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Te Puke breast cancer survivor and health worker Dinky Potiki shares her story to encourage eligible women to head along to BreastScreen Midland’s mobile breast screening unit, which visits Te Puke each year.
The May 2020 issue of Te Rerenga, the WBOPPHO’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.
WBOPPHO has been in full swing on the frontline of COVID-19, ensuring essential healthcare is still available for our communities. Read more about our mahi here.
In mid-April WBOPPHO reminded people that GPs were still open for business during COVID-19. Read more here.
WBOPPHO Board co-chair Dr Luke Bradford had high praise for people’s good behaviour during New Zealand’s COVID-19 response. He said the key message from general practice was that people should continue to seek medical treatment if needed because GPs were still available for telephone and video consults. Read more here.
Three key leadership appointments were made at WBOPPHO during March. Philippa Jones, Director of Nursing and Workforce Development Philippa is well known to WBOPPHO 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 work undertaken … Read more
The February 2020 issue of Te Rerenga, the WBOPPHO’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 WBOPPHO’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 WBOPPHO’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
