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DHB investigators met with residents and staff on 2 December resulting in a briefing to the health board. "The verbal report raised concerns for the DHB and they asked us to make some interim management changes while the report is finalised and details are worked through with all parties," said a memo from Masonic Care chief executive Warick Dunn. A new temporary manager to provide "additional management support" and short-term clinical management support from the DHB were being brought in. The home has added a Masonic Trusts' employee in regular management, and two DHB personnel in clinical ...
Photo: Woburn Masonic Care Trust Dunn said it was entirely coincidental the trust was now proposing to close down the 53-year-old home for two years for a $20 million rebuild. The rooms were "incredibly small", lacked ensuites, and Covid-19 had brought home problems with constrained facilities, he said. The rest home's 45 staff, 57 residents and their families were told yesterday of the plan, Dunn said. Consultation will continue for two weeks. A letter from Dunn to residents yesterday said the aim was to build a 61-room rest home, as its commitment to carry on providing care "cannot be in th...