The primary healthcare sector needs a funding boost of between $353 million and $1.36 billion to address unmet need, says a Te Whatu Ora aide-mémoire to the minister of health from January this year
Budget Day is just one part of a process which runs over two and a half years, as the Government works out what it will spend and how well its spending has performed. Editor Barbara Fountain takes a snapshot of the process
Thousands more young New Zealanders will have better access to mental health services as the Government delivers on its commitment to fund the Gumboot Friday initiative, says Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters and Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey
An alliance of mental health organisations is urging the Minister for Mental Health, Matt Doocey and the Coalition Government to invest in the Aotearoa New Zealand’s mental health system in an open letter
Two working groups were hurriedly created this month in the lead-up to the 1 July annual capitation increase that is being awaited with “considerable pessimism” by primary care leaders
An ongoing severe shortage of oestradiol patches has a Napier GP calling for an interim Special Authority to prescribe subsidised gels for high-risk women hit by the inconsistent supplies
Budget Day is just one part of a process which runs over two and a half years, as the Government works out what it will spend and how well its spending has performed. Editor Barbara Fountain takes a snapshot of the process
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