Associate health minister David Seymour, the minister responsible for Pharmac, has told the drug-buying agency he no longer expects it to consider how it can contribute to embedding Te Tiriti o Waitangi across the health sector
Newly established Māori Gambling Harm Minimisation Collective - Te Kāhui Mokoroa says more needs to be done to achieve equity in health outcomes for Māori experiencing gambling harm
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)
Health services struggle to provide affordable and nondiscriminatory healthcare to Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow whānau, according to the latest NZ Health Survey
A WellSouth pharmacist travels across the deep south, working with Māori patients and their general practices to improve medication outcomes. Fiona Cassie reports
Uri Ririki Child Health Connection Centre, a rapid-response home-visiting vaccination service in Auckland, has had its funding cut by Te Whatu Ora. Created in 2021, the team of three pharmacist vaccinators provided services in Auckland, Waitematā and Counties Manukau to those who missed out on vital immunisations during the COVID-19 pandemic
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