Health Minister Dr Shane Reti says delivery of a long overdue Emergency Observation Unit for Christchurch Hospital will reduce admissions, free up valuable resources across the hospital and help deliver on shorter stays in Emergency Departments
The Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner has referred a mental health support worker to the Director of Proceedings to assess if further action should be taken
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Media release from the Health and Disability Commissioner
The Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner, Dr Vanessa Caldwell, has found a pharmacist breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for dispensing incorrect medicine to a woman
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Media release from the Health and Disability Commissioner
The Government’s decision to delay the free availability of life-saving cancer drug Keytruda means more waiting for patients who have already been hurt by National’s bad decisions
Over 2,500 ambulance officers from FIRST Union and the New Zealand Ambulance Association (a division of the Amalgamated Workers of New Zealand - AWUNZ) have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a national withdrawal of labour, set to take place later this month
About 150 community health nurses employed by Access Home Health continue with their struggle for fair wages and respect from their employer. The nurses are members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO)
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Media release from the New Zealand Nurses Organisation
From when I began my over three decades as Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) I gradually got to know many capable health journalists
The End of Life Choice Act is the law that makes assisted dying legal in New Zealand. It came into force on 7 November 2021, following a public referendum held alongside the 2020 General Election
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