Unions representing health professionals are slamming Treasury for last months report undermining Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB), which alleged CDHB’s ‘poor financial performance’ was ‘a concern’.
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Media release from New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The call for a nationally focused, multidisciplinary approach to training rural health professionals is a sensible way to address the longer term health needs of rural communities, says the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network.
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Media release from New Zealand Rural General Practice Network
An alliance of prominent cancer non-governmental organisations has challenged Health Minister Jonathan Coleman on his stance that New Zealand has “a health system that is the envy of the world”.
The union for senior doctors and dentists working in public hospitals is backing calls for the Government to address serious flaws with its proposed equal pay and pay equity legislation.
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Media release from Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Health Minister Dr Jonathan Coleman says the appointment of two healthcare experts as target champions for Shorter Stays in Emergency Departments (ED) will help further improve the flow of patients.
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Media release from health minister Jonathan Coleman
Professor Max Abbott, dean of the Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences at Auckland University of Technology (AUT), says a third medical school at Waikato University would be a “shag on a rock” and will not address urgent, longer-term rural health needs
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