The Health and Disability Commissioner has found a busy supermarket pharmacy in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code)
Pasifika Medical Association (PMA) is set to deploy a Medical Assistance team (PACMAT) to Hawke's Bay this week, specialising in primary care, psychosocial and mental health support – an essential service as the region continues to deal with the impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle. This decision comes after a smaller PACMAT team carried out an initial needs assessment in Napier, Hastings and Gisborne over the weekend
Pasifika Medical Association (PMA) will be deploying a medical assistance team (PACMAT) today with a focus on assessing needs for those in the Hawke's Bay Region affected by Cyclone Gabrielle. The PACMAT team will travel to Napier before heading to Gisborne on Sunday. Pasifika Futures (PFL), the Whānau Ora commissioning agency for Pacific families, have also donated $50,000 towards support for RSE workers and the Tongan community in Hastings
The National Public Health Service continues to make good progress in tracing people who may have come into contact with the one confirmed measles case that recently arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand
Anyone who was on a chartered bus travelling to or from Tauranga and the ‘That Weekend’ festival on Sunday 5 February, who is not immune to measles and has not been contacted by Public Health, is urged to call Healthline (0800 611 116) immediately and to remain at home until they have been contacted
The ProCare Charitable Foundation has today announced $250,000 of funding has been made to nine organisations in Auckland who are striving to reduce health inequity, alleviate the symptoms of poverty and increase community health and well-being
Pasifika Futures (PFL), the Pacific Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency, has continued to support families who have been impacted by the Auckland floods, and most recently, Cyclone Gabrielle
Dr Bryan Betty has resigned from his role of Medical Director of The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners and will take up a new role as Chair of General Practice New Zealand (GPNZ)
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