Loud Shirt Day 2020 – Row for Hearing!

Help raise money for children and adults with cochlear implants on Friday 23 and Saturday 24 October in Blenheim. See World and Olympic Champion Joseph Sullivan. Have a go yourself, and bid on the Silent Auction to help raise money. All welcome! Details of the event can be found by clicking here.

Cautious optimism toward Labour’s pledge to increase cochlear implant funding

Tuesday, 29 September 2020, 4:41 pm Press Release: Southern Cochlear Implant Programme Today’s announcement by the Labour Party that, if elected next month, it would increase cochlear implant funding has been met with cautious optimism by New Zealand’s two providers of cochlear implant services. Southern Cochlear Implant Programme (SCIP) Chief Executive, Neil Heslop, said that currently…

Change of role title for Neil Heslop

Change of role title for Neil Heslop Tēnā koutou, At its Board meeting on 4 August the Southern Hearing Charitable Trust Board unanimously approved a change in role title from General Manager to Chief Executive for Neil Heslop. For administrative simplicity, the change has been backdated to be effective from 1 July 2020. Neil was…

June 2020 Newsletter

Our latest (June 2020) Newsletter is now available for viewing and download. As is usual, the Newsletter will also be emailed to those people we hold details for. Anyone we don’t hold an email address for will receive a hard copy by post. We’ll also have a link on our Facebook page. Enjoy the read!

COVID-19 – SCIP Update – Alert Level 1

A copy of this notice can be downloaded here. This sheet provides advice about the services the SCIP will be providing at Alert Level 1. While almost all restrictions have been removed, we would remind people of the “golden rules” under Level 1 from the Prime Minister; If you are sick, stay home If you…

SCIP Patient and Referrer Survey

The SCIP is running a survey for patients, families, and referrers. We’d really like your feedback on our service; what we do well, how we might improve, and what comments you have generally about our service. The survey is being run using Survey Monkey and all responses are anonymous. There are separate surveys for adult…