stepped up to the mark
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18/05/2011
Palmerston North and Manawatu district residents are now to be included in a district-wide, communit
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18/05/2011
MidCentral District Health Board hosted a successful workchoice day yesterday (17 May 2011) with 100
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17/05/2011
The Cancer Services Directory is to assist patients, carers, families and whanau affected by cancer,
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15/05/2011
The MidCentral Public Health Unit has been notified of five gastroenteritis outbreaks within institu
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13/05/2011
A joint MidCentral and Whanganui District Health Board gynaecological surgery initiative that offere
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13/05/2011
Otaki’s Lynette Law was among the winners at the MidCentral District Health Board 2011 nursing
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12/05/2011
Nurses within MidCentral District Health Board celebrated excellence and innovation in nursing pract
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11/05/2011
Dannevirke residents are invited to celebrate World Smokefree Day on 31 May in Copenhagen Square wit
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11/05/2011
Between 80 and 100 secondary school students from six schools around the MidCentral District Health
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10/05/2011
MidCentral Health has welcomed a sixth consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist to its regional wom
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09/05/2011
A proposal to create a district-wide, community-based retinal screening service is being considered
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29/04/2011
St John needs another 15 Friends of the Emergency Department (FEDs) volunteers for Palmerston North
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27/04/2011
Dr Sarah Loveday began working as the community paediatric registrar in the Horowhenua region last D
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14/04/2011
A team of four Enable New Zealand staff are now relaxing after doing the Oxfam Trailwalker challenge
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12/04/2011
The MidCentral District Health Board is holding an open forum in Dannevirke on Tuesday (19 April 201
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06/04/2011
Wanganui Hospital’s ophthalmology department recently became the first Wanganui medical servic
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06/04/2011
MidCentral District Health Board’s work over the past 18 months in removing a huge deficit, an
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06/04/2011
A MidCentral District Health Board patient, one of around 100 women so far offered clinical care inc
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04/04/2011
The National Medications Chart was successfully launched at MidCentral Health today (April 4 2011).
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01/04/2011
Development of the new School-Based Health Service (SBHS) is progressing well with the service being
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31/03/2011
A number of clinical networks are being setup in the MidCentral District Health Board region to prov
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25/03/2011
MidCentral Health is holding an April Falls Day on Friday 1 April 2011, to raise awareness about pat
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23/03/2011
Patients attending outpatient clinics at MidCentral Health will soon be given options around the tim
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22/03/2011
Retailers are playing their part in preventing sales of cigarettes to under 18-year-olds in the Mana
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16/03/2011
MidCentral District Health Board yesterday agreed to buy a permanent fourth linear accelerator and a
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16/03/2011
Palmerston North Hospital performed its first presternal (or “Bathtub”) peritoneal dialy
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11/3/2011
More volunteer drivers are needed for the Palmerston North Hospital campus free on-site shuttle that
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10/03/2011
A new approach to the management of short term loan equipment will benefit patients of MidCentral Di
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03/03/2011
The new parking system at Palmerston North Hospital has been up and running smoothly for almost two
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03/03/2011
Whanganui, and MidCentral District Health Boards have appointed new midwifery advisor, Dr Cheryl Ben
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02/03/11
A recommendation to buy a permanent fourth linear accelerator and a new bunker to house it at the Re
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01/03/11
MidCentral DHB continues to make good progress toward achieving the six national Health Targets over
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24/02/11
Love and affection is an essential part of any child’s life and an upcoming expo in Palmerston
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21/02/2011
The first urology operations provided under Whanganui and MidCentral DHBs’ broadened, regional
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21/02/2011
Dr Robert Weir has been appointed MidCentral Health’s new Public Health Physician, filling the
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18/02/2011
Scott Ambridge, Operations Manager for Enable New Zealand, has won the Glenys Baldick Memorial Award
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17/02/2011
In response to the burden of heart disease, and to show support of the various Pasifika cultures of
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14/02/2011
centralAlliance partners Whanganui and MidCentral District Health Boards now have a joint security a
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08/02/2011
MidCentral Health is to be a demonstration site for registered Diabetes Nurse Specialists (DNS) pres
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07/02/2011
Since September 2007 the mobile surgical bus has completed 170 operations in the Horowhenua region.
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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