Health minister Shane Reti appears to be pushing on with work his Labour predecessor Ayesha Verrall began on reshaping primary care – work dismissed as “aspirational drivel” by a sector leader last year
Iwi Māori partnership boards will not be given powers to procure and pay for healthcare delivery contracts, but instead will undertake what health minister Shane Reti describes as “strategic commissioning”
A lesser focus on equity and te Tiriti and more on the nuts and bolts of healthcare targets – the Government policy statement on health has undergone a sharp transformation following last year’s general election
Regulation of physician associates is a step closer, with the health minister okaying the drawing up of a proposal to take to Cabinet, probably before the end of the year
Two hundred people received lifesaving kidney, liver, lung, heart or pancreas transplants in 2023, according to the latest annual report by Organ Donation New Zealand (published online July 2024)
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