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Hawke’s Bay Hospital full Hawke’s Bay Hospital’s occupancy rate is at 100 percent today prompting a call to the public to leave the hospital’s Emergency Department for emergencies. Chief operating officer Warrick Frater said an influx of patients over... Read more

Six Hawke’s Bay’s nurses and midwives were rewarded for their services as part of today. (Friday 10 May) Hawke’s Bay District Health Board’s Director of Nursing Chris McKenna... Read more

Hawke's Bay businessman to chair DHB's Consumer Council Hawke's Bay businessman Graeme Norton has been appointed chair of Hawke's Bay District Health Board's new Consumer Council. The council is a new addition to Hawke's Bay District Health Board's... Read more

The rebuild of Hawke’s Bay’s mental health unit has given clinicians, patients, staff, relatives and partner organisations the chance to rewrite how the very best in mental health care can be delivered to the... Read more

New $22 million mental health unit given the go ahead The go-ahead for a new state of the art purpose built mental health facility is great news for patients, clinicians, staff and for Hawke’s Bay, the district heath board’s chair says. Board chair... Read more

Leave Hawke's Bay Hospital's Emergency Department for emergencies this Easter weekend is the message from Hawke's Bay District Health Board Emergency Department physician Renee Greven-Garcia said it was important... Read more

Wanting to build better relationships with health consumers has prompted Hawke’s Bay District Health Board to set up a Consumer Council to advise and make recommendations to its board and executive... Read more

District health board tops triathlon with most teams entered Hawke’s Bay District Health Board took the prize for the most teams involved in this year’s Tremains Corporate Triathlon, with 48 teams entered. Chief executive Kevin Snee, who also... Read more

Chief executive rolls up sleeve for influenza vaccine Hawke’s Bay District Health Board’s chief executive Kevin Snee was amongst the first of the DHB’s workforce to roll up his sleeve for his annual influenza vaccination yesterday (12 March) at... Read more

More than 40 people in Hawke’s Bay have been diagnosed with Cryptosporidium (Crypto) infection since the beginning of this year prompting public health officials to warn people of the outbreak and to see... Read more

Large number of children will need to be rescreened for hearing Fifteen hundred and twenty four  children will be recalled to have their hearing checked by Hawke’s Bay District Health Board as the number of children who may have been incorrectly... Read more

Man-up and get your heart checked Fifty Maori and Pacific men, from all walks of life in Hawke’s Bay, will be speaking out tomorrow (14 February) in an effort to encourage as many of the men in their family and community to get their hearts... Read more

Hawke’s Bay Hospital nurse assaulted at work The assault on a nurse by a patient while she was working at Hawke’s Bay Hospital on Monday (February 4) is simply unacceptable behaviour, Hawke’s Bay District Health Board’s chief executive says. The... Read more

The Ministry of Health appreciates there is considerable public interest in this issue of newborn hearing screening, however our priority is to ensure that families affected are communicated with first in regard to... Read more

Stay well in Hawke’s Bay this summer  Nobody wants to be sick over summer so it’s a good time to remember some general public health safety rules, says Hawke’s Bay’s Medical Officer of Health Caroline McElnay. “We want people to enjoy their summer... Read more

 A tummy bug like illness, circulating in the Assessment Treatment and Rehabilitation (AT&R) Ward at Hawke’s Bay Hospital, has closed the ward to visitors until further notice.   Chief operating... Read more

Solid performance from Hawke’s Bay District Health Board Hawke’s Bay District Health Board is one of the top three performers in providing better help for smokers to help them quit, national health targets released yesterday show. The Quarter one... Read more

- Making our Hospitals Safer - 2011/12 Download/view: SSE Report Hawke's Bay DHB data 2011/12 PDF 79KB SSE Report New Zealand datqa 2011/12 PDF 752KB SSE Media Release - embargoed 21 Nov 2012 PDF 91KB SSE... Read more

Hawke’s Bay health sector recognises achievers Hawke’s Bay’s annual Health Awards, recognising innovation, quality, leadership and achievement in the health sector, will be held on Thursday (22 November) night at a gala dinner. The awards, which were... Read more

begins today Hawke’s Bay District Health Board begins consulting today (November 19) for four weeks over paid car parking at Hawke’s Bay Hospital, Napier Health Centre and Corporate Office for the public and staff. The... Read more