Health New Zealand is significantly improving the way it communicates with South Island patients by introducing an email-based system to send appointment letters. However, to ensure patients receive these communications, they’re being asked to not automatically consider them spam but follow the verification process outlined below instead. “From Monday 14 April, patients who have previously provided Health NZ with an email address … Continued
SuperGold cardholders will get a free annual health and eye check-up as part of health spending that mostly goes to DHBs that are tackling huge treatment backlogs caused by the Covid-19 lockdown. New funding has been earmarked to roll-out a promised free annual health check-up for the country’s more than 750,000 SuperGold cardholders, including an … Continued
Eight year old Max is running a marathon to raise funds for vulnerable elders in Canterbury. This amazing young man is completing 6.2 kilometres around his family backyard each day for 7 days and after 192 laps he will have run the equivalent of a full marathon (42.2 kilometres). Max was inspired by the efforts … Continued
CERT NZ (the government’s Computer Emergency Response Team) has received reports of online criminals using the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic as an opportunity to carry out online scams and malicious cyber activity. Reports include opportunistic attempts to use the COVID-19 pandemic to trick people in to: • donating to a fake World Health Organisation COVID-19 … Continued
Cantabrians with an interest in family history are being called on to help Canterbury Museum during the lockdown. The Museum wants to identify people and places in thousands of photographs taken by New Zealand’s longest-running photography studio, Standish and Preece. A project to digitise and catalogue the images has been underway since 2019. The first … Continued
Since the country went into what we now know as ‘Level 4 lockdown’, the Age Concern Canterbury team has been working from home continuing to connect with and support older people. With the country moving into Level 2 on Thursday 14th May we will be moving back into a more “normal” working environment. Our office … Continued
Canterbury DHB is now limiting the numbers of people coming into our facilities The key changes are: one person per patient for most areas and no children under 16 to visit patients. Visiting hours will remain the same for services (as publicised on our website for each service). Anyone who is sick should also not … Continued
The Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC) says it’s great the influenza “flu” vaccine is available early. New Zealanders at highest risk of complications from influenza, and those in contact with high risk people, particularly healthcare staff, can now get vaccinated as soon as possible. From today onwards, influenza immunisation is free from general practices or participating … Continued
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Canterbury DHB’s public health team want to hear from anyone who dined at Madam Woo restaurant on 15 and 17 January, due to possible Hepatitis A exposure Community and Public Health are advising people who ate at Madam Woo Christchurch (255 St Asaph Street) at any time on 15 or 17 January 2020 that they … Continued
“Do not knock” signs put out by homeowners to deter door-to-door salespeople are to be given legal standing backed by big fines. Salespeople who ignored “Do no knock” signs would face fines of up to $10,000, and their employers would face fines of up to $30,000. The “Do not knock” law was included in the … Continued
