Monday, 10 May 2021, 3:29 pm
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today
released a report finding a rest home in breach of the Code
of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the
Code) for failures in its care of an elderly man.
The
man had a complex medical history and was a resident at
Armourdene Rest Home (Armourdene), owned by Wilding
International Limited.
Early one morning the man had
an unwitnessed fall in his room. A caregiver called the
on-call registered nurse and monitored the man. Later that
morning another caregiver called the on-call registered
nurse and the man was transferred to hospital. He was
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Media release from the Health and Disability Commissioner
Monday 10 May 2021, 03:24 PM
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Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding an assisted living facility and nurse in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failures in the care of a woman who suffered burns.
The woman lives with spastic quadriplegia and does not communicate verbally. While she was resident of the community home owned by St John of God Hauora Trust, there were several oversights in the management of her continence products, including the delay in monitoring and replacing them for 12 hours.
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Warning: This story discusses suicide and may be distressing for some readers.
The Bay of Plenty District Health Board has apologised to the family of a young man who died of a suspected suicide four years ago.
Photo: Health Central
A report released by Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Kevin Allan this week found the DHB breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers Rights for failing to care for the man.
The man, referred to in the report as Mr A, first had contact with mental health services while in his late teens. Two years later, in 2016, he was admitted voluntarily to the mental health ward for two nights after instances of self-harming.
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Combined media release from the Medical Council of New Zealand and the Dental Council
Thursday 6 May 2021, 01:38 PM
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Vaccination is a crucial part of the New Zealand public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Health practitioners can help to protect themselves, their patients, and the wider community by getting their COVID-19 vaccination.
The Dental and Medical Councils have an expectation that all dental and medical practitioners will take up the opportunity to be vaccinated unless medically contraindicated.
You have an ethical and professional obligation to protect and promote the health of patients and the public, and to participate in broader based community health efforts. Vaccination will play a critical role in protecting the health of the New Zealand public by reducing the community risk of acquiring and further transmitting COVID-19.