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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:

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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 Levin and Otaki | Oral Health Forum - Horowhenua

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Women’s Surgical Unit Opens | Women’s Surgical Unit Opens

  24/07/2009 The first patients have this week begun using MidCentral Health’s new eight-bed Women’s

• Hospital winning against gastroenteritis – continuing to manage influenza | Hospital winning against gastro

  24/07/2009 Palmerston North Hospital has been managing a gastroenteritis outbreak since the beginning of June t

• Ward 29 now open to visitors | Ward 29 reopens to visitors

  21/07/2009 Ward 29 at Palmerston North Hospital, which has been closed due to gastroenteritis thought to be

• InZone Bus promotes health careers in MDHB region schools | InZone Bus in MDHB region schools

  20/07/2009 An InZone bus that travels around high schools promoting a variety of careers will visit seven colle

• Gastro closes Ward 29 to visitors | Ward 29 Gastro

  16/07/2009 One surgical ward (Ward 29) at Palmerston North Hospital is closed to new patients and visitors, to

• Study helps halve ‘campy’ rates | Campylobacter rates

  15/07/2009 Talking with people about their tummy bugs may be enough to put you off your lunch. However data gat

• 27 Carparks dedicated to rural patients attending hospital clinics | Dedicated rural carparks

  10/07/2009 Twenty seven carparks at the front of Palmerston North Hospital have been dedicated to Horowhenua an

• Putting diabetics back in control
  | Putting diabetics back in control

  09/07/2009 The Manawatu Horowhenua and Tararua Diabetes Trust are giving people with diabetes the skills to man

• Keep up visiting vigilance
  | Keep up visiting vigilance

  06/07/2009 The gastroenteritis outbreak at Palmerston North Hospital appears to be coming under control. MidCen

• MidCentral Health holds Amnesty for Return of Equipment | Equipment amnesty

  02/07/2009 An amnesty is being held by MidCentral Health for the return of loan hospital equipment that patient

• Weber School - a community with well-being at its heart | Weber School - Health Promoting School status

  30/06/2009 “Health Promoting Schools are schools which display, in everything they say or do, support and

• Gastroenteritis Update from MidCentral Health – 29 June | Gastroenteritis Update – 29 June

  29/06/2009 The measures in place to manage the norovirus outbreak at Palmerston North Hospital are to continue

• Four cases of Novel Influenza A (H1N1) confirmed in MDHB region | Influenza A (H1N1) Update

  26/06/2009 MidCentral District Health Board region now has its first four confirmed cases of Novel Influenza A

• Gastroenteritis Update from MidCentral Health – 23 June
  | Gastroenteritis Update – 23 June

  23/06/2009 Staff at Palmerston North Hospital are focused this week on preventing the further spread or any new

• Gastroenteritis Update from MidCentral Health | Gastro update - 22 June

  22/06/2009 Staff at Palmerston North Hospital are focused this week on preventing the further spread or any new

• Woodville School - 12th school in region to achieve Health Promoting School status | Woodville School - Health Promoting School status

  19/06/2009 Woodville School has become the twelfth full Health Promoting School to achieve that status in the M

• Restrict visiting and wash hands to beat hospital gastro | Gastro update 19 June

  19/06/2009 The closure of a third ward due to gastroenteritis has put more pressure on patient services at Palm

• Gastro/flu poster spells out when not to visit
  | Gastro/flu poster

  15/06/2009 MidCentral Health is sending a strong message to visitors in a poster spelling out when not to visit

• Targeted treatment focus for cancer conference | Cancer conference

  15/06/2009 Up to the minute approaches to targeted cancer treatment will be the focus of a gathering of top med

• Gastro closes Wards 25 and 26 - visiting restricted | Gastro closes Wards 25 and 26

  12/06/2009 Two medical wards at Palmerston North Hospital are closed to new patients, and visitors are asked to

• Horowhenua nurses recognised at MDHB awards | Horowhenua nurses MDHB awards

  12/06/2009 A number of Horowhenua nurses were among those recognised for their achievements at the MidCentral D

• Hospital visiting restricted to minimise spread of gastro
  | Hospital visiting restricted to minimise gastro spread

  11/06/2009 Visitors are asked to assist with minimising the spread of a new outbreak of gastroenteritis, pr

• Antenatal HIV testing available to pregnant women in MidCentral DHB region | Antenatal HIV testing

  05/06/2009 From Monday (8 June 2009) all pregnant women in the MidCentral DHB region will be routinely offered

• Time is running out for free influenza vaccine | Free flu vaccine ends June 30

  26/05/2009 MidCentral DHB and the Manawatu Primary Health Organisation are urging those yet to take advantage o

• Youth Week Highlights Valuing Young People | Youth Week Highlights Valuing Young People

  21/05/2009 Youth Week, from 23-31 May, is about creating a society that values young people and affirms their d

• Regional Clinical Director of Women’s Health Appointed
  | Regional Clinical Director of Women’s Health

  19/05/2009 MidCentral and Whanganui DHBs are pleased to jointly announce the appointment of Dr Digby Ngan Kee a

• Pharmacy closure will not affect prescriptions
  | Pharmacy closure

  18/05/2009 MidCentral District Health Board is reassuring Levin’s Queen Street Pharmacy customers that th

• WorkChoice Day showcases careers in health | WorkChoice Day 2009

  15/05/2009 More than 100 secondary school students from around the MidCentral District Health Board region will

• Influenza A – Latest Update | Influenza A – Latest Update

  04/05/2009 MidCentral DHB region has no suspected cases, and one individual in quarantine after exposure to a p

• Swine-Influenza Update 3 - MDHB Emergency Operations Centre activated | Swine Influenza Update 3

  30/04/2009 MidCentral District Health Board has activated its Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), at the request

• MidCentral DHB pilots new approach in health care
  | MDHB pilots chronic illness scheme

  30/04/2009 MidCentral District Health Board has received funding from the Ministry of Health to pilot a new app

• Swine Influenza Update 2
  | Swine Influenza Update 2

  29/04/2009 MidCentral Public Health authorities are taking the arrival in New Zealand of a new strain of influe

• Human Swine Influenza | Human Swine Influenza

  28/04/2009 MidCentral District Health Board is currently monitoring the national and international information

• Palmerston North Hospital gastro outbreak over | Public: Gastro Over

  24/04/2009 MidCentral Health has returned to business as usual following the decline of incidence of gastroente

• Bates Estate Grants of $1572 Distributed to Tararua Groups
  | Bates Estate Grants

  23/04/2009 Two of eight applications have been successful in this year’s round of grants from the Tararua

• Respiratory Laboratory seeks Volunteers for Equipment testing study | Respiratory volunteers

  20/04/2009 The respiratory laboratory at Palmerston North Hospital is seeking a number of people to volunteer f

• Don't visit unless you have to | Public: Gastro Update

  14/04/2009 The public is asked to restrict visiting to avoid further gastroenteritis infection being brought in

• Central region will benefit from District Health Boards working together | Central region alliance

  03/04/2009 The green light has been given by Health Minister Tony Ryall for a co-operative agreement between Mi

• Good hand hygiene key to containing gastro bugs at Palmerston North Hospital | Gastro bugs at PN Hospital

  03/04/2009 Staff at Palmerston North Hospital are working to prevent the further spread of the viral gastroente

• Gastro cases close Ward 26 to admissions | Norovirus in Ward 26

  26/03/2009 Ward 26 at Palmerston North Hospital was closed yesterday (Wed) to patient admissions and transfers

• Tararua clinic changes to allow more MDHB patients to be seen | Tararua Clinics

  25/03/2009 MidCentral DHB will be reducing the number of outpatient clinics held in Dannevirke from next week s

• Hospital Bed Race to help promote Joint Effort Sponsored Walk | Hospital Bed Race

  25/03/2009 MidCentral Health, and local businesses are supporting a national event -the Joint Effort Sponsored

• Staff, patients affected by Norovirus outbreak in STAR Centre | Norovirus in STAR Centre

  20/03/2009 An outbreak of gastroenteritis that hit the STAR Centre at Palmerston North Hospital this week has b

• MDHB Chairman takes Voluntary 10% Pay Cut | MDHB Chairman takes pay cut

  17/03/2009 MidCentral District Health Board chairman Ian Wilson today announced he would be taking a voluntary

• Lifesaving protection for most vulnerable | Lifesaving influenza immunisation

  06/03/2009 People over 65 as well as those with long term illnesses are being advised to get their free influen

• Installation of overhead hoist track system to assist stroke and bariatric patient care
  | New patient hoist

  05/03/2009 An overhead hoist system has been installed in a five-bedded room in Ward 26 at Palmerston North Hos

• Super washer completes state of the art laundry facility | Super washer for laundry

  03/03/2009 Hospital linen will be washed faster and “greener” thanks to a new continuous batch wash

• Serious and Sentinel Events | Serious and Sentinel Events

  23/02/2009 MidCentral Health has released summary details of two sentinel events as part of a national release

• Respiratory Laboratory seeks Volunteers for Equipment testing study
  | Respiratory study volunteers sought

  17/02/2009 The respiratory laboratory at Palmerston North Hospital is seeking a number of people to volunteer f

• ED gets medical college tick | ACEM accreditation for ED

  17/02/2009 An Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) trainee registrar is booked in for advanced tr

• National diabetes nursing knowledge and skills framework written and launched at MidCentral Health
  | Diabetes nursing framework launched

  16/02/2009 A foundation document set to lead diabetes nursing into the future will be launched at Palmerston No

• Breathe Easy’s anniversary draws specialists
  | Breathe Easy anniversary

  12/02/2009 Breathing and respiratory specialists from many parts of New Zealand will be involved in the Manawat

• Medical Trust brings Visiting Nursing Professor to MidCentral Health
  | Nursing Professor visit

  12/02/2009 Professor Glenn Gardner, Foundation Chair and Professor of Clinical Nursing at Royal Brisbane and Wo

• Ten Otago Medical School Physiotherapists to work at MidCentral Health for final year | Physiotherapy students at MidCentral Health

  03/02/2009 Ten final year physiotherapy students from Otago Medical School will spend the year working on-the&#

• Health Centre Co-ordinator Changes | Health Centre Co-ordinator Changes

  02/02/09 Horowhenua Health Centre’s Facility Co-ordinator, Robyn Shaw, has returned to the Palmerston N

• Don’t delay children’s immunisations
  | Don't delay children's immunisations

  27/01/09 MidCentral District Health Board is reminding parents about the importance of immunising children on

• School girls to be immunised against cervical cancer | HPV immunisation for school girls

  18/12/08 Next year school girls throughout the Manawatu will be offered free immunisation to protect them fro

• Ministry of Health and local Tobacco Control Officers carry out Controlled Purchase Operation in Levin and Foxton | Tobacco purchase tested in Levin and Foxton

  16/12/2008 Recently staff from the Ministry of Health and MidCentral Health’s Public Health Service ran a

• Carol Singing at Palmerston North Hospital, Horowhenua Health Centre on 18 December | Carol singing

  15/12/2008 Carol singing at Palmerston North Hospital, and Horowhenua Health Centre will be held at each venue

• Manawatu College’s healthy outcome | Manawatu College’s healthy outcome

  04/12/2008 Manawatu College, Foxton, is among the 10 major winners in a national Fuelled 4 Schools challenge pr

• Keas Donate Christmas Goodies to Appeal
  | Keas join Christmas Appeal

  04/12/2008 Three groups of Palmerston North Keas put their motto ‘I share, I Care, I Discover, I GrowR

• Three Steam Sterilisers to replace aging equipment | New sterilisers

  03/12/2008 Three modern steam sterilisers are likely to be bought by MidCentral Health to replace four old ster

• Health Board turns up the heat on tobacco | Tobacco Control Action Plan launch

  03/12/2008 Tobacco Free Central and MidCentral District Health Board today launched their Tobacco Control Actio

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

  01/12/2008 The public is invited to join with MidCentral District Health Board staff in spreading some Christma

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

  01/12/2008 The public is invited to join with Horowhenua Health Centre staff in spreading some Christmas cheer

• Always keep the promise | World AIDs Day

  01/12/2008 Christmas is often seen as a time to give and receive presents. But the one gift nobody hopes for is

• Manawatu College’s healthy outcome | Manawatu College’s healthy outcome

  28/11/2008 Manawatu College, Foxton, is among the 10 major winners in a national Fuelled 4 Schools challenge pr

• New ‘baby’ linear accelerator just what the doctor ordered | New linear accelerator

  25/11/2008 A new state-of-the-art linear accelerator radiation treatment machine, one of only 20 operational in

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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