Our National Partners Hospice New Zealand and our members enjoy the long standing support of our three national partners BNI, Craigs Investment Partners and House of Travel. Here we take a look at some of the great work that has been going on within these partnerships:
Craigs Investment Partners As Hospice NZ Education Partner, Craigs Investment Partners support has enabled the full revision and distribution of two essential training resources during 2013 – the Syringe Driver Competency Training Program (SD) and the Care Assistants Training (CA). Craigs Investment Partners staff contribute to hospice in a wide variety of ways such as volunteering on Hospice Boards and working with hospice staff across the country to raise money and awareness, through golf days, art exhibits, charity auctions and Street Appeals, Strawberry Festivals and Remembrance Trees. Looking to the future, Craigs Investment Partners have recently renewed their partnership with Hospice New Zealand and we look forward to continuing to build on this valued working relationship.
BNI and House of Travel Cambridge join together to help Hospice Waikato Late last year, House of Travel Cambridge and BNI Cambridge joined forces to hold a very successful raffle in support of Hospice Waikato. The raffle raised a grand total of $22,820. Funds went towards the much needed purchase of a Portable Ultra Sound Machine for Hospice Waikato. Having an ultrasound based at the hospice will allow medical staff to make diagnoses and undertake procedures previously only available at a hospital. The machine can also be transported to a person at home in the community or a residential aged care facility. One of the organisers of the raffle, Pieta Mace, President of BNI Cambridge and also the Retail Manager of House of Travel Cambridge says “without this raffle Hospice Waikato may not have been able to purchase this very important piece of technology”. BNI New Zealand Director Graham Southwell adds “We are really excited as not only is this an awesome result, it is also the first time we are aware of that two Hospice NZ National Partners have done something like this in a collaborative way.”
Palliative Care Lecture Series 2014 This education opportunity is designed for healthcare professionals with an interest in palliative care. This series is delivered free of charge via teleconference on the first Thursday of each month, from 7.30 – 8.30am, from February to December. You can access the lectures in two ways: Live You can access these lectures by attending any registered site across the country, including all hospices. Each site hosts the teleconference lecture with accompanying power point presentation. Live lectures include a Q&A session with the speaker and are endorsed by the Royal New College of General Practitioners. Website Post lecture access is available through the Hospice NZ website. Where presenters have given their permission, recordings of previous lectures are available on our website – see ‘previous lectures’ at the bottom of this page: www.hospice.org.nz/education-and-training/palliativecare-lecture-series
UPCOMING LECTURES 5 June 2014 Deaths and the need for palliative care in New Zealand: history and regional projections
Prof. Heather McLeod, Senior Analyst Palliative Care, Cancer Control New Zealand
3 July 2014 Chemotherapy agents for lung cancer and implications for palliative care
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Dr. Helen Winter, Medical Oncologist, MidCentral DHB, Palmerston North