Nurses and other health workers at Auckland Metro district health boards (DHBs) say they are concerned that the picture of a robust health system painted by Wellington health officials is a far cry from the reality they face each day on the frontline
The generals running the Māori COVID-19 response should be replaced by the interim Māori Health Authority board, says Ngāti Hine Heath Trust chief executive Geoff Milner
CareHQ is a virtual GP service developed in partnership between ProCare and Southern Cross and announced in late-November 2020. We are twelve months in from launch now and, as New Zealand learns to live with COVID-19, tele-health starts to become a truly essential service.
A delegation of New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) and E tū members working in the aged care will deliver a parliamentary petition and open letter to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tomorrow calling on Government to mandate safe staffing levels in the Aged Care sector
As New Zealand gets ready for the festive season under the new traffic light system, the emergence of the Omicron variant is a reminder this pandemic is far from over
It began in late October when a patient phoned Jason Tuhoe, a specialist GP at the Papakura Marae Health Clinic, to say he had been told he and his child were COVID-19 positive and advised to contact the whānau’s GP
The vaccine rollout has been slow and inflexible, leaving Māori communities vulnerable to serious outbreaks, says Te Puna Ora Mataatua chief operational officer Lee Colquhoun
Specialist GP Nikki Vadgama provides some tips to make your next paediatric eczema consult easier. She includes a review of new guidelines, resources, websites and medications for paediatric eczema management