Access to subsidised after hours care doubled for Counties Manukau
Media release 29 June 2018 | More visits will be subsidised as part of a plan by Counties Manukau Health (CM Health) to provide greater access to urgent after hours care across the district.
Next week's strike averted
Media release 28 June 2018 | The New Zealand Nurses Organisation and the country’s District Health Boards today agreed a revised offer that will be taken to NZNO nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants next week.
DHBs across the country prepare for industrial action
Media release 20 June 2018 | District Health Boards have begun implementing contingency plans following notice to strike by the New Zealand Nurses Organisation.
CM Health appoints first community infectious disease/dermatology nurse
In a national first, Counties Manukau Health has created the role of community dermatology and infectious diseases nurse specialist. Kusum Narayan works in their own homes with adult patients experiencing complex recurrent skin conditions, to help prevent their readmission to hospital.
CM Health to open new and innovative ward in time for winter demand
Media release 1 June 2018 | Counties Manukau Health is opening a newly renovated 30-bed ward at Middlemore Hospital in order to meet the increased demand associated with winter. Ward 21 on level 5 of the Galbraith building will open on July 9, 2018 as a General Medicine ward.