The West Coast District Health Board has ordered an independent inquiry into the way it organised and communicated the closure of Ziman House rest home at Reefton Hospital a month ago.
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Work on rebuilding the Buller Health Centre to replace Westport's old hospital, is making "excellent progress," the West Coast District Health Board says
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Some elderly, disabled and frail housebound West Coast residents have had their home-based care services cut for up to three months, apparently due to Covid-19.