Pharmac – Te Pātaka Whaioranga is looking to increase access to five medicines for a number of cancers, including kidney and lung cancers, and other health conditions
Some 300 workers at the New Zealand Blood Service are celebrating a pay parity settlement that puts them on par with workers employed by Te Whatu Ora who do the same jobs
The National Bowel Screening Programme has reached a significant milestone, with two million home bowel screening kits distributed across the country, Health Minister Dr Shane Reti announced today
Years of advocacy from Bowel Cancer New Zealand (NZ) and other groups calling for new bowel cancer drugs has led to a funding announcement from Pharmac for two new medicines, cetuximab (Erbitux) and pembrolizumab (Keytruda)
Promoting mental wellbeing and focusing on preventative measures are a welcome relief for a system that is too often geared towards solely responding at crisis levels, says the NZ Association of Counsellors
Ensuring the health system has the necessary ‘digital and physical infrastructure’ requires more than just words, according to the Digital Health Association (DHA)
Despite one in six older adults being a victim of elder abuse, its prevalence is often undetected and under-reported, something University of Otago researchers want to change
The Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner has found a DHB (now Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora) breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failing to provide a reasonable standard of care to a woman at a rheumatology clinic
The Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner has found that an obstetrician and gynaecologist breached Right 6(1) of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights because a continence procedure (a suburethral sling made of mesh material) was not discussed with the patient, or documented in detail, prior to being performed
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