Finance minister Grant Robertson’s first Budget, delivered on 17 May, saw Vote Health increased to $18.225 billion, second only to Vote Social Development ($24.284 billion) as a share of government spending.
The information below, garnered from an Official Information Act request to DHBs, aims to shed some light on how much funding each Rural SLAT has responsibility for and what it is being spent on
The floppy disk is long gone, but there are plenty of new innovations in health IT. Fiona Thomas presents an A to Z of what's going on in the health tech sector.
Keira Stephenson meets a King Country Māori health trust that started life almost 30 years ago as a little Māori health committee. It’s now a leading light of the whānau ora movement
A Horizon Research poll commissioned by New Zealand Doctor suggests widely felt reluctance among doctors to be involved in assisting death in cases of terminal illness and suffering. But male and older doctors may be keener on a change to the law
With recruitment, retention and resourcing a perennial problem outside the major centres, Keira Stephenson pays a visit to three “rural-ish” practices. She finds that, guided by steady hands, with a pinch of humour and cupfuls of commitment, they are getting the rural recipe right
Apologising doesn’t come easy to many, but a good apology can heal many emotional wounds. Fiona Thomas asks the experts to shed light on the controversial doctor-to-patient apology
The demise of the single-GP practice has been predicted for decades, as the twin forces of amalgamation and corporatisation gobble up small businesses. But a healthy handful are still plying their traditional trade – and newcomers are joining their ranks. Cliff Taylor asks whether solo GPs are the last of the lone rangers, or is there life in the old practice model yet
Teresea Olsen QSM has built a major Māori health and social services provider on the foundations laid by her mother, who sought to provide hope and help from makeshift premises in a corner of the Hutt Valley. Virginia McMillan reports. Pictures by Dean Zilwood
From humble beginnings as a retail assistant in her local pharmacy during high school, to receiving a Distinguished Practice Award from the International Pharmaceutical Federation, Jane Dawson’s pharmacy career has been far from ordinary.
Specialist GP Nikki Vadgama provides some tips to make your next paediatric eczema consult easier. She includes a review of new guidelines, resources, websites and medications for paediatric eczema management