Green light for new Waitemata DHB renal service and unit

A long-awaited comprehensive renal service and unit is to become a reality at North Shore Hospital following the approval of a plan by the Waitemata DHB board. In phase one of the five-ten year programme, Waitemata renal inpatients currently treated at Auckland DHB will be transferred to Waitemata’s care from 2011, and a new renal unit will be established on-site. Read more...

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE: Renal dialysis patients will spend long periods in the new Waitemata renal unit so the building has been designed to be light, modern and inviting, rather than hospital-like.

Free vitamin D to slash number of rest-home falls

Falls by residents of Waitemata rest homes are expected to drop by 28 per cent because of a new, fully-funded scheme to make Vitamin D supplements free to all residents. The ACC-led scheme, launched in August and being run in partnership with Waitemata DHB, allows all Waitemata rest-home residents the opportunity to take free supplements of Vitamin D, if they want it and their GP is happy to prescribe it. Read more...