Te Aka Whai Ora is no more. Take another listen to System Fix: Episode 26 - Unwinding health reforms - as panellists and health policy experts Gabrielle Baker and Tim Tenbensel talk to host Barbara Fountain earlier this year about some of the implications
High cost rises and low government funding could see patient fee increases of up to 13.39 per cent allowed at some practices – the highest ever allowed under capitation funding
Expecting the public to bear the brunt of the Government’s ‘absolutely inadequate’ and ‘demoralising’ 4 per cent capitation offer through patient fee hikes is exasperating general practice leaders. Fiona Cassie summarises the feedback received by New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa as the ‘underwhelming’ offer goes out to consultation
A lobbied-for overnight urgent-care service will be kick-started in Wānaka in a few months by Te Whatu Ora in partnership with Central Otago Health Services as an “interim solution” for local healthcare needs
In a report published today, Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Deborah James has found MidCentral DHB (now Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Te Pae Hauora O Ruahine o Tararua MidCentral) breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for delays in providing a colonoscopy to a female in her 40s
A report released today by Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Dr Vanessa Caldwell has found Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for a significant delay in a woman’s cancer diagnosis
Health Minister Dr Shane Reti today officially opened Tōtara Haumaru, the country’s newest hospital facility, on Auckland’s North Shore Hospital campus
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora will partner with Central Otago Health Services Limited to provide a new urgent primary care service in Wānaka for the next 12 months
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