Residents of a south Auckland rest home have become the first aged care residents in the region to receive their Covid-19 jab. Thirty-eight residents and staff at Kenderdine Park Rest Home in Papatoetoe were vaccinated on Friday, on the first day of the region’s aged residential care outreach programme. Matt Hannant, vaccination programme lead for the Northern Region Health Coordination Centre (NRHCC), said it was “delighted” to have started the “important” phase of its vaccination programme, which will see some of Auckland s most vulnerable communities protected from Covid-19.
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Auckland’s aged residential care vaccination programme started on Friday, at Kenderdine Park rest home in Papatoetoe. Resident Josephine Quedley is pictured.
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Pat Snedden has extensive governance experience, having served as chair of Auckland District Health Board and Counties Manukau District Health Board, The Big Idea Charitable Trust and Ko Awatea Health Partnership, among others.
He is a former director of the Ports of Auckland and Te Urungi o Ngati Kuri Ltd and was chief crown negotiator in the Office of Treaty Settlements from 2008-13.
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All of New Zealand s 20 District Health Boards will be replaced by one, single national health body responsible for the running of all hospitals, the Government has revealed.
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A grieving widow whose dying husband was told to wait eight weeks for an urgent specialist assessment says she will grow old alone and her children are without a father.
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Thursday 22 April 2021, 08:57 AM
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Professor John Potter, Massey University
Self-testing for cervical cancer could reduce cervical screening inequities for Māori, Pacific and Asian women, according to new research led by Massey University in partnership with Waitematā District Health Board and Auckland District Health Board.
Cervical cancer is caused by the HPV (human papillomavirus). HPV can be picked up by a test (which, crucially, can also be a self-test) using a cotton swab. It is less invasive than the current test used in the National Cervical Screening Programme.