The COVID-19 lockdown period has presented a once-in-a-generation opportunity in the fight against sexually-transmitted diseases says a leading sexual health expert.
The Family Violence Death Review Committee (FVDRC) has welcomed the Government’s announcement of an extra $202 million to strengthen family and sexual violence services over the next four years, mainly delivered through the Ministry of Social Development
Opposition health spokesperson Michael Woodhouse claims health minister David Clark has used creative accounting to make old funding seem new, while injecting little into the drug-funding agency’s now billion-dollar annual budget
Today is International Nurses Day. Jenny Carryer reflects on the role, saying it’s viewed in an outdated way, leaving nurses’ potential yet to be released
Budget 2020 delivers the biggest ever increase in funding for District Health Boards, as well as additional funding to deliver approximately 153,000 more surgeries and procedures, radiology scans and specialist appointments to help clear the COVID-19 backlog
A forecasted surge in suicide rates due to the impacts of COVID-19, its associated restrictions and their secondary social, economic and personal consequences is not inevitable according to the President of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Associate Professor John Allan
Budget 2020 will ensure New Zealanders continue to get the medicines they need, despite global pressure on supply chains, Health Minister David Clark says
A huge injection of money to improve technology in the health sector is desperately needed, according to Otago health systems researcher Robin Gauld, but is unlikely to come in this year’s Budget
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