Nursing leaders today expressed frustration that no nurse nominations made it onto the newly announced boards for Health New Zealand and the Māori Health Authority
The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists Toi Mata Hauora welcomes the appointment of one of its members to the interim board of Health New Zealand, saying the voice of frontline clinicians must be heard as the Government pushes forward with sweeping health reform
An outstanding group of people with extensive and wide-ranging governance and health experience have been appointed to lead the Māori Health Authority and Health New Zealand, Health Minister Andrew Little says
The belief that health system problems will be fixed by returning to centralised control is a “false illusion”, argues former Canterbury DHB chief executive David Meates
I asked David Meates, former Canterbury DHB chief executive to choose, from a list, the song he thought the health reforms Transition Unit might be singing next July. Mr Meates opted for Bob Dylan’s “Don’t think twice, it’s all right”.
I asked David Meates, former Canterbury DHB chief executive to choose, from a list, the song he thought the health reforms Transition Unit might be singing next July. Mr Meates opted for Bob Dylan’s “Don’t think twice, it’s all right”.
Since the Government revealed its health reform agenda more than four months ago, September was marked out as a major milestone – when the enabling legislation would be introduced to Parliament and the members of the new interim boards announced.
Sitting in her scrubs in her St Heliers clinic in Auckland, GP Stephanie Taylor spoke during the NZMA medico-political session, calling on the Government to value GPs as the specialists they are.
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