Chantelle Hunter

Three key leadership appointments were made at WBOP PHO during March.   Philippa Jones, Director of Nursing and Workforce Development Philippa is well known to WBOP PHO and the wider BOP, having successfully led our Health and Wellness Service and been instrumental in the strategic development of the services and development of individual staff. The … Read more

The February 2020 issue of Te Rerenga, the WBOP PHO’s bi-monthly newsletter for sharing stories of innovation, progress and achievements, both at the PHO and among our general practice and iwi partners, and celebrating our success in keeping people well in our communities.

The second issue of Te Rerenga, the WBOP PHO’s bi-monthly newsletter for sharing stories of innovation, progress and achievements, both at the PHO and among our general practice and iwi partners, and celebrating our success in keeping people well in our communities.

Te Rerenga is the WBOP PHO’s new bi-monthly newsletter for sharing stories of innovation, progress and achievements, both at the PHO and among our general practice and iwi partners, and celebrating our success in keeping people well in our communities.

The School Health Services team at Western Bay of Plenty Primary Health Organisation, including Te Puke High School nurse Natasha Harris (front, second from right). Pastoral care in schools is increasingly growing and the school health nurse is playing a key role in looking after student health and wellbeing, even going so far as screening … Read more

Kohanga Reo in Tauranga are going head to head to get as many women as possible to undergo breast and cervical screening for the chance to win prizes. Klash of the Kohanga Reo will see 18 Māori early childhood education centres encouraging their wāhine mā to undergo life-saving screening. The challenge is being run by … Read more

A formal sit-down consult with your GP may be on the way out for some in the Western Bay of Plenty as GPs look for more efficient ways to care for patients. Dr Heath Sumpton, owner of one of Tauranga’s new medical centres, Healthcare on Fifteenth, says people want healthcare that is both convenient and … Read more

Dr Claire Isham, the new WBOPPHO Clinical Director. Two familiar faces from the Tauranga healthcare community have joined the Western Bay of Plenty Primary Health Organisation in new roles established to support both GPs and those working to improve Māori health outcomes. After 11 years working as a GP for Ngāti Kahu Hauora in Bethlehem, … Read more

WBOP PHO Support to Screening coordinator Joanne Tuhakaraina, centre, has joined with the team at Waipu Hauora – Helen Te Kani, Keriana Hoko-Smith, Riria Gibbons and Hutiao Dickson – to organise mammograms for a group of Matapihi women as part of a Pink Ribbon Breakfast event this month. A group of wahine Māori from Matapihi … Read more

Social agencies are working together in a new pilot project offering wraparound services to families in some of Tauranga’s most deprived communities to help improve their health and wellbeing. He Kokonga Ngākau Whānau Support Service is led by Te Runanga o Ngāi Te Rangi Iwi Trust and supported by social housing provider Accessible Properties, the … Read more