A workforce survey delivered to the Government last week has earned Women in Medicine two meetings with health leaders to discuss ways to avert a “catastrophic collapse of the healthcare workforce”
Former reporter for New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa, Zahra Shahtahmasebi continues her scholarship work by interviewing hospital staff at Rarotonga Hospital
The new midwives desperately needed by the profession are finding it hard to get placements in the community, says College of Midwives chief executive Alison Eddy
Aged-care nurses are urging Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand chair Rob Campbell to act on their sector’s struggle to keep beds open and facilities staffed
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) is calling on the Minister of Health to acknowledge there is a nursing and health crisis, and for an immediate conference of health sector spokespeople to focus on the crisis and potential solutions
The New Zealand Society of Anaesthetists (NZSA) support the letter sent to PM Jacinda Ardern and Health Minister Andrew Little, amongst others, calling for recognition of the workforce crisis facing the health service
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