New Zealand’s two cochlear implant providers are delighted that today’s Budget finally includes a sustained funding increase to better meet the growing demand for these life-changing devices
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Media release from the Southern and Northern Cochlear Implant Programme
Labour is continuing its overhaul of the public health service, backing restructuring with money to build and run hospitals, buy medicines and pay for doctors’ visits
The New Zealand Rural General Practice Network is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Jeremy Webber to the new role of Clinical Director Rural Health
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Media release from the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network
Epilepsy New Zealand’s thoughts are with the families of six people after the Chief Coroner found no clear evidence of a link between their sudden deaths and a change in the brand of the drug lamotrigine
Today’s Budget will be a test of the Government’s commitment to solving long-standing problems in public transport and emergency care, and to be successful, it must begin the process of rescuing our bus and ambulances services from the brink of failure and honour existing agreements to provide fair wages and conditions that are now years overdue, FIRST Union said today
The first trial of lung cancer screening in New Zealand is about to get underway following a nearly $2 million grant from the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) facilitated through the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases programme
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