1 July 2020

Patients saw red, and plenty of it, in general practices up and down the country on 19 June as the nurses’ union NZNO stepped up its campaign
for pay parity for practice nurses

The annual capitation increase will be compulsorily imposed for the second year running after general practice negotiators “reject” a tweaked offer

The practice nurse pay talks stalled, as expected, over lack of funding for pay parity and were entering mediation as New Zealand Doctor went to press

Critics are firing plenty of ammunition at the Maori Health Authority proposal contained in the final report of the Health and Disability System Review

Reduction in smoking rates and steady, high rates of social engagement were associated with reaching the age of 100 free of common chronic diseases, a study finds

It’s shaping up as the biggest restructuring of the health system in a generation – the kind of upheaval National began in 1992 and Labour repeated less than a decade later

Heather Simpson’s “once in a generation” review of disability services lacked any meaningful input from disabled people or their advocates, says Disabled Persons Assembly chief executive Prudence Walker

Disappointment is the reaction of the Pacific health sector to the final report of the Health and Disability System Review Panel, says health academic Collin Tukuitonga