South Seas Healthcare has confirmed it is the practice under threat of closure due to massive clawbacks sought by Te Whatu Ora.
A South Taranaki iwi says Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora’s decision to axe free rapid antigen tests (RATs) will have a negative impact on the community.
Public health physicians have labelled a recent Government directive that public services be prioritised on need rather than ethnicity as “an affront to scientific and public health knowledge”.
Despite the collective and consistent warnings about the consequences of successive years of underfunding, primary care was not prioritised.
Anger is rising over Te Whatu Ora efforts to claw COVID-19 funding back from Pacific practices in south Auckland.
More than 100 Wellington families caring for mentally ill children have lost access to government-funded respite care they say they desperately need.
Health Minister Dr Shane Reti says an Overnight Acute Care Service opening in October will provide people in Wānaka and the surrounding area with the assurance of quality overnight care closer to home.
At the Beehive last month, The Asian Network Inc (Tani) launched it’s most comprehensive report yet, Asian Health in Aotearoa. The findings, drawing on 20 years of New Zealand Health Survey data, are stark.
One of the more absurd actions from the coalition Government came last week when the Cabinet Office Circular set out the rules for public servants to ensure that public services would be based on the “needs of all New Zealanders”.
Cabinet has issued a new directive to create a "colourblind" public service that focuses solely on need, not race, and doesn't prioritise Māori businesses when awarding government contracts.
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