The Ao Mai te Rā series was created by the Ministry of Health to share senior leadership perspectives on racism and anti-racism work in health. In the first episode, Dr Hinemoa Elder interviews John Whaanga, deputy director-general Māori health
Hamilton primary care provider Te Kōhao Health hopes building consent will be provided this week so construction can start on a new $15 million diagnostic block
Don Matheson, Johanna Reidy and Rawiri Keenan say the health reforms have not presented a coherent vision for primary and community care. In this, the first of two articles, they fill in some gaps in a bid to spark policy discussion
WellSouth Primary Health Network and Te Whatu Ora Southern (Māori Health Directorate and Surgical Services & Radiology) are teaming up to help ensure Māori and Pacific Island patients and whānau get the support they need to attend outpatient hospital appointments across the district
Being appointed chief medical officer of Te Aka Whai Ora – Māori Health Authority, specialist GP Rawiri McKree Jansen says, is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
Public health researcher Clive Aspin has welcomed the Government’s 10-year HIV elimination plan but says it does not reflect HIV’s disproportionate impact on wāhine Māori
On home visits, enrolled nurse Maudie Paul-Palmer takes cervical-cancer smears or changes wound dressings and, on one memorable occasion, she took a patient’s blood pressure in a pizza parlour. Fiona Cassie reports on a pioneer of the enrolled-nurse role in general practice
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