Health Minister Shane Reti has tried to calm the storm of reaction to comments on telehealth, physiotherapy and general practice created by comments from a senior Te Whatu Ora official
The primary healthcare sector needs a funding boost of between $353 million and $1.36 billion to address unmet need, according to a Te Whatu Ora aide-mémoire to the minister of health from January this year
Health Minister Shane Reti has tried to calm the storm of reaction to comments on telehealth, physiotherapy and general practice created by comments from a senior Te Whatu Ora official
A pro-choice, pro-science, pro-vaccine, proud mother and oenophile – that’s wine lover – is how freshly retired specialist GP Pippa MacKay sums herself up in her ‘X’ bio. During their chat on Dr MacKay’s last day of practising medicine, Fiona Cassie finds out the former New Zealand Medical Association chair forgot to add ‘political junkie’
Complaints to the office of the Health and Disability Commissioner have surged by 40 per cent in the past three to four years, according to health and disability commissioner Morag McDowell, leaving the agency struggling to keep up with demand
Government ministers are rushing for cover in the wake of widespread criticism of the Budget’s failure to deliver on an election promise of funding for 13 cancer drugs
Australia’s peak GP body has expressed disappointment that funding has not been provided for an onsite GP at Parliament despite recommendations in the Jenkins report and agitation from Senators and members of parliament
Budget 2024: Despite acknowledging the $1.1 billion disability funding boost in Budget 2024, lobby group Access Matters Aotearoa is concerned the Government has not set aside money to implement “robust accessibility legislation”
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