The Government’s broken promise that no frontline services will be impacted by its funding cuts has again been shown up as a blatant lie with the $14 million funding cuts for the Family Start programme
In early 2024, the Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Surveillance System on Emerging Antimicrobial Resistance Reporting (GLASS-EAR) issued a request for information to assess the current global situation given the increased identification of isolates of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp) sequence type (ST) 23 carrying resistant genes to the carbapenem antibiotics – carbapenemase genes
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
An independent review panel has released their report into two waitlist prioritisation tools initiated by Health New Zealand’s Te Toku Tumai Auckland, and Southern Region
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Media release from Te Whatu Ora chief clinical officer Richard Sullivan
While keeping up with your Covid-19 boosters is still the most effective way to protect yourself in the ongoing pandemic, infectious disease experts say we could get even better public health value from the vaccines
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Media release from the Public Health Communication Centre
CareHQ, the virtual GP service and joint venture between ProCare and Southern Cross Health Insurance provided care to more than 43,000 patients over the last 12 months, up 78% on the 12 months prior, where it served more than 24,000 patients
The New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC) stands in solidarity with the survivors of abuse and neglect as detailed in the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry’s final report
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Media release from the New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC)
Applications open today for the Government’s first round of the new $10 million Mental Health and Addiction Community Sector Innovation Fund, Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey has today announced
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Media release from Matt Doocey, minister of mental health
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