Southern trauma team to be launchedSupplied by Southern DHB Southern DHB chief executive Chris Fleming. The Southern District Health Board is preparing to reduce preventable deaths from major trauma by creating a Southern Trauma Service. Mike Hunter will head a team tasked with improving the co-ordination of care of patients who had suffered major multiple injuries, a SDHB spokeswoman said. International research showed that through better coordination of care, lives were saved and patients spent less time in hospital and achieved better results through rehabilitation. Southern DHB chief executive Chris Fleming said the team's work would shed light on the extent of trauma in the district and improve the recovery outcomes of trauma patients.

Source: Stuff September 14, 2017 05:03 UTC