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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>15</strong> <strong>2018</strong> 5<br />
News<br />
A <strong>Star</strong> Media Event<br />
Workplace entries up for<br />
• By Julia Evans<br />
TEAMS OF doctors,<br />
construction workers,<br />
accountants and scientists will<br />
be ready and waiting at the start<br />
line of the <strong>Star</strong> Media City2Surf.<br />
This year’s event has seen<br />
record number of team entries<br />
from workplaces. Last year, there<br />
were 130 teams, this year 170.<br />
<strong>Star</strong> Media events manager<br />
Vanessa Fleming said more than<br />
2000 participants are made up<br />
from teams.<br />
“We are seeing an increase of<br />
team entries this year with health<br />
and well-being becoming more<br />
front of mind in local businesses<br />
which is great to see,” she said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> team from Pegasus Health<br />
have had 145 in training leading<br />
up to the event.<br />
Chief executive Vince Barry<br />
said the team included general<br />
practitioners, practice nurses,<br />
administrators, 24 Hour Surgery<br />
and Pegasus support services.<br />
“We encourage our staff and<br />
general practice teams to enter<br />
the City2Surf because it’s good<br />
for their health and mental<br />
wellbeing. It’s also a great opportunity<br />
for them to socialise and<br />
meet other people working in<br />
health from across Canterbury.”<br />
CHALLENGE: <strong>The</strong> Pegasus Health team for the City2Surf<br />
includes doctors, nurses, administrators, 24 Hour Surgery and<br />
Pegasus support services staff. PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER<br />
Synlait has been entering the<br />
City2Surf for seven years and<br />
this year is their best turnout,<br />
with 200 entrants.<br />
Director of people, culture<br />
and performance Boyd Williams<br />
said: “From manufacturing to<br />
finance to our laboratory, there is<br />
someone from every part of the<br />
organisation”<br />
This year will be the biggest<br />
turnout we’ve had at the<br />
City2Surf and we’re proud that<br />
it’s a highlight for our staff,” he<br />
said.<br />
But the biggest group is once<br />
again from Maori health provider<br />
He Waka Tapu.<br />
This year the social service<br />
agency locked in 1300 entrants<br />
within a week.<br />
Ms Fleming said the weather is<br />
looking great.<br />
She said the team are prepared<br />
for a big turn out, with entries<br />
steadily increasing this week.<br />
<strong>Star</strong> Media<br />
FAST FACTS<br />
•MetService is forecasting<br />
a fine day with a high of<br />
20 deg C<br />
•170 team entries<br />
•To enter the <strong>Star</strong> Media<br />
City2Surf visit www.<br />
city2surf.co.nz or you can<br />
enter on the day<br />
•<strong>The</strong> City2Surf on Sunday<br />
will be split into 6km and<br />
14km sections<br />
•<strong>The</strong> 14km fun run will<br />
start at Centennial Park,<br />
Spreydon, at 9am<br />
•<strong>The</strong> Sport Canterbury<br />
6km fun run will start at<br />
Hansen Park, Opawa, at<br />
10am<br />
•Both events will finish<br />
at the Ferrymead playing<br />
fields<br />
•<strong>The</strong>re will be<br />
entertainment with live<br />
music, food and free<br />
children’s entertainment<br />
following the event<br />
•Entrants are in the draw<br />
to win return flights for<br />
two to London thanks to<br />
Singapore Airlines<br />
•More information, p33-36<br />
Health officials<br />
to apologise<br />
•From page 1<br />
Mental Health Services acting<br />
general manager Barbara Wilson<br />
said the CDHB wished to sincerely<br />
apologise to Mr Booth for the<br />
lack of acknowledgement of his<br />
complaint into Liam’s care when<br />
he was brought to its emergency<br />
department in September.<br />
She said the CDHB received Mr<br />
Booth’s complaint on October 11.<br />
“We can assure Mr Booth that<br />
the points raised in his complaint<br />
will also be addressed in the Serious<br />
Event Review,” Ms Wilson said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Serious Event Review is the<br />
CDHB’s process when there has<br />
been a serious adverse event to<br />
identify opportunities to improve<br />
its systems and processes.<br />
A family adviser will be in<br />
communication with Mr Booth<br />
and Liam’s family to provide<br />
updates on the progress of the<br />
review.<br />
Eighteen days before before his<br />
death, Liam had threatened to<br />
harm himself at Halswell Quarry<br />
Park. Liam was taken to Christchurch<br />
Hospital for assessment<br />
before he was discharged.<br />
Mr Booth has since told the<br />
CDHB that hospital staff had<br />
wrongly discharged Liam and<br />
taken his word he was not going<br />
to harm himself.<br />
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