The primary care health records of close to half a million patients across Auckland have been uploaded to a new secure database solution designed to ensure better continuity of care and safety for patients
A new report by the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists Toi Mata Hauora shows New Zealand cannot afford to waste another three years watching the crisis in mental health spiral further out of control
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Media release from the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
The first six locations of interest in Wellington visited by an Australian traveller from Sydney last weekend who has tested positive for COVID-19 upon their return to Australia have been published on the Ministry of Health website
Late yesterday afternoon, Hāpai Te Hauora sent a tweet in response to NZ Herald’s article: Revealed: Big Tobacco behind dairy owners postcard protest at Parliament. The response from Hāpai says "Disappointed - yet not surprised, that Big Tobacco are using dairy owners to lead their agenda to continue to kill New Zealanders
A report released today recommends a greater role in the public health system for the more than 30,000 professionals who make up the country’s second biggest clinical workforce
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Media release from Allied Health Aotearoa New Zealand
An Australian traveller from Sydney, who visited Wellington from Saturday 19 June until Monday 21 June, has tested positive for COVID-19 upon their return to Australia
PHARMAC has reached a provisional agreement with medicine supplier Teva to fund a new brand of primidone which is most commonly used to treat and prevent seizures in people with epilepsy
Middlemore Foundation CEO Sandra Geange will step down at the end of June after three years at the helm of the organisation, and will remain involved as a volunteer in Te Maara Kia o Wirihana community garden and the foundation’s worm farm project
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