Cherie Seamark (Te Āti Awa ki Whakarongotai, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāti Tama, Ngāti Mutunga) is the new chief executive of Te Awakairangi Health Network
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora, Hauora Māori Service Directorate is today releasing He Arotake: Te Aka Whai Ora Suicide Prevention and Postvention Review, a comprehensive report aimed at enhancing suicide prevention and postvention services for Māori across Aotearoa
For two years reporter Alan Perrott has been chasing the fate of $20 million worth of diabetes funding only to discover spending money isn’t as easy as you would think
A new threshold for how much practices can raise patient fees and allowing Very Low Cost Access practices to charge some patients more are some of the minor tweaks in Te Whatu Ora’s final capitation offer
Rural practices want a short-lived scheme offering relocation funding incentives to overseas GPs to continue, so struggling practices can compete in the global market
A government report depicts a fictional scenario of the future in which the general practice workforce crisis has been overcome by the ‘smooth rollout of artificial intelligence’
The Government’s decision to remove COVID sick leave for health workers is questionable, when mask-wearing is low and winter ills are flourishing. Also a shock is reading the latest statistics on perinatal mortality, writes deputy editor Patrice Dougan
GPs shouldn’t bear the burden of medical specialist shortages, says psychiatrist Marie Bismark, who quit last month as the last remaining community mental health psychiatrist serving Kāpiti
Health Minister Shane Reti appeared delighted to be on hand last week in Auckland to mark a new milestone for the National Bowel Screening Programme, which has now sent out two million testing kits to Kiwis
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