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Keep your furry friends happy and safe this summer break
Monday , 17 December 2018
With summer holidays just around the corner, SPCA and Southern Cross Pet Insurance (SCPI) are urging pet-owners to consider all the options before deciding what to do with their beloved pets this holiday season.
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Bats, babies and wheelchairs: some of 2018's unusual travel insurance claims
Monday , 10 December 2018
An encounter with a bat and a monkey eating sunglasses are among some of the stranger claims Southern Cross Travel Insurance has received in the past year.
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Value and Affordability a key focus at Southern Cross Health Society AGM
Thursday , 6 December 2018
Southern Cross Medical Care Society held its Annual General Meeting in Wellington yesterday. Its Chairman Greg Gent and CEO Nick Astwick highlighted the organisation’s financial performance in the financial year ended 30 June 2018 and its focus on value and affordability.
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Southern Cross Health Society boosts in-house wellness expertise
Wednesday , 28 November 2018
Southern Cross Health Society has strengthened its workplace wellbeing expertise to help meet growing demand from Kiwi businesses for robust programmes to support the health of their people.
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Southern Cross releases first Pulse Report
Wednesday , 31 October 2018
Southern Cross Healthcare Group has released its first Pulse report, a two-page update on facts and stories from Southern Cross businesses in the past six months (in this case, April to September 2018).
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BeingWell Conference presents 'The How' of mental wellbeing at work
Tuesday , 30 October 2018
More than 500 people will attend Southern Cross Health Society’s BeingWell Conference on Thursday 1 November to discuss mental wellbeing at work.
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Protect your pet from paw-tential summer cat-astrophes
Friday , 14 September 2018
As summer nears and sun safety messaging for humans ramps up, a spate of pet insurance claims shows the need for us to be just as vigilant for our four-legged companions.
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Families becoming more adventurous in their winter holidays
Thursday , 5 July 2018
Families appear to be travelling further afield in their winter holidays than they used to, says Southern Cross Travel Insurance (SCTI).
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The biggest Smile yet — free dental care for low income Kiwis
Tuesday , 28 August 2018
Hundreds of low-income adults throughout the country will receive free dental care in mid-September, thanks to a joint campaign by Southern Cross Health Trust and New Zealand Dental Association.
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Southern Cross Health Trust funds essential health positions at Auckland City Mission
Tuesday , 24 July 2018
Southern Cross Health Trust has made a three-year commitment to fund two essential clinical positions at Auckland City Mission’s General Practice; the Calder Health Centre.
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Southern Cross Hospitals moves into preventative care with 50 per cent purchase of MedPro
Tuesday , 4 September 2018
Southern Cross Hospitals Ltd has completed the purchase of a 50 per cent share in nationwide workplace health service provider MedPro Healthcare.
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Veterinarians call for more owners to insure their pets
Tuesday , 11 September 2018
The New Zealand Veterinary Association (NZVA) is calling for more owners to insure their pets so they have more options for treatment and care should their pet get sick or injured.
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Protect your pet from a ruff car ride these holidays
Wednesday , 27 June 2018
Southern Cross Pet Insurance and the SPCA are calling on pet owners to keep their animals safe every time they take them in a vehicle, particularly in the lead up to the school holidays.
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Eight hour 'Live Well' benefit for employees believed to be first in New Zealand
Monday , 18 June 2018
Southern Cross Health Society has announced the one-year trial of a ‘Live Well’ day: offering all employees up to eight hours’ paid leave to attend personal health, wellbeing and ‘life admin’ appointments.
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High quality endoscopic care coming to Lower Hutt
Thursday , 24 May 2018
Southern Cross Hospitals Limited has joined forces with a group of specialists to build a new endoscopy unit in Lower Hutt to service the Hutt Valley, Wairarapa and Kapiti Coast.
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Curiosity almost killed the cat 10 unusual pet insurance claims
Monday , 14 May 2018
Southern Cross Pet Insurance has released its 10 most unusual claims of 2017, with the list dominated by dogs who have an appetite for everything from gloves and cotton buds to duvets and even dead pets.
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‘Take Life Back’: call to action from Health Society
Monday , 14 May 2018
Southern Cross Health Society this week launched a fresh new brand platform ‘Take Life Back’, urging Kiwis to reclaim the things that are important to their health and wellbeing.
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SCTI encourages travellers to ‘Free Your Adventure’ in new ad campaign
Thursday , 3 May 2018
Southern Cross Travel Insurance has launched a new trans-Tasman campaign encouraging people to think about their individual sense of adventure, rather than what may or may not happen to disrupt it.
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Online era presents benefits and issues for GPs
Monday , 23 April 2018
Research by Southern Cross Health Society reveals that, while GPs recognise the advantages some online and digital tools can provide to their practice, they have concerns about the implications of patients accessing medical information online.
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New North Shore Surgical Centre will offer orthopaedic treatment
Wednesday , 4 April 2018
A group of orthopaedic surgeons has teamed up with Southern Cross Hospitals in a joint venture to build a state-of-the-art day stay hospital in Milford on Auckland’s North Shore. The new facility will meet rising demand for high quality care in the area.
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