Celebrate Volunteers - Annie Zijdel
Twice a week, Annie Zijdel comes to Middlemore Hospital to volunteer. "It's important to feel useful. To have a person. " "I help people who look lost and walk them to where they need to go.
Discharge Lounge Success
Hats off to kaimahi in three Middlemore Medicine wards who yesterday celebrated their huge success in a project to improve acute patient flow.
Taamaki ki Raro Emma Barraclough
Have you ever been admitted to a hospital and wondered what’s going to be on the menu at mealtimes? Many of us have either experienced hospital food or heard others tell their stories – and some experiences - in the past - haven’t been rave reviews.
Clinical news with Dr Andrew Connolly
Kia ora tatou Now winter’s officially here, we are sharing important messages about keeping the season’s usual crop of illnesses and infections in our community to a minimum.
Dr Florina Chan Mow - Embracing service and culture in healthcare
This year's theme for Samoa Language Week is 'Tautua i le alofa, manuia le lumana'i – Serve in love for a blessed future' .
Warriors bring joy and jammies to Kidz First
There was sheer delight on the faces of grateful tamariki at Kidz First yesterday as members of the One New Zealand Warriors team turned up in support of the hospital’s annual ‘Jammies for June’ drive.
Celebrating International Nurses Day May 12 - meet Elham
In the final of our series marking International Nurses Day on May 12 at Counties Manukau, we'd like to introduce you to Elham Hajje, who is a specialist diabetes nurse prescriber.
Celebrating International Nurses Day May 12 - meet Sharon
As part of marking International Nurses Day, May 12 at Counties Manukau we’d like to introduce another of our dedicated RN’s. Sharon Aumatangi is a relatively recent arrival at Counties and has a job she loves as a district nurse, based out of our busy Otara Community Health HQ.
Help build an accessible future together
Accessibility is not just a buzzword that gets thrown around – it is key to delivering equitable outcomes in health. Accessibility in health care means that information and environments are fit for purpose, easy to access, sensible and usable for as many people as possible.
Celebrating International Nurses Day May 12 - meet Arnold
At Counties Manukau we mark International Nurses Day, May 12 by celebrating the great mahi being done across our services by our nurses. We’d like to introduce you to Arnold Dela Cruz, who has a busy but rewarding role in Middlemore’s Discharge Lounge.