Counties Manukau Health welcomes $80 million investment
Media release 21 November 2018 | Counties Manukau Health has welcomed today’s Government announcement of an $80 million investment for capital works at Middlemore Hospital and the Manukau Super Clinic .
Plans in place for proposed employed midwives strike
Media release 21 November 2018 | Counties Manukau Health has full contingency plans in place ahead of the expected industrial action by Midwifery Employee Representation and Advisory Service (MERAS) members starting on Thursday and continue for a series of two-hour strikes twice each day until 6 December and then…
Dawn blessing for new dental facility
Latest News 21 November 2018 | As dawn broke over Manukau this morning and the rain stayed away, representatives from Manawhenua, the University of Otago, Savory Construction, and CM Health blessed the site of the new dental facility to be built on the grounds of the Manukau SuperClinic.
Bowel screening event in Mangere spreads important message on doing the bowel screening test
At the heart of the Mangere Town Centre amongst the market stalls, the Counties Manukau Health (CM Health) bowel screening community event drew crowds last Saturday to hear from important dignitaries and enjoy entertainment from local cultural groups.
Free Mental Health First Aid for Counties Manukau
Free Mental Health First Aid workshops are available for Counties Manukau residents to assist people to better deal with mental health challenges.
Transgender* Awareness Week Celebrated
Counties Manukau Health is proud to celebrate Transgender* Week of Awareness for the first time, from 12 to 20 November 2018. The Northern Region DHBs (Northland, Waitemata, Auckland and Counties Manukau DHBs) are celebrating five years of working together to make healthcare better for Gender Diverse and Transgender people.
Community event to raise awareness of bowel screening
Raising awareness of bowel cancer and a screening programme that could save lives is the focus of a Counties Manukau Health community event at the Mangere Town Centre on Saturday, 17 November.
Fond memories for 50-year Middlemore veteran
A lot has changed in the nearly 50 years that orderly Ivy Tauhinu has been employed at Middlemore Hospital. The buildings, the uniforms, and even the way to appropriately address staff have all shifted dramatically since a young Ivy started with the hospital on 10 October 1969.
New state of the art scanner for Counties Manukau Health
A state-of the-art Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine just installed at Counties Manukau Health’s Middlemore Hospital is set to make life easier for the patients who use it.
DHBs seek mediation to try and settle Midwives negotiations
DHB Media release 6 November 2018 | District Health Boards remain positive that mediation will help solve the impasses in pay talks with midwives and prevent a threatened series of two-hour strikes each day from 22 November to 5 December.