Annual Report by Sir Liam for the Northern Regional Health Authority.
Health issues covered in this report significant to the Northern Region include;
Progress on the previous years' recommendations and major achievements in the region;
Adequately diagnosing and treating high blood pressure;
Prescribing cheaper but equally effective medicines to save money and treat more patients;
Greater use of day case surgerys in hospitals;
Reducing the risk of death through meningitis by administering penicillin injections before transferring sufferers to hospital;
Administering steroids to mothers in premature labour to reduce incidences of respiratory distress syndrome;
And the development and use of agreed clinical guidlines to standardise the treatment of patients.