5 June 2024

Editor Barbara Fountain goes Budget hopping

Our new owners and the health and disability commissioner were among the topics that got readers talking online this past fortnight

Some of the country’s high-risk populations are being vaccinated against a deadly flu strain, yet to reach New Zealand’s shores but wreaking havoc in the US

Tāmaki Makaurau-based nurse Donna Kielar (Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi, Pukapuka Kūki ‘Āirani) is director of nursing for the National Hauora Coalition. In this role, she provides clinical support and advice to various NHC teams, with a focus on nurseled programmes

It’s become a daily mission to keep my shirt coffee-stain-free as I tiptoe through two culture wars

Non-registered health workers without a common provider number will not have access to patient data when the first stage of the multi-million-dollar Hira programme goes live on 1 July

King Charles III has taken over his father’s role as patron of the UK’s Royal College of GPs, but RNZCGP president Samantha Murton confirmed the organisation is continuing with governor-general Dame Cindy Kiro

The primary healthcare sector needs a funding boost of between $353 million and $1.36 billion to address unmet need, according to a Te Whatu Ora aide-mémoire to the minister of health from January this year

Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports after the Budget lock-up in Wellington

Health Minister Shane Reti has tried to calm the storm of reaction to comments on telehealth, physiotherapy and general practice created by comments from a senior Te Whatu Ora official