28 April 2021

Fifty-one per cent of respondents to a new online survey carried out by New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa were dissatisfied with the Government’s handling of health

Canterbury has the fastest-growing Pacific population in the country, with Ashburton now needing its own Pacific health service, says Pasifika Futures

Population health expert Tim Ten­bensel says a new report from General Practice New Zealand looks backward at PHOs, rather than forward at what they could do in future

The new Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission gives the Government “ticks” for progress on several actions to improve services, but some measures are “still very much a work in progress”

Vaccinators must source their own needles to use during this year’s seasonal influenza vaccination campaign

Patients affected by surgical-mesh injuries have finally won a concession from ACC

High-dose vitamin C infusions can get into cancer tumours even though the vitamin C quickly disappears from patients’ bloodstreams, a Christchurch research study has proven

GPs should be on the lookout for medication-related harm in elderly patients, according to the lead author of a study that crunched New Zealand general practice data

Lack of awareness, coupled with an over-reliance on outdated infor­mation, prevents women from receiving treatment for problematic menopause, says reproductive endo­crinologist Stella Milsom

A doctor’s confusion over enduring powers of attor¬ney enabled a man to take over decision-making for his partner and move her away from her family, against their wishes