Nursing leader Jenny Carryer hopes that the new $4.6 million a year training fund for “rural and regional areas” is a signal that the rural training hubs may be on the way
No relief has been offered in the Budget for the 200 adults on the national waiting list for cochlear implants much to the disappointment of Southern Cochlear Implant Programme general manager Neil Heslop
After more than a decade of campaigning, NZNO’s kaiwhakahaere Kerri Nuku says she is “gutted” at the failure to address chronic underfunding of Māori and iwi health providers in the Budget
An outpouring of support has touched Hawera Hospital after the tragic loss of well-liked and respected team member Amjad Hamid in the Christchurch mosque shootings
The vast majority of votes cast by primary care nurses has backed a new one-year pay deal for a 4 per cent increase, with the hope of a bigger pay boost to come
Doctors and nurses from a neighbouring Christchurch practice were the first responders to the harrowing scene of the Linwood Mosque shooting in an act of “extreme professionalism”
The loss of a Palestinian doctor who dedicated most of his medical career to Kiwi patients is being mourned as a devastating loss to the health profession
A stocktake of practice nurse temps is underway to see how many are qualified vaccinators as Canterbury braces to cope with the upsurge in demand for measles vaccinations
