Dr Janet Turnbull, of Porirua, MNZM for services to health
Dr Janet Turnbull is a Geriatrician and Palliative Care Physician. She was the Clinical leader of the ORA (Older Adult, Rehabilitation and Allied Health) service at Capital and Coast District Health Board. She has worked within the DHB to remodel the Geriatric Service and create specialist services in Movement Disorders. She has helped to develop the Community Multi-disciplinary Motor Neurone Disease service. She was a member of the College Adult Education Committee and an examiner for the college. She has provided specialist education in palliative care in neurodegenerative disease, and provides support to the Mary Potter Hospice Community Service. Dr Turnbull is a Fellow of the Australasian College of Physicians.