The Budget’s extra health funding is welcomed and well needed but primary health is still “hurting” and is looking to the Health and Disability Review to deliver, says Pegasus Health chief executive Vince Barry
Budget 2019 allocations outside of Vote Health may also lead to improvements in health, says Jackie Cumming, director of Health Services Research at Victoria University of Wellington
The Government is ratcheting up investment in mental health and addiction and anticipating GPs playing a big role in its new “more access and choice” approach
New Zealand Doctor asks health people for their views on where the Government is at and where it could be heading with Vote Health in 2019. Give us a yell and add to our rolling pre-Budget coverage
Pharmac is working on it, the prime minister and the health minister are in favour of it, and petitioners are demanding it – swifter access to new drugs
The Government will deliver its so-called Wellbeing Budget on 30 May. What can the health sector expect – and what happened to the money apportioned in last year’s Budget?
The Government is trickling out pre-Budget announcements ahead of the big day on 30 May, but none on health as New Zealand Doctor goes to press. So, here’s our team’s catch-up on key developments as a result of Budget 2018
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