News and Events
ARO finishes in top ten in JRA Best Workplaces Awards
Posted: 21 November 2011
ARO is proud to announce it's success in the JRA Best Workplaces
Awards 2011, finishing in the top ten in the small business
category at the awards ceremony held at the Langham Hotel in
Auckland on Thursday 17 November. This is ARO's third
consecutive year as a finalist and is another great milestone for
the organisation.
This great achievement represents the outstanding working
environment at ARO and their commitment to their employees.
The process involved staff completing a workplace climate and
employee engagement survey which measured key areas of employee
satisfaction, then compared ARO to companies of a similar size.
ARO are looking forward to the year ahead with positive and
enthusiastic staff to build and maintain their exceptional work
culture. Denise Redwood, the manager of ARO, commented on the
survey answers, "What is exciting for the management team is to see
that our highest rating questions related to high standards of
performance, belief in the organisation, feeling that they worked
for a successful organisation and belief in their leadership. This
is such a strong foundation to build on and we look forward to
maintaining these high standards and supporting our team to do even
greater things in years to come".
Finalists announced in JRA Best Workplaces Awards 2011
Posted: 31 October 2011
ARO is delighted with its place on the JRA Best
Workplaces Awards 2011 finalists list, under the small workplace
category. The overall winner will announced on 17 November at
a black tie awards ceremony in Auckland. View the complete
article in the Media Release section
New research project for women undergoing radiation therapy
Posted: 01 February 2011
One of the major concerns for women undergoing radiation therapy
to the breast area is the extent of the skin reaction or "burning"
they might experience. This is a very individual reaction to
the treatment and the amount of skin changes vary greatly from
patient to patient, dependant on skin type, age and lifestyle
amongst other things. The team at ARO is about to embark on a
research project in conjunction with three other centres around New
Zealand to investigate the use of silicon based dressing that shows
promise in reducing skin reactions in patients receiving radiation
therapy to the breast and chest wall.
The dressings were originally designed for the treatment of
burns. They adhere to healthy skin, do not stick to wounds
nor react to chemicals in or on the skin. A pilot study
conducted in Dunedin in 2008 showed that these silicon dressings
significantly reduced the amount of radiation induced skin changes
compared with the use of standard skin treatments. These
results are reflected in other international studies and the ARO
team are looking forward to being able to offer this improvement to
their patients in due course.
It is expected this study will get underway in February
2011.
Best Places to Work - Auckland Radiation Oncology
Posted: 08 December 2010
ARO are very proud to be a finalist in the JRA Best Place to
Work for the second year running.
2010 - Finalist - small business category
2009 - Runner up - small business category
The survey provides us with fantastic feedback on what is working
and how satisfied and happy the team at ARO are. What is great is
that the survey is confidential and that the team at ARO have taken
the time to participate.