Expanded Dental Grants available from today
Increased Special Needs Grants for dental treatment are available to eligible New Zealanders available from today
New criteria means more Dental Treatment covered
People can now receive more than one grant in a year (any 52-week period), up to the maximum of $1,000
Recent increases to income…
Clinical News 28 November 2022
There are some pretty clear indications of an uptick in COVID case figures as we come into December with rising case numbers each day.
Z Energy Good in the Hood gives back
Kidz First Hospital has just been the grateful recipient of a donation from a Z Energy. The “Good in the Hood” initiative asked customers at each site to select their favourite charity and the “Kidz First Healing Garden upgrade” was the successful choice.
Te Kaahui Ora picks up top award
There’s been high excitement at Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau’s Te Kaahui Ora Maaori Health unit this month, with the team picking up the Supreme Prize in the annual Allied Health Awards.
The best leaving gift – Jahden's victory walk
Leaving the ward using a walker may not seem a big deal to many, but to Jadhen Nelson’s whaanau and rehab team, it was the best gift he could have given them! Back in April this year, while dismantling scaffolding, 28-year-old Jahden was electrocuted by power lines, suffering severe…
More equitable abortion care and support available from 1 November
Media release: The Government has launched a new telehealth service today that will see women in their first 10 weeks of pregnancy able to access medication for an early medical abortion over the phone, Associate Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall has announced.
Haemodialysis Unit extension now open
We are happy to announce our new Haemodialysis Unit at Middlemore is now fully open and operational. The new western side of Scott Haemodialysis Unit at Middlemore Hospital was opened with a blessing on Friday, 14 October before the new space opened to patients the following Monday.
Celebrating Niuean Language Week - Staff profile Kollin Hilihetule
Celebrating Niuean Language Week, we turn the spotlight on our staff member Kollin Hilihetule. A proud Niuean, his father's village is Tuapa, and his mother's village is Liku. "I'm always proud of our little nation and how we represent ourselves.
Giving back to the health system
After moving from Samoa to Auckland with her family in 2020, Tala was looking forward to re-igniting her career as an Electrical Engineer.
