Appendix 1
Health Sector Provisional Improvement Notice Reviews Last Five Years
Year
Organisation
Primary concerns raised by workers in Provisional Improvement Notice
Number of
Provisional
Improvement
Notices
Reviewed
2019
Nelson Marlborough District Health Board Failure to ensure safe staffing levels in the emergency department.
1
2020
Capital and Coast District Health Board
Understaffing and overcrowding of patients.
1
2021
Hutt Val ey District Health Board
Understaffing causing burnout and staff being required to work extra shifts.
1
2021
Auckland District Health Board
Five PINs were issued in respect of failure to provide patient attenders fol owing cessation of strike action.
5
2021
Canterbury District Health Board
Multiple safety concerns in the Emergency Department through inappropriate clinical spaces.
1
2021
Southern District Health Board
Failing to adjust staff numbers to meet the acuity and demands of patient load in the Emergency Department.
1
2021
Capital and Coast District Health Board
Understaffing and high acuity, as wel as vulnerable elderly population presenting complex psychiatric and medical issues.
1
2021
Capital and Coast District Health Board
Understaffing and unsafe physical environment for staff and young people.
1
2022
Capital and Coast District Health Board
Inadequate PPE and concerns about isolation room air scrubbing.
1
2022
Capital and Coast District Health Board
Loss of safe service capacity in in patient wards due to staffing and workload.
1
2022
Capital and Coast District Health Board
Staffing levels resulting loss of safe service capacity.
1
2022
MidCentral District Health Board
Lack of bed capacity, especial y after hours. Insufficient staffing. Lack of ICT resources. Storage of equipment. Excessive
1
ambient noise.
2022
Te Whatu Ora Tairāwhiti (formerly
Staffing levels resulting loss of safe service capacity.
1
Tairāwhiti District Health Board)
2023
Waikato District Health Board
Safe working loads.
1
2023
Te Whatu Ora Lower Hutt
Staffing Issues related to roster requirements.
1
2024
Te Whatu Ora Capital Coast Hutt Valley
Cannot house and contain clients with severe conduct disorder and associated behaviours.
1
2024
Te Whatu Ora Waikato
Risk of harm from violent patients or visitors is not properly managed.
1
Source: WorkSafe New Zealand Case Management System.
Date: 17/10/2024