More than 100 Wellington families caring for mentally ill children have lost access to government-funded respite care they say they desperately need.
The change came as news to government ministers on Thursday, who nevertheless insisted it was not a cut because the programme’s budget was intact.
The Wellington arm of Te Whatu Ora’s ‘carer relief programme’ re-imburses full-time carers for some of the costs incurred when they take a break.
The Government has recently announced its plan to modernise the regulation of medicines and medical devices by replacing the Medicines Act 1981 with a new Medical Products Bill (Bill). Read...
Proceedings of the Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora, University of Auckland and AUT Collaborative Research Symposium 2024. Read...
Despite three decades of policy initiatives to improve integration of health care, delivery of health care in New Zealand remains fragmented, and health inequities persist for Māori and other high priority populations. Read...
HEALTH SERVICES AND SYSTEMS
EQUITY
Exploring the impacts of the health system on minorities within the population, notably including Māori, Pacifica, Asians and LGBTQI.
DRUGS, DEVICE AND DIAGNOSTICS
PUBLIC HEALTH
DIGITAL HEALTH
TE TIRITI
