Health minister Shane Reti says he’s not interested in any more primary care reviews, so what’s happened to the ‘roadmap’, and what will he do to address the problems facing the sector? Stephen Forbes reports
With two of the prominent players in New Zealand’s health IT market locked in a legal battle, Stephen Forbes takes a broader look at the hotly contested practice management system market
Some of the major gains made in reducing smoking in recent years have been outlined in a population health study released by Te Whatu Ora, flying in the face of the new Government’s plans to roll back the next stage of the Smokefree legislation
Potential cuts of $1 billion to $2 billion to the Te Whatu Ora hospital and specialist services budget won’t affect frontline services, according to a senior official from the agency
Te Whatu Ora – Health NZ chief executive Margie Apa says the agency has identified 12,000 people affected by an unauthorised data breach by a former staff member and has now started the process of contacting them
Director-general of health Diana Sarfati says some of the most significant challenges the country’s health system faces result from a growing population that is getting older, and the same trend is seen worldwide
