Ora Toa kaimahi in their COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Lydney Place in Porirua CBD>News from Hutt Valley District Health Board
Ora Toa Health Service kaimahi have begun vaccinating eligible people at their new clinic in central Porirua. Owned and operated by Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira, the health service opened its new clinic down Lydney Place earlier this month.
Ora Toa spokesperson Faith Woodcock said the service had “built a fantastic team of professionals from our community”.
“The community are finding it easy to navigate so far. That’s our intention: to make it a community space.”
The health service had begun contacting people who were eligible to receive a vaccination at this stage of the Government’s rollout campaign.
“There have been some deaths in Australia of people stuck in waiting rooms unable to get into ED because every physical space is full. We are worried.” Investigations are underway after a woman died while waiting more than six hours for an ambulance in Melbourne last week, while in Perth a seven-year-old girl died following a two-hour wait in an emergency department earlier this month.
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Emergency department patients are treated in the corridors of a number of hospitals around the country (File photo) Concerns were particularly acute at Wellington Regional Hospital, which has worst emergency department waits in the country and often has no spare beds.
Health Minister Andrew Little announces the Government plan to abolish the 20 DHBs.
The sweeping changes to the health system should create a more equitable and efficient national service, especially for Māori and disadvantaged people, Wellington region doctors and health experts say. Many cautiously welcomed the Government’s surprise announcement yesterday that it would be scrapping the country s 20 district health boards, including Wellington’s Capital & Coast District Health Board and Hutt Valley District Health Board. But details were scant, making it difficult to gauge the impact on patients and health care providers.
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Royal New Zealand College of GPs president Samantha Murton.
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Record-keeping in the public sector is still inconsistent and worrying, a new Archives New Zealand report has found. Of 214 respondents in the new report – which includes ministries, departments, councils, district health boards, parliament offices and education entities – just 39 per cent had identified information that they hold which was of importance to Māori. “It is a significant finding,” chief archivist Stephen Clarke said. Of the respondents which said they don’t, or don’t know if they hold information that’s of importance to Māori, 61 per cent conducted business that intersects with the interests of Māori, including health, education, employment and the environment.
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