Acute admissions to Christchurch Hospital nearly halved over the lockdown but GP referrals stayed relatively steady, according to Canterbury DHB modelling of unmet demand due to COVID-19
A $136 million boost to whānau ora to help Māori recover from COVID-19 is welcomed but specific funding for Māori and public health initiatives is unclear, says Hāpai Te Hauora chief executive Selah Hart
The Government’s commitment to avoid austerity or cut lifeline services while recovering from COVID-19 crisis has heartened College of Nurses executive director Jenny Carryer
Getting a good handle on primary health’s share of Budget funding is frustratingly difficult, says University of Auckland health policy researcher Tim Tenbensel
The Budget investment in the general practice workforce that has put its life at risk under COVID-19 has underwhelmed and disappointed Primary Health Alliance chair Angus Chambers
Lack of government recognition for general practice’s perilous state and its pivotal role in the COVID-19 crisis has deeply disappointed NZMA GP council chair Jan White
Today is Florence Nightingale’s 200th birthday. The nurse often sentimentally depicted as “the lady with the lamp” should be better known as an early epidemiologist or “the lady with the stats”, writes Fiona Cassie
Race relations commissioner Meng Foon is seeking answers from the Ministry of Health as to why Asian communities appear to be under-represented in COVID-19 testing rates
With 20 cruise ships visiting Stewart Island this summer, the island’s only resident health professional had a watchful and wary start to the COVID-19 lockdown
