Health Minister Dr Shane Reti has announced significant improvements in radiology services in the Wellington region, with the first of eight new digital radiography machines now operational at Wellington Regional Hospital
The Government’s announcement it will start roadside drug driver testing should not penalise drivers who are appropriately taking their prescription medication – but might delay them – an AUT academic says
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Media release from Auckland University of Technology (AUT)
Staff at Dargaville Hospital are sick and tired of working in fear because of the unavailability of an on-site doctor. Therefore, members of New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) will strike for one hour to voice their frustrations on 29 August
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Media release from the New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Pharmac is consulting on plans to widen access to empagliflozin, a medicine used in the treatment of chronic heart failure that would benefit more than 18,000 people in the first year of funding
Around 2,500 ambulance officers who work for Hato Hone St John will commence a withdrawal of labour tomorrow, and rallies will be held in several locations around the country
It is with deep sadness and heavy hearts that Hauora Taiwhenua announces the passing of Rhoena Davis, a cherished member of our Board and a passionate advocate for rural health and Māori healthcare in Aotearoa
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Media release from Hauora Taiwhenua Rural Health Network
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Deborah James has found the rights of a woman were breached under the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) during the management of her endometriosis
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Media release from the Health and Disability Commissioner
In a report published today, Deputy Commissioner Dr Vanessa Caldwell has found Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for care provided to a client residing in a secure unit
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Media release from the Health and Disability Commissioner
Southern DHB (now Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Southern) breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) in respect to aspects of care provided to a woman who required spinal surgeries
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Media release from the Health and Disability Commissioner
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