The primary healthcare sector needs a funding boost of between $353 million and $1.36 billion to address unmet need, according to a Te Whatu Ora aide-mémoire to the minister of health from January this year
Practice nurse pay talks are due to get under way soon, but the pay equity claim adds another layer of complexity to the process, as Fiona Cassie reports
A pro-choice, pro-science, pro-vaccine, proud mother and oenophile – that’s wine lover – is how freshly retired specialist GP Pippa MacKay sums herself up in her ‘X’ bio. During their chat on Dr MacKay’s last day of practising medicine, Fiona Cassie finds out the former New Zealand Medical Association chair forgot to add ‘political junkie’
Budget 2024: Despite acknowledging the $1.1 billion disability funding boost in Budget 2024, lobby group Access Matters Aotearoa is concerned the Government has not set aside money to implement “robust accessibility legislation”
Pasifika Futures Ltd (PFL), the Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency for Pacific families in New Zealand, is pleased with the government's budget announcement last week, which stated an increase in the Whānau Ora allocation for the coming fiscal year. This boost signifies a commitment to the well-being and empowerment of Pacific families across the country, allowing PFL to continue expanding its impact through its services
Te Whatu Ora has rolled over for one year its funding contracts with the Health Navigator Charitable Trust, which owns the Healthify website, while further thought goes into the public provision of health information
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