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Go-ahead given for four new units at Mason Clinic
Additional Government funding has been approved for four new inpatient units at the Mason Clinic in Point Chevalier – the forensic psychiatry service operated by Waitematā DHB for the metro…
Read More »Official opening of new home for managed withdrawal inpatient service
A specialised service providing medically supervised withdrawal from alcohol and other drugs has relocated to a modern new city-based Auckland location. Read full release
Read More »Tribute to war nurse and hospital trail blazer
A plaque commemorating the life of World War Two nurse Eliza Daisy Cargo has been rediscovered on a construction site at North Shore Hospital and returned to a place of…
Read More »Waitematā DHB nurturing and growing the Māori workforce
New Waitematā DHB employee Helen Kearns had a later-in-life call to become a doctor. Helen always had a passion for health care and first started training as a nurse.
Read More »WDHB Online Appointment Booking
We are now offering an online appointment booking service for some of our outpatient clinics at North Shore and Waitakere Hospitals.
Read More »Waitematā DHB and Department of Corrections develop new prison-based programme for junior doctors
Waitematā DHB and the Department of Corrections, have developed a new training role for junior doctors to experience healthcare within a prison. Read full release
Read More »Waitematā DHB achieves 90% double vaccination milestone for Pasifika population and first-dose 90% vaccination milestone for Māori as part of the metro-wide Auckland vaccine drive
New Ministry of Health figures show 90% of the DHB’s eligible Pasifika population has now received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Read full release
Read More »Long-time ‘general medicine’ champion leaves a lasting legacy
Long-serving Waitematā physician and hospital leader Dr Hamish Hart is retiring after 50 years of medicine and mentorship – including nearly 40 with the DHB. Read full release
Read More »Go-ahead for Waitakere Hospital Intensive Care Unit great news for West Aucklanders
Today’s announcement that a six-bed Intensive Care Unit will be built at Waitakere Hospital represents a historic moment in the evolution of health care for the people of West Auckland,…
Read More »Waitematā DHB reaches 90% fully vaccinated
Waitematā has today become the third district health board in the country to achieve the goal of doublevaccinating 90 per cent of its eligible population against COVID-19 Read full release …
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