Low-cost dental care soon available to Counties Manukau residents
Latest News 27 June 2019 | Counties Manukau residents will soon have access to low-cost treatment at a new dental facility on the grounds of the Manukau SuperClinic. Construction is well underway for the $28.
Manurewa local owes life to bowel screening test
Latest News 24 June 2019 | A Manurewa resident owes his life to the National Bowel Screening Programme, which was launched in Counties Manukau a year ago.
Counties Manukau Health providing mental health and addiction support in schools and primary care
Media Release 11 June 2019 | Counties Manukau Health’s (CM Health) four integrated locality care (ILoC) teams are supporting primary care professionals to respond more effectively to the mental health and addiction needs of their clients.
Former smoker urges people to quit now
Latest News 31 May 2019 | “Don’t wait another second, quit now”, is Patrick McManus’ message to smokers. Patrick’s five-decade long smoking habit started at a very young age when he would pick up his grandparents’ cigarette butts and smoke.
Reducing the use of blood for better patient outcomes
Latest News 30 April 2019 | In early 2018, Counties Manukau Health initiated a patient blood management (PBM) programme that saved around 600 blood units during that year.
Counties Manukau Health re-sending appointment letters following mail theft
Media Release 26 April 2019 | Counties Manukau Health is re-sending appointment letters to East Auckland, Papatoetoe and Otara patients affected by the junior doctors strike next week, following the theft of a large amount of mail from a mail distribution centre in East Tamaki.
Strikes unnecessary now facilitation in place
Media Release All DHBs 24 April 2019 | DHBs are urging resident medical officers to withdraw planned strike action and let the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) do its job.
Plans in place for junior doctors strike
Media Release 23 April 2019 | Counties Manukau District Health Board has full contingency plans in place ahead of planned industrial action by some junior doctors from 8am Monday, 29 April to 8am Saturday, 4 May.
DHBs welcome the ERA’s decision to grant facilitation
Media Release All DHBs 15 April 2019 | DHBs welcome the Employment Relations Authority's decision to grant facilitation. DHBs Spokesman Dr Peter Bramley says DHBs are available to meet as soon as possible.