Rural health is largely missing from official documents and speeches on the health reforms, which are instead described with rhetoric on communities and locality networks
More than 70 doctors, the majority being Kiwi or Australian, are offering online medical assistance to COVID-19 patients via a live chat app, after an Auckland GP shared an SOS call she received from struggling India
Scrapping patient copayments is one of the options being put to the Government next by the Health and Disability Review Transi¬tion Unit, says the unit’s deputy head, Martin Hefford
Rural health is largely missing from official documents and speeches on the health reforms, which are instead described with rhetoric on communities and locality networks
DHB nurses are voting over taking strike action in June as anger builds towards the Government’s clamp down on pay rises in the public sector for people earning more than $60,000
Southern GPs report feeling frustrated and disrespected at having patient referrals for suspected cancers or other serious diagnoses being frequently rejected or stalled by the Southern DHB
High-dose vitamin C infusions can get into cancer tumours even though the vitamin C quickly disappears from patients’ bloodstreams, a Christchurch research study has proven
Whether the Government should introduce a universal free health system and scrap copayments is an option being included in the Government's health reform Transition Unit’s next advice, according to deputy head Martin Hefford