Slack patients draining DHB resources with no-shows
(WorldNews New Zealand)

Patients skipping appointments without cancelling are likely costing MidCentral District Health Board hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. The problem also slows down access to vital medical care for the no-show patients and others still waiting, and is a bugbear hospital staff are itching to combat. About 7800 appointments were skipped last year by people not required to stay at a DHB-run facility, hospital services operations director Lyn Horgan said. `Every time someone does not attend an appointment, it means another person misses out on the...