Over 1.5 million free toothbrushes and toothpastes have now been distributed to preschoolers and their whānau across the country through a national initiative aiming to improve the oral health of young children
It was a bruising year for practice nurses and their employers, with parity funding falling far short of expectations. Next year will bring a pay equity claim. Fiona Cassie reports
A firewall glitch saw the New Zealand ePrescription Service grind to a halt last Friday morning, leaving many e-prescriptions stuck in limbo between general practices and pharmacies
Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand has taken a number of urgent steps, including legal action, in light of unauthorised disclosure and misuse of data by one of its staff members
The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists have settled their pay negotiations with Te Whatu Ora ending months of bargaining and industrial action
Rob Campbell shares some thoughts about two of the greatest and most pressing challenges we face today: climate and health. These notes were prepared for an online address ot the annual meeting of Ora Taiao NZ Climate and Health Council annual meeting on 29 November
The catalyst for the heading of this blog was a text I recently received from a former district health board (DHB) chair on the response of Health New Zealand (Te Whatu Ora) to a paywalled article by journalist Isaac Davison in the NZ Herald (24 November): When a crackdown on business consultants isn’t a crackdown
Te Whatu Ora is the largest people organisation in the country, we employ over 90,000 people nationally and manage an operating budget in excess of $26 billion annually
A data breach of Pinnacle Midlands Health Network last year affected hundreds of thousands of people after the PHO’s system was hacked, and the attackers gained access to patient health records via a third-party server
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