WAIKATO HEALTH NEWS
SUMMER 2018/19 WELCOME TO OUR SUMMER ISSUE WHICH INCLUDES STORIES, HEALTH ADVICE AND INFORMATION FROM WAIKATO DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD FOR VISITORS, PATIENTS AND PUBLIC.
PUBLISHED BY Waikato District Health Board Hamilton, New Zealand December 2018
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Warm welcome at Hauora ihub I
f you are visiting Waikato Hospital or coming for a clinic appointment, Hauora ihub is one of the things you will notice in the big open corridor space of Meade Clinical Centre Level 1. It’s near the community pharmacy, sushi shop and the area where you may also find a volunteer playing the piano. Next time, wander over and say hello. It’s a people-friendly “drop-in” space where visitors, patients’ families or those coming to a clinic can access health and wellbeing information, referrals to health and screening programmes, and even some on-thespot services like blood pressure and cervical smear tests. “People love it, especially Māori people – they appreciate our approach, the way we take the time to show manaakitanga (caring, hospitality, respect) and make personal connections,” says the Hauora ihub nurse Natalie Lewis, looking back over the first five months since it was opened in late June 2018. Its kaupapa is to make health information and services more accessible to Māori, Pasifika and lower income families - people who often don’t feel comfortable dealing with the mainstream health system. Inside the ihub is a cosy room where Natalie can talk privately with
customers. Many of them, she says, have avoided having check-ups or mammograms or smears for many years, if at all. “Some have very complex health issues, and they want someone who will take the time to listen. That’s what I can do,” she says. “I do a lot of listening, but that is what builds trust and a connection between people.” When we arrived to interview Natalie, she was asking Alofa, one of her volunteer helpers, to escort a lady to Breast Care Centre for her first mammogram in six years – and the look of relief and confidence in that lady’s face (and her husband’s) told a story. More recently the Hauora ihub team has started setting up a stand at events or places away from the hospital to reach into the community. On Friday 16 November two of Natalie’s volunteer helpers were at the Te Kōhao Health Whānau Ora Day at Kirikiriroa Marae in Hamilton.
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Neonatal nurse practitioner Anja Hale (left) and charge nurse manager Chantelle Hill. Leonie Metcalfe
Passionate advocate DHB enrolled W aikato nurse Leonie
Metcalfe was among four nurses honoured at the annual New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) Awards on 19 September. Leonie has been an enrolled nurse (EN) at Waikato Hospital for 35 years and was nominated for being a great advocate for enrolled nursing at every opportunity.
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wo Premature Anne baby manikins were donated to Waikato Hospital’s Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in October.
The manikins are highly sophisticated, realistically proportioned 25-week premature “dolls” which provide interactive simulation training for healthcare professionals involved in resuscitation and care of premature babies. This support comes from The Neonatal Trust and is a result of being the charity partner of the 2017 NZFMA Thomson Reuters Charity Golf Classic. Providing realistic training experiences will help save these tiniest of lives and reduce the chance of complications.
She works in Ward E1 at Waikato Hospital which is mainly for obstetrics and gynaecology patients, both acute and elective services. “I have a passion for women’s health and I’ve worked in the area of women’s health since 2002. As an enrolled nurse I am included in a team of registered nurses, health care assistants and medical staff in providing the best health care to women accessing health services at Waikato DHB.” There are enrolled nurses working in many areas across the health sector – in hospitals, mental health services, corrections facilities, primary care, aged care facilities as well as in specialised areas such as home haemodialysis.
Waikato doctors Victoria Carlsen, Joy Marriott, Toral Kamdar and Tava Mudzamiri were presented with their RANZCOG Fellowship in Adelaide. Senior medical officer Dr Lara Colbourne also received the award but wasn’t able to attend the ceremony.
Waikato doctors awarded Fellowships ongratulations to five of our medical staff who were awarded their Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) Fellowship.
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A RANZCOG Fellow is a specialist obstetrician and gynaecologist who has completed at least four years of core training and a further two of advanced training. Women’s Health service manager Rebecca MacRae says, “This is a significant achievement and in recent years there has been much improvement to the service and the team culture within the department. We have a top quality obstetrics and gynaecology service with some of the most highly trained consultants, comparable to any other tertiary unit anywhere in the world.”
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New Maternity Centre for Te Kuiti new Maternity Resource Centre is opening in Te Kuiti – the first of three such centres across the southern rural district.The opening marks a significant change in the way Waikato DHB offers maternity services in the area. The centre will support women and their babies during their pregnancy and post-natal care to navigate a range of community resources and social services.
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“It’s about supporting health and wellbeing through pregnancy, birthing and beyond.”
It will be an important networking hub with a focus on wellbeing and prevention. The centre operates out of a building in the heart of the community and is the outcome of involving the community and people who will be using the service in its design. Jill Dibble, director of community and southern rural health for Waikato DHB, says: “We want to ensure that women, their babies and whānau are well connected to wider health and social services.
The centre will also host Well Child providers, “It’s about supporting lactation (breastfeeding) consultants, midwives, health and wellbeing mental health staff and other social services, and will focus on key priorities such as the DHB’s through pregnancy, smoke free, immunisation, nutrition and parenting birthing and beyond.” programmes.
“The Maternity Resource Centre will make it easier for service providers to collaborate and interact with each other. It will work with people in the community to develop programmes that are meaningful to them.
Technology will help women access more “virtual” services, and in future that will include being able to connect with health professionals remotely rather than having to travel to appointments. The centre will also provide a place of social connection for women and their babies in their communities.
Magical photo wins New Zealand’s beautiful from any angle you look, it’s just magical,” says Maria Panzo who works for Waikato DHB’s Community and Southern Rural Health and is the most recent winner of an internal staff photo competition.
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Her photo and some of the runners-up will be featured on the Waikato DHB website home page (www.waikatodhb.health.nz) over the coming months. Maria’s hobby is photography and with so many beautiful landscapes to choose from in the Waikato, it makes it very easy and enjoyable for her to fulfil her passion outside of work. The image which won Maria the staff competition was taken just north of Hamilton overlooking farm area from the Zealong carpark in Gordonton. She says: “I didn’t have a plan for that day, but I checked the forecast and it was going to be beautiful with the sun rising around 6.30am, so I had to be at a location shooting before this time. “It was a foggy morning. I used my drone for this shot, and once it was up I thought OMG – this is awesome. “I took several shots, 360 degrees and then chose this one. This was first attempt.”
Across: 1. Sunscreen, 3. Pav, 6. Melanomas, 9. Rash, 11. Factor, 13. Fun, 14. Ham, 15. Sun, 19. Party, 20. Beach, 22. Ho, 23. Skin, 24. Pohutukawa, 25. Quay.
Answers to back page crossword puzzle
Check out her Instagram account handle: @natyenriquezpanzophotography if you’re interested in seeing more of her work and getting in touch.
Maria Panzo with her winning photo. Another of her photos is featured on the back page of this magazine. Down: 1. Summer, 2. Exams, 3. Piglet, 4. Bittern, 5. Bach, 7. Sea, 8. Christmas, 10. Sand, 11. Family, 12. Carol, 17. Jacket, 18. Cherry, 20. BBQ, 21. Slaw, 22. Hop.
Maria loves taking photos, saying she got her skill from her father along with her siblings. She is also an active member of the Waikato Photographic Society, where she’s learnt a lot of her technique in honing her skills and gathers inspiration from other enthusiasts.
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Waikato DHB at Rou a fantastic turnout with almost 400 staff entries W eforhad this year’s Round the Bridges race on Sunday 18
November. We are proud of everyone who enjoyed this annual event where the DHB subsidises its staff to enter, supporting them to be active and to enjoy themselves.
A winner on the day was Sean Trowern (photos below) in the male under 20 years category, and in 10th place overall in a very good time of 43 minutes 21 seconds. Sean has worked as an attendant at Waikato Hospital this year and loved it, but will be leaving us to start a threeyear medical imaging degree at UCOL in Palmerston North. All the best Sean, and we hope to have you running back to us in the future!
MAKE A SPLASH
SLIP SLOP SLAP WRAP
into a long-sleeved shirt and into the shade on plenty of broad-spectrum SPF 30+ sunscreen on a hat with a wide-brim or a cap with flaps on a pair of close-fitting sunglasses
WHO’S YOUR BUDDY
Never let children swim alone; always designate swimming buddies before visiting the beach, pool, lakes or rivers.
SUIT UP IN LIFEJACKETS
Take them, wear them. Children included. If it doesn’t fit, get one that does.
DON’T DRINK AND DIVE You are 18 times more likely to drown if you have been drinking alcohol prior to jumping in the water.
DON’T BE PUSHY
Never run, push or jump on others in and around the pool.
SWIM FOR THE WIN
Teach children to be comfortable in water and swim at an early age.
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Emma with Sally at Round the Bridges 2018.
i there. I’m Emma Walker, a physio based at Waikato Hospital. I am really keen to encourage everyone in exercise and wellbeing.
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Some of Waikato Hospital Radiology Department in their striking ‘skeleton crew’ t-shirts relax in Waikato DHB’s marquee.
Since moving to the area I have been helping at a charity called Achilles. They encourage sport and wellbeing for all, and particularly for people who want to be active but have had an illness or disability which has limited their activity or knocked their confidence. We meet regularly and have a varied mix of people with different ability and disabilities, from visually impaired to previous stroke survivors. Just recently I ran (as a guide) the 12km Round the Bridges with one of the athletes who is visually impaired. (see photo) We are keen to offer this to more people.
Waikato DHB’s over-arching value People at Heart was very much on display at Round the Bridges 2018, Hamilton’s iconic walk/run event.
SUMMER FOOD SAFETY The risk of food poisoning increases when the weather is warmer. If you are barbequing, having a picnic or preparing the family meal, summer food safety is important.
CLEAN
Clean utensils, surfaces and hands often.
COOK
Cook foods till hot right through.
SEPARATE Keep raw and cooked foods separate.
CHILL
Don’t wait, refridgerate! Cover, and chill quickly.
Our Sunday walks or runs are at all different speeds and totally depend on the fitness of the athlete. Achilles guides are not medical experts or doctors or caregivers, we are just people who want to share our joy of moving forward, whether it is being a sighted guide for a blind runner or supporting someone recovering from a stroke to walk shorter distances with the goal of maybe one day walking 5kms. But more than this, it’s about the shared experiences of a group of people with a range of disabilities and what they can achieve as a team supporting each other.
So whether you have a traumatic brain injury, or are a paraplegic or amputee or maybe recovering from a stroke one thing you have to want is to get better and to move forward. This is where we can help.
Achilles Hamilton has fortnightly Sunday training sessions at 8.30am, and meet at the car park by The Verandah Cafe & Function Centre (by Hamilton Lake) in Hamilton. Please contact Peter Loft on 021 355 866 or hamilton@achillesnewzealand.org for more information.
Check our website www.achillesnewzealand.org and find the Waikato Chapter. There are also Achilles groups in Tauranga and Rotorua.
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Left to right: Susan King, Alison Jackman, Millie Fraser, Jean Neshausen, Maata McManus, Wati Ngamane (Ngati Maru chair), and Maata’s sister Nora.
Thames 150 years celebrations ‘‘hugely successful” book launch, tours of the hospital, historical exhibitions, a church service and many informal and formal staff reunions were among the hugely successful events held 2-4 November 2018 as the culmination of months of celebrating 150 years of Thames Hospital.
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Five framed korowai woven by Waikato DHB kaitiaki Maata McManus and some of her “korowai ladies” – Tania Rapana, Annie Rewharewha, Jayden Abraham, and Susan King – were unveiled and blessed at a ceremony in the hospital corridor where they will hang as a permanent commemoration of present and past staff, all patients who have been cared for in the hospital, and to Ngati Maru for its kind donation of land for the hospital over 150 years ago. On Saturday a march from Thames Museum to Thames Hospital was led by nurses dressed in replica World War 1 uniforms to honour the Thames Hospital nurses who served in the war. The march ended at the Thames Clinical Centre where speeches were made and a specially decorated cake was cut by Janny Brouwer and Jim Doull, both avid supporters of Thames and its hospital. Janny trained as a nurse in Holland before migrating to NZ and starting at Thames Hospital in 1956, while Jim Doull started as a medical student in 1962 and went on to become a house surgeon, hospital anaesthetist and general practitioner in Thames.
Board member Sally Christie and retired surgeon Paul Silvester with the commemorative cake.
Church service at St George Anglican Church, Thames.
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Level 3 Certificate graduation are support staff often have the most contact with patients. They are the ones who do the hands-on cares – showering, washing, toileting, helping with cuppas and meals, and often providing much appreciated reassurance, a friendly chat, or holding a hand and just listening.
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Congratulations to the 18 healthcare support staff who have graduated with a Level 3 Certificate in Health and Wellbeing delivered by the DHB’s Healthcare Support Workers Team. At the graduation ceremony in October, Waikato DHB chief nursing and midwifery officer Sue Hayward presented the health care assistants and psychiatric assistants with their certificates and senior managers spoke of the valued contribution healthcare support staff make to providing excellent patient care. Special awards were presented to Sue Fender (Hospice Waikato) and Liam Crotty (Corrections: Waikeria) in recognition of their excellent person-centred care. Cheryl Tuck (Tokoroa Hospital) and Fa’ati (Fiona) Nandan (Ward 14, Waikato Hospital) received awards for their commitment to learning and development. The programme takes six to nine months to complete and at least three study days. It is part of Waikato DHB’s commitment to building the confidence and knowledge of its healthcare support staff. The certification programme was developed by Waikato DHB in partnership with Careerforce NZ and is recognised by NZQA. It is available to healthcare support workers employed by Waikato DHB and also by organisations that have a contract with Waikato DHB, such as Hospice Waikato, Corrections Department, Lakes DHB and some private facilities.
Regional Renal Centre HCA Maria Manuel was supported at the graduation ceremony by her husband Joed and daughter Mary Loudeth.
Waikato Hospital HCA Fa’ati (Fiona) Nandan with her graduation certificate and her award.
From supermarket supervisor to healthcare assistant wo and a half years ago, Cheryl Tuck was caring for her elderly, sick mum while also holding down a job as a supermarket supervisor. What changed the direction of her life were some of the last coherent words her mum spoke before she died: “Don’t waste your life working at the supermarket. You’re so good at doing this.”
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And she is. Caring for people, the hands-on personal cares and caring contact that healthcare assistants provide for patients, is what Cheryl does full-time now after leaving her supermarket job and doing a six month course in wellbeing at Toi Ohomai Institute. She is a healthcare assistant (HCA) at Tokoroa Hospital, and was one of 18 health care support staff recently graduating with a Level 3 Certificate in Health and Wellbeing in October this year. “It is a hugely rewarding job,” she says.
Cheryl Tuck at Tokoroa Hospital.
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Showcasing beautiful Waikato
Photographer Maria Panzo. See story page 3.
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