It is a massive reform process but he wouldn’t have taken the job unless he was confident of success, says Rob Campbell, the unionist-turned-professional chair appointed to lead Health New Zealand
Nursing leaders today expressed frustration that no nurse nominations made it onto the newly announced boards for Health New Zealand and the Māori Health Authority
The belief that health system problems will be fixed by returning to centralised control is a “false illusion”, argues former Canterbury DHB chief executive David Meates
GPs and nurses are being funded to reach out to their unvaccinated Māori and Pacific patients as part of a “trusted clinician” pilot funded by Nelson Marlborough DHB
An emergency fund providing case-by-case support for practices and urgent-care centres unable to adapt to the drop in patient presentations during lockdown, is an option to consider, says GenPro chair Tim Malloy
AN EMERGENCY FUND providing case-by-case support for practices and urgent-care centres unable to adapt to the drop in patient presentations during lockdown, is an option to consider, says GenPro chair Tim Malloy.
The call for residents in seven suburbs of interest to volunteer for surveillance COVID-19 testing has led to a slight increase in swabbing, report general practices contacted by New Zealand Doctor Aotearoa
Nearly 5000 New Zealand doctors have now signed a pro-COVID-19 vaccine letter, compared with five doctors whose anti-vax stands have prompted misinformation complaints to the health and disability commissioner’s office