West Coast

Overwhelmed and honoured to receive the Peter Snow Memo¬rial Award, Kerikeri GP Gra¬hame Jelley had to cut his acceptance speech short to avoid becoming a “blubbering mess”

The West Coast District Health Board, the region’s three Mayors and other well-known locals are joining forces to urge West Coasters to get vaccinated against COVID-19

A Westport general practice was forced to relocate, and staff of two Marlborough clinics were cut off from work, after last month’s extreme flooding in the South Island.

Members of West Coast DHB’s WellFood team were the first to move back into the facility today

A Westport general practice has been forced to relocate and one Marlborough clinic has closed its doors for the day after the weekend’s extreme flooding and wild weather 

Buller Health remains closed and is likely to be closed for at least a week due to flood water damaging the centre’s boiler-house and getting into the tunnels under the health centre

Buller Health evacuated 11 patients Saturday night to Club Buller in Queen Street

A collaborative health IT approach across the South Island has been seven years in the making, and long may it last beyond the health reforms, says Mike Collins, a man soon to leave the health sector

Overwhelmed and honoured to receive the Peter Snow Memo¬rial Award, Kerikeri GP Gra¬hame Jelley had to cut his acceptance speech short to avoid becoming a “blubbering mess”

For efficiency, DHBs have begun to offer COVID-19 vaccination to all adults in some rural communities, marking a change from the original priority-group timings