One woman a month will needlessly lose her life to breast cancer thanks to the Government’s latest refusal to uphold its promise of lifting the breast screening age to 74, says Breast Cancer Foundation NZ
Rare Disorders NZ has written to the Minister of Health asking her to urgently look into why no progress has been made to include spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in the newborn screening programme
The Government is making sure those on low incomes will no longer have to wait five weeks to get the minimum weekly rate of ACC, and improving the data collected to make the system fairer, Minister for ACC Peeni Henare said today
The new machine could help improve access to health technology, say scientists from the Robinson Research Institute (RRI) at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Over one million Kiwis have been vaccinated for the flu so far this year, but boosting the number of people who are protected over winter remains critical says Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand
The PSA is pleased Te Whatu Ora has listened to its concerns and is seeking further consultation with unions on a major restructuring as it seeks to remove duplication and centralise services
More people are accessing new services through the Access and Choice programme, however, there has been a decrease in people accessing specialist mental health and addiction services and other primary mental health services, and little or no change on other measures of service quality
As World Smokefree May draws to a close, Māori Public Health experts, Hāpai Te Hauora urge the government to maintain its Auahi Kore priority over the next two years
This year, 51 students were celebrated for graduating with specialist Postgraduate and Masters qualifications in Pacific health as part of a unique partnership between Pacific Perspectives, an independent provider of policy, research and workforce development programmes, and Whitireia
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