Gabrielle Baker dives into the implications of the new Government Policy Statement on Health, highlighting its departure from previous commitments to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and equity and what this means
In a Friday speech at the Pasifika Futures Whānau Ora Conference in Auckland, the minister of whānau ora, Tama Potaka, paid tribute to the organisation and highlighted the Government’s ongoing commitment to the scheme
Bowel Cancer New Zealand (NZ) is pleased to learn the National Bowel Screening Programme has distributed over two million home-screening kits across Aotearoa, picking up 2,495 cancers
A review looking at suicide prevention for Māori paints a damning picture of existing services and calls for more investment to prevent what’s been dubbed a silent epidemic
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora, Hauora Māori Service Directorate is today releasing He Arotake: Te Aka Whai Ora Suicide Prevention and Postvention Review, a comprehensive report aimed at enhancing suicide prevention and postvention services for Māori across Aotearoa
Hours after watching Pharmac minister David Seymour dismissing Te Tiriti as “performative”, and calling for the drug buyers to ignore it when making decisions, a Pharmac director resigned in protest
A University of Otago research team led by specialist GP Sue Crengle hopes to have an equitable lung cancer screening pathway ready to go in four years
A University of Otago research team led by specialist GP Sue Crengle hopes to have an equitable lung cancer screening pathway ready to go in four years
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”
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