Today’s first “Wellbeing” budget has been hugely disappointing and a let-down for staff, patients, and Board alike. We are funded from Disability Support Services (DSS) which is a part of Vote Health. This year DSS was allocated an extra $484 million over 4 years but there does not appear to be anything set aside for…
DetailsThe Autumn (May 2019) Newsletter is available now for download. This Newsletter sees a change in format from those of recent years. The new format, we hope, will be shorter and easier to digest. The expectation is that this new format will have broader appeal than our patients and stakeholders alone (who remain our most…
DetailsRehabilitationist – Queens Drive We are looking for a Rehabilitationist! We’re ideally seeking someone with a qualification in speech or hearing therapy. A person with teaching, mentoring, or other education qualification and experience may be considered. For applicants who may have hearing loss, particularly those using a cochlear implant, and who lack the requisite academic…
DetailsPress Release Budget 2019 is now days away. We’re calling on the Minister of Health to urgently fund an additional 80 cochlear implants for adults each year, for the most urgent patients, and to clear the current waiting list of nearly 200 people. For our patients a cochlear implant is the only treatment that will…
DetailsThe adult Rehabilitation team have recently updated our adult Rehabilitation Manual. The new manual is version 1.7. The manual can be downloaded as a patient resource by following this link; Rehabilitation Manual v 1.7 If you have any questions about these changes please contact one of our Rehabilitation team; Nikki Cleine (nikki.cleine@scip.co.nz) Penny Monteath (penny.monteath@scip.co.nz)…
DetailsFarewell to Audiologist – Hatten Howard We say farewell to Hatten Howard in our Queens Drive clinic who leaves us on 18 April. Hatten has been with us for 3 years, and joined us from the US. We wish him well in his future endeavours. Welcome to Audiologist – Aretha Mulder Aretha is a NZ…
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