News - Tagged with inpatient | Counties Manukau Health

Fun ways to stay active on the rehab wards

Media Release 24 December 2019 |Eighty nine year old Mrs Sproul is currently second equal on the scoreboard in Middlemore’s Ward 5 corridor golf championship. The spritely octogenarian is one of several Counties Manukau Health elderly patients being put through their paces in the name of rehabilitation.

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22 days ago
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Christmas to be dished up at CM Health

Media Release 24 December 2019 |Being in hospital on Christmas Day is probably not anyone’s idea of fun. However, for those patients who can’t be home for December 25, a bit of festivity will still be served up on their dinner tray.

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25 days ago
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Cameras document stroke journey at CM Health

A documentary following the experiences of two patients after stroke has been made with help from several Counties Manukau teams.

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2 months ago
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Response to Health and Disability Commissioner's decision

Media Release 29 June 2019 | Counties Manukau District Health Board (CMDHB) accepts the Health and Disability Commisioner’s (HDC) findings, released today, into the death of a patient at Middlemore Hospital in April, 2017.

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6 months ago
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Reading App takes off at CM Health

Latest News 9 May 2019 | A reading App for Counties Manukau Health patients is being well received as it is rolled out around Middlemore Hospital and the Manukau SuperClinic. The Libby App, provided through Auckland City Libraries, allows patients to access more than 200,000 ebooks.

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8 months ago
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Intensive care patients cheered by bedside visits from four-legged friends

Latest News 24 April 2019 | Counties Manukau Health is offering dog therapy visits to intensive care patients at Middlemore Hospital.

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9 months ago
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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.

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9 months ago
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New Tiaho Mai service gets thumbs up from staff and users

Latest News 16 April 2019 | In the four months since Stage One of Counties Manukau Health’s Tiaho Mai Mental Health Unit was opened, staff report a positive change in service delivery.

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9 months ago
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Play specialists help ease the stress for kids in hospital

Media release 12 March 2019 | Within the playroom on Level One at Kidz First is a green “dinosaur mountain”.

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10 months ago
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Crochet ‘Octopals’ provide comfort for premature babies

Latest News, 22 January 2019 | Counties Manukau Health is trialling a new comforter for premature babies. Crochet ‘octopals’ are made using 100 per cent cotton and to a very specific size for safety reasons.

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12 months ago
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