Menstrual tracking apps are widely used to monitor menstruation and record its characteristics, but they routinely promise more than they can deliver, a University of Otago academic argues
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) has today issued strike notices to the country’s district health boards (DHBs) after its 30,000 members who work in DHBs voted in favour of an eight-hour nationwide strike on 19 August
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Media release from the New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Two GPs, an NP, nurse, pharmacist and psychiatrist included in the statutory body for the assisted dying service, the Support and Consultation for End of Life in New Zealand (SCENZ) group
Researchers at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute have funding for a pilot study to trial a portable temperature-sensing technology they developed to detect the early signs of complications of the feet among people with Diabetes 2
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report criticising an aged care facility and three registered nurses for the care they provided to an elderly man
Health and Disability Commissioner Morag McDowell today released a report finding a social worker in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for blurring his professional relationship with a man in his care
There are no cases of COVID-19 to report in the community today. There are four new cases of COVID-19 to report in recent returnees, and also one historical case, in managed isolation facilities since the Ministry’s last update on Friday
Public health officials in New Zealand have this afternoon been in contact with their Queensland counterparts after authorities announced a snap lockdown there
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