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Lost finger for patient; polite war of words for Te Whatu Ora and HDC

March 2025

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Wednesday 26 February 2025, 02:30 AM

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Consumers have a right to know which health services, such as skin cancer treatment, pose a risk due to workload pressure, says the Health and Disability Commissioner [Image: EunikaSopotnicka on iStock]

A recent HDC decision has called attention to service pressures, only for Te Whatu Ora to push back, arguing that monitoring access to care is the ministry’s role, a dispute that highlights wider concerns over accountability, resource allocation and oversight limits in the healthcare system. Alan Perrott reports

ESSENTIALS Delays in diagnosing a man’s cancer diagnosis led to finger amputation, lymph node removal and radiation therapy.  The HDC c, READ MORE

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Many people travel to high-altitude destinations, meaning clinicians are often faced with questions about how to prevent and treat altitude illness. Update your knowledge with this New Zealand Society of Travel Medicine summary of updated evidence-based guidelines with comments by senior lecturer Jenny Visser – it outlines the best prophylactic regimens, diagnostic approaches and treatment protocols for acute altitude illness

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