Bay of Plenty District Health Board Christmas Lunch disgusting and devaluing
18 Dec, 2020 07:04 PM
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The disgusting lunch left Bay of Plenty District Health Board employees feeling devalued . Photo / Supplied
The disgusting lunch left Bay of Plenty District Health Board employees feeling devalued . Photo / Supplied
It was supposed to be a work Christmas lunch to cap off a treacherous year. Instead one Bay of Plenty DHB worker says it was disgusting . The Bay of Plenty health board gave staff a disgusting Christmas lunch of processed ham with two teaspoons of salad, two teaspoons of coleslaw cold pumpkin and a little tub of ice cream this year.
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The Ministry of Health’s briefing to Andrew Little as the incoming minister was released on Tuesday and made for stark reading and highlighted the fact the country’s health system was overstretched, underfunded and inequitable.
Health Minister Andrew Little says ongoing pressures on the country’s hospital emergency departments and persistent problems with access to primary health care highlight the need for major reform of the health system. His comments come after the College of Emergency Nurses NZ said that staffing shortages, overcrowding and poor access to primary care were to blame for this week s announcement that Middlemore Hospital s emergency department had reached near capacity levels.
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Counties Manukau Health announced this week that Middlemore Hospital s emergency department had reached near capacity levels due to patients seeking treatment for non-urgent conditions.
Staff shortages, overcrowding and poor access to GPs is to blame for a plea by Middlemore Hospital for non-urgent patients to avoid its emergency department, a nurses college says. And while the pressure-cooker situation at the south Auckland hospital is a major concern, the College of Emergency Nurses NZ chair Sandy Richardson said it’s part of a bigger, nationwide problem. The group is part of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) union.
Staff shortages, overcrowding and poor access to GPs are being blamed for a plea by Middlemore Hospital for non-urgent patients to avoid its emergency department, a nurses college says.
Middlemore Hospital says its emergency department is only for people with life-threatening emergencies.
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While the pressure-cooker situation at the South Auckland hospital is a major concern, the College of Emergency Nurses NZ chair Sandy Richardson said it s part of a bigger, nationwide problem. The group is part of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) union.
In a statement released on Monday the clinical director of Middlemore Hospital s emergency department (ED), Dr Vanessa Thornton, asked for the Counties Manukau community s assistance as the hospital s department was under pressure.
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Media release from Te Rūnanga o Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa/New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Wednesday 16 December 2020, 04:26 PM
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Te Rūnanga o Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa/New Zealand Nurses Organisation mourns the passing of Dr Rose Pere, revered tōhuna tipua and leader for the revitalisation of indigenous knowledge and life throughout the world.
Te Rūnanga Tumu whakarae Titihuia Pakeho said Dr Pere informed many indigenous nurses’ journey with holistic ways of looking at health. Her name was frequently used in our nursing studies by our tutors alongside Irihapeti Ramsden, Mason Durie and others.