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Come along to your Community Health Forum

Waikato District Health Board

Kia ora neighbours, we at Waikato DHB want more of you to have a say in health. We’re on a journey to enable better access to local community health and wellbeing.

Come along and share your knowledge and experience as we work together on this.

Also on the agenda are:
• Proposed changes to the health system
• Recovering from the cyber attack
• COVID-19 vaccination update
• Local wellbeing initiatives and more

When: Noon - 2pm, Tuesday 20 July 2021
Where: South Waikato Events Centre, 25 Mossop Road, Tokoroa

Community Health Forums are a gathering of local people who share in a conversation about what matters to their community and hear what’s happening from the DHB and other local organisations/groups.

We look forward to meeting you. He whakarongo tātou – we’re here to listen
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