Thursday 26 November 2015Quick Read

A school girl who knows what it is like to be in hospital has spent hours making fairy dresses for Christchurch... read more about Special donation is the next best thing to a fairy-tale»

Tags Activity roomChildren's health

Tuesday 24 November 2015Quick Read

​The Canterbury Health System continues to perform strongly in the National Health Targets, released today. Mary... read more about Canterbury DHB sustains strong performance in health targets Q1, 2015-2016»

Tags Health TargetsMary Gordon

Tuesday 24 November 2015Quick Read

The Canterbury Health System has today welcomed Health Minister Dr Jonathan Coleman who officially opened the Rangiora... read more about Rangiora Health Hub officially opened»

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Monday 23 November 2015Quick Read

In today’s CEO Update, Chief Executive David Meates outlines the Releasing Time to Care programme, a patient-centred... read more about CEO Update – Monday 23 November 2015»

Monday 16 November 2015Quick Read

In today’s CEO Update, Chief Executive David Meates outlines the recent funding injection from the Ministry of... read more about CEO Update – Monday 16 November 2015»

Monday 9 November 2015Quick Read

In today’s CEO Update, Chief Executive David Meates celebrates the achievements of everyone who participated in the... read more about CEO Update – Monday 9 November 2015»

Friday 6 November 2015Quick Read

Canterbury DHB is increasing vigilance around hand hygiene after three people in Canterbury have tested positive as... read more about Canterbury DHB steps up hand hygiene vigilance after antibiotic resistent bug discovered»

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Thursday 5 November 2015Quick Read

The Canterbury District Health Board and Fletcher Construction will begin the concrete pour to end all pours, starting... read more about The pour to end all pours»

Tags Acute Services BuildingDavid MeatesFacilities

Tuesday 3 November 2015Quick Read

Work on the new healthcare facilities at Burwood Hospital is reaching a peak, with up to 500 contractors now on site... read more about It’s tool time at Burwood Hospital»

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Monday 2 November 2015Quick Read

In today’s CEO Update, Chief Executive David Meates talks about Patient Safety Week, happening at all departments... read more about CEO Update – Monday 2 November 2015»

Tuesday 27 October 2015Quick Read

In today’s CEO Update, Chief Executive David Meates gives a lowdown of the Health Informatics New Zealand Conference... read more about CEO Update – Monday 27 October 2015»

Monday 19 October 2015Quick Read

In today’s CEO Update, Chief Executive David Meates outlines the successes of the organisation in recent years,... read more about CEO Update – Monday 19 October 2015»

Monday 12 October 2015Quick Read

In today’s CEO Update, Chief Executive David Meates reaffirms the focus of the Canterbury DHB. Also in this issue,... read more about CEO Update – Monday 12 October 2015»

Monday 5 October 2015Quick Read

In today’s CEO Update, Chief Executive David Meates talks about Mental Health Week and how public art in Christchurch... read more about CEO Update – Monday 5 October 2015»

Wednesday 30 September 2015Quick Read

The start of October is the beginning of Canterbury's legionnaires' season. In October every year the number of people... read more about Legionnaires’ season arrives»

Tags Dr Ramon PinkLegionnaires' disease

Monday 28 September 2015Quick Read

In today’s CEO Update, Chief Executive David Meates acknowledges the hard work put in by staff after the the... read more about CEO Update – Monday 28 September 2015»

Monday 21 September 2015Quick Read

In this week's update, Chief Executive David Meates celebrates the migration of staff into Kaikoura's new Integrated... read more about CEO Update – Monday 21 September 2015»

Monday 14 September 2015Quick Read

​ In this week’s CEO Update David Meates congratulates SMO leaders on another successful engagement afternoon, and... read more about CEO Update – Monday 14 September 2015»

Monday 7 September 2015Quick Read

​In this week’s CEO Update David Meates reflects on the five year anniversary of the September earthquake, and the... read more about CEO Update – Monday 7 September 2015»

Monday 31 August 2015Quick Read

It is ‘Kaikoura Health, Te Hā o Te Ora'. Kaikoura Service Level Alliance (SLA) members, who are overseeing... read more about Kaikoura’s new integrated family health centre has an official name»

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Monday 31 August 2015Quick Read

In this update, Chief Executive David Meates talks about how the Canterbury health system is involved in the school... read more about CEO Update – Monday 31 August 2015»

Monday 24 August 2015Quick Read

In this update, Chief Executive David Meates talks about the 100 Days workshops, focusing on the pressure points of the... read more about CEO Update – Monday 24 August 2015»

Wednesday 19 August 2015Quick Read

Canterbury DHB has begun consultation on its proposal to sell land on the Akaroa Hospital site to support the... read more about Progress towards Akaroa IFHC»

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Monday 17 August 2015Quick Read

In this week’s CEO Update, chief executive David Meates highlights the recent visit to Christchurch by the Minister... read more about CEO Update – Monday 17 August 2015»

Friday 14 August 2015Quick Read

Unenrolled Canterbury residents have less than two weeks left to get enrolled and take advantage of a free check-up... read more about Two weeks left to get enrolled and take advantage of free GP»

Monday 10 August 2015Quick Read

​In this week’s CEO Update, chief executive David Meates talks about the influenza outbreak in Canterbury, with... read more about CEO Update – Monday 10 August 2015»

Friday 24 July 2015Quick Read

Christchurch Hospital's new Acute Services Building site is being prepped for the first of eight massive concrete... read more about Massive concrete pours start this weekend at the Acute Services building, Christchurch Hospital»

Tags Acute Services BuildingDavid MeatesFacilities

Wednesday 22 July 2015

Canterbury District Health Board won four award categories at the Institute of Public Administration New Zealand... read more about Canterbury District Health Board brings home four IPANZ awards»

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Wednesday 8 July 2015

An intermittent server issue has resulted in almost 6,000 discharge summaries not being sent to GPs. Discharge... read more about Intermittent server issue delays discharge summaries being sent to GPs»

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Thursday 25 June 2015Quick Read

With no new notifications for a month, health officials are confident that the source of the Legionella bacteria, which... read more about No new Legionnaires’ cases linked to cooling towers pleasing»

Tags Dr Ramon PinkLegionnaires' disease

Friday 12 June 2015

Canterbury District Health Board and Christchurch City Council officials are working with representatives from the air... read more about Appeal to Canterbury businesses with cooling towers»

Tags Christchurch City CouncilDr Ramon PinkLegionnaires' disease

Friday 5 June 2015Quick Read

Canterbury District Health Board has congratulated the Christchurch City Council for its move to increase the number of... read more about Support for Smokefree spaces extension»

Tags Christchurch City CouncilDr Ramon PinkSmokefree

Friday 29 May 2015Quick Read

Cantabrian's are being encouraged to use World Smokefree Day on Sunday (May 31, 2015) to think about how they can... read more about Celebrating World Smokefree Day in Canterbury»

Tags David MeatesSmokefreeWorld Smokefree Day

Wednesday 27 May 2015Quick Read

Canterbury DHB is among key business leaders publicly recognised for their commitment to improve staff wellbeing. The... read more about Canterbury DHB recognised for improving staff wellbeing»

Tags David MeatesStaff wellbeing

Tuesday 26 May 2015Quick Read

Integration efforts across the Canterbury Health System remain pivotal to Canterbury District Health Board's... read more about Integration drives Canterbury Health System’s performance»

Tags Canterbury health systemDavid MeatesHealth TargetsSmokefree

Monday 11 May 2015Quick Read

The Canterbury Health System has had the spotlight cast on it once again, this time in a report the Innovation... read more about Innovation Partnership places spotlight on how smart data puts patients first in Canterbury»

Tags Canterbury health systemCarolyn GulleryDataDavid Meates

Sunday 10 May 2015Quick Read

New hospital facilities will give Canterbury DHB the capacity to perform an extra 6000 surgeries and procedures a year... read more about Canterbury DHB on track to deliver more surgery»

Tags Burwood HospitalChristchurch HospitalDavid MeatesSurgery

Friday 17 April 2015Quick Read

Canterbury District Health Board is launching a campaign to encourage staff to make changes to how they get to and from... read more about Canterbury DHB launches Clever Commuters»

Tags TransportWellbeing

Thursday 16 April 2015Quick Read

Canterbury District Health Board welcomes the Minister of Health's recent announcement that the Electronic Request... read more about Why electronic referrals are good news for the region»

Tags Carolyn GulleryERMSGP

Wednesday 15 April 2015Quick Read

A proposal to change the existing leadership and management structure of Ashburton and Rural Health Services has been... read more about Proposal to change leadership & management structure of Ashburton & Rural Health Services»

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