Monday, 12 July 2021, 2:03 pm
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today
released a report finding a support worker in breach of the
Code of Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code)
for failing to attend to an elderly man in her
care.
The elderly man was living alone and received
in-home support services from a community health service,
which included personal care every day.
The support
worker, working for the community health service, said she
attended her scheduled Saturday session with the man at his
home. However, GPS data showed that she wasn’t located at
or around the man’s home at all on this day and that she
Press Release – Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner Health and Disability Commissioner Morag McDowell today released a report finding a surgeon in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers Rights (the Code) for failures in her care of a woman who was later diagnosed with breast …
Health and Disability Commissioner Morag McDowell today released a report finding a surgeon in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failures in her care of a woman who was later diagnosed with breast cancer.
The woman, in her forties at the time of these events, had been diagnosed and treated for breast cancer in 2013.
Press Release – Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding a support worker in breach of the Code of Disability Services Consumers Rights (the Code) for failing to attend to an elderly man in her care. The elderly man was …
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding a support worker in breach of the Code of Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failing to attend to an elderly man in her care.
The elderly man was living alone and received in-home support services from a community health service, which included personal care every day.
Monday, 5 July 2021, 2:08 pm
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Kevin Allan
today released a report finding a district health board in
breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services
Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failures in its care of a
woman with an ongoing dental infection.
Following an
unsuccessful root canal treatment, the woman went to the
Capital and Coast District Health Board (CCDHB) emergency
department with facial swelling and worsening pain. Her
tooth was extracted and she was admitted to the emergency
department observation unit overnight before being
discharged. She was given antibiotics and a follow-up
appointment was arranged.
Monday, 5 July 2021, 2:06 pm
Health and Disability Commissioner Morag McDowell today
released a report finding a district health board in breach
of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’
Rights (the Code) for failures in its care of a woman with a
liver lesion.
The woman presented to the Taranaki
District Health Board (TDHB) emergency department with leg
pain and swelling. She was referred for a CT scan which
resulted in an incidental finding of a liver lesion, for
which further non-urgent imaging was
recommended.
While the woman received timely and
appropriate treatment in the emergency department at the
time, further follow-up of the non-urgent liver lesion, in