Immediate action will be taken to stabilise the disability support system after an independent review found the Ministry of Disabled People – Whaikaha was ‘ill-prepared’ to deliver these services when it was established in 2022
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Media release from Louise Upston, minister for disability issues
Following confirmation by the Drug Foundation on Tuesday that some lollies in food parcels from Auckland City Mission contained methamphetamine, our staff have been contacting people who may have received a food parcel through one of our services
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Media release from Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Northern regional director, Mark Shepherd
Newly published research from AUT has the potential to revolutionise the understanding of concussions and mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI), including the impact of brain inflammation and ways to predict improved chances of recovery
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Media release from Auckland University of Technology (AUT)
The NZ Drug Foundation is warning people not to consume Rinda brand pineapple lollies after a potentially lethal amount of methamphetamine was found in a lolly wrapped in the brand’s packaging
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Media release from the New Zealand Drug Foundation
The coalition Government is urgently making financial assistance available for survivors of the Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital Child and Adolescent Unit (the Lake Alice Unit) who are terminally ill
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Media release from Erica Stanford, lead coordination minister for the Government’s response to the Royal Commission’s report into historical abuse in state care and in the care of faith-based institutions and Matt Doocey, minister of mental health
Infectious syphilis case numbers rose by an alarming 45% in Aotearoa, New Zealand last year from 508 to 736 cases. The 2023 case numbers are the highest number ever recorded in the annual Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) surveillance reports by the Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR)
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Media release from the New Zealand Sexual Health Society
The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners supports research and education that benefits general practice, rural general practice and rural hospital medicine through three funding rounds each year
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Media release from the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners
Associate Health Minister Casey Costello is meeting with all of the country’s frontline stop smoking service providers this week to ensure New Zealand reaches the Smokefree 2025 goal
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Media release from Casey Costello, associate minister of health
The Government is ending New Zealand’s nearly 30-year ban on gene technology outside the lab in a move which will bring health, productivity and climate gains for New Zealanders
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Media release from Judith Collins, minister of science, innovation & technology
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