Doctor Jan Bone, who led the emergency department during the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, will give a free public lecture on Thursday 21 November.

Whanganui District Health Board is partnering with ACC to help people caring for family at home regarding pressure injuries. 

“A positive step moving forward”; “A remarkable opportunity to be heard”; “I felt like people were listening to us” - these were some of the comments after Whanganui’s first Conversation Café.

Health Minister David Clark is encouraging Whanganui residents to take up the opportunity for free bowel screening, which can detect cancer early when it’s easier to treat.

Whanganui District Health Board medical imaging technologists (MITs) will strike for 24 hours beginning 7am on Wednesday 30 October and 7am on Friday 1 November 2019 with a full withdrawal of services.

Improving health outcomes for Māori will be a key focus of the national bowel screening programme which launched in Whanganui on Tuesday 22 October.

Whanganui mayor Hamish McDouall remembers his friend from university days in Otago as being “fit and a talented footballer who loved music”.

A collaborative framework has been put in place by various agencies dealing with the closure of State Highway 4.

The benefits of being in good physical shape before having surgery will be the focal point of a public display and inter-action at Whanganui Hospital on October 16.

A mystery $5000 donation has delighted staff at Whanganui Hospital.

Whanganui District Health Board medical imaging technologists (radiographers) will strike for 24 hours beginning 7am on Wednesday 2 October 2019 and ending 7am on Thursday 3 October 2019.

We are reviewing how we run our laboratory – and want your feedback.

More than 70 years after learning her first words in English, Ailsa Stewart is learning te reo Māori.

The outstanding efforts of those who work in Whanganui’s health and disability sector were recognised in some style at an awards night on Friday.[Sept 6]

The month of September is a reminder to pregnant women, their whānau and support network that drinking while hapu contributes to life-long problems for tamariki. Drinking while pregnant also increases the chance of premature birth, or losing your baby through miscarriage or stillbirth.

A woman’s best protection against developing cervical cancer is to have regular cervical screening.

A group of women living at Jane Winstone Retirement Village have used their ‘knit and natter’ sessions to knit dolls for Whanganui Hospital’s children’s ward.

Whanganui Hospital is running a competition to select photographs to brighten up its main corridor.

Taihape Childcare Centre (TCC) has gone water only - a move Whanganui District Health Board public health nurse Narisa Sargison says is recognition of the staff and children’s commitment to ridding their centre of sugary drinks.

B4 school checks are a vital health and developmental assessment available to all Kiwi four-year-olds.

Māori Television cameras were at Marton’s Māori health provider Te Kotuku Hauora where staff had organised for Whanganui District Health Board bowel screening project manager Ben McMenamin to give a…

A growing commitment to rural health is reflected in Whanganui District Health Board’s decision to take its August board meeting to Taihape.

With a lineage stretching back 175 years, Whanganui Hospital was a must to be part of Whanganui’s upcoming Heritage Month, and it will host an event on Saturday, August 10.

From Monday July 8 there will be some changes in the Emergency Department reception area at Whanganui Hospital.

Health minister David Clark has given a big tick to a number of health initiatives in Whanganui.

Whanganui District Health Board's laboratory testing is no longer sex-specific, removing barriers to access for the transgender community.

Getting fit for surgery has been a labour of love for David Lamese.

Save money, have more energy and feel healthier - just a few of the reasons to try Dry July this month.

An emphasis on a pro-active approach to complaints by Whanganui District Health Board has resulted in its lowest ever rate of complaints made to the Health & Disability Commissioner.

The winter months put extra demand on health services, and the Whanganui District Health Board says the best way to combat this is for people to take care of themselves and keep themselves healthy.