Regional Forums and Contacts

Regional Forum Presentations

Wellington Forums

Endocrine August 2019

• Managing Chronic Kidney Disease - Kay McLaughlin (PDF, 2.52MB)
• Thyroid Presentation - Louise Corlett (PDF, 364KB)

Continence - June 2019

• Catheter Management - Veruschka Hines (PDF, 822KB)
• Incontinence - Louise Mills (PDF, 1.5MB)
• Nocturia - Anne Leslie (PDF, 241KB)

Child Health

• Eczema Update - Kerry Dellabarca (PDF, 444KB)
• Red Flags in acute child assessment in Primary Care - Nikki Turner (PDF, 1.3MB)
• Supporting the growth and wellbeing of children in primary care - Emma Jones and Aisling Barrett (PDF, 2MB)

Blood Borne Infections

• Hepatitic C Community Programme Central Region - Sherly Gibbs (PDF, 591KB)
• Hepatitis C Fibroscanning in the Community - Lynnaire Matthews (PDF, 763KB)
• Hepatitis B Vaccinations - Bernadette Heaphy (PDF, 926KB)
• Chronic Hepatitis B - Jacqui Elms (PDF, 663KB)
• GB Education Resource Sheet (PDF, 321KB)
• Needle exchange and HIV presenter - Carl Greenwood -  e: carl@drugsproject.co.nz, t: 04 382 8404, m: 021 038 5225

Screening Tools

• Generalised Anxiety Scale (PDF, 94KB)
• Patient Health Questionnaire (PDF, 484KB)
• Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) (PDF, 34KB)
• Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (PDF, 137KB)

Other Forums

Travel Medicine

• Travel medicine resources (PDF 3.9MB)
• Risk Assessment (PDF 4MB)
• Vaccines (PDF 4.2MB)
• Travellers (PDF 6.6MB)
• VRFs and kids (PDF 3.7MB)

Palliative Care

• Advanced Care Planning in NZ
• Living Well Dying Well - Strategy for a Palliative Care Approach
• Palliative Care Initiative Funding

Download the Palliative Care strategies of some Wellington DHBs:

• Capital and Coast DHB
• Hutt Valley DHB
• Wairarapa DHB

Respiratory Study Evening 17 August 2016

• Common Respiratory Conditions in Primary Care - Nikki Turner A/Prof - Immunisation Advisory Centre, University of Auckland

Kidney Study Evening 23 February 2016

• The Donor Liaison Coordinator Role - Tony Stephens, Donor Liaison Coordinator, CCDHB (PPTX, 753KB)
• When Good Kidneys Go Bad - Kay McLaughlin, Renal Service, CCDHB (PPTX, 1.6MB)
• Diabetic Kidney Disease - Miranda Walker RN, Diabetes Nurse Clinical Specialist (Inpatients) CCDHB (PPTX, 3.8MB)\

Wound Care Study Evening 18 February 2014

• Assessment and Management of Skin Tears (PPT, 6MB)
• Cellulitis (PPT, 12MB)
• Fungal Infection and Venous Eczema (PPT, 12MB)

Wanganui/Manawatu Forum

• Eczema, it's an itchy business! - Nicola Lean, Clinical Nurse Specialist (PDF 2,321KB) 

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