Monday 3 March 2025Waitaha Canterbury Pānui2 minutes to read
In this edition of Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury Pānui
In this week’s issue of the Pānui, we read more about a group of Christchurch Hospital Paediatric nurses, who is taking on a month-long fitness challenge with a special purpose. Registered Nurse Lou Prescod has formed a team of nurses to complete Starship’s ‘Kilometres for Kids’ fundraiser this month. The virtual challenge has participants run, walk, or cycle while raising funds to help ensure every child across Aotearoa can receive critical care when they need it.
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As part of Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey announced his intention to refresh New Zealand’s eating disorders strategy and shining a spotlight on the work and research being done to support people with disordered eating. To support this, he visited the South Island Eating Disorder (SIED) team at Hillmorton Hospital to learn more about the challenges and successes in eating disorder services across New Zealand.
The end of February saw two great steps forward for Ātea Whakaora (Healing Space), the therapeutic outdoor garden initiative at Burwood Hospital. The New Brighton Lions Club and Lloyd Morgan Lions Club Charitable Trust donated $18,038.20 to the project and paving company, Plexi Pave NZ has provided and installed bright yellow flexi-paving free of charge. A celebratory garden party was held on February 24 to mark the occasion.
Canterbury kids with toothache are benefiting from additional investment. Up to $500,000 has been invested in outsourcing and outplacing 100 procedures under general anaesthetic and running an additional 300 first specialist assessment clinics for children referred by community dental therapists.
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