The Government has issued a strongly worded directive to the public sector reminding them services must be delivered based on need rather than race.
Health New Zealand has denied claims by the Aged Care Association, including that it is looking to toughen eligibility to get into a rest home - and says “throwing mud” is unhelpful.
New Zealanders needing aged care support and the people who care for them will be worse off if the Government pushes through a flawed and rushed redesign of dementia and aged care.
Even if localities end up a four-letter word, Golden Bay Community Health remains a textbook example of community-driven healthcare in action.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is defending his approach to addressing issues within New Zealand’s health system as he expresses his sadness over the death of a woman in Rotorua Hospital’s emergency department.
The prime minister is accusing Hawke's Bay health professionals of being "out of line" for prioritising young Māori and Pasifika.
Young Māori and Pasifika in Hawke’s Bay are no longer eligible on the basis of their ethnicity to receive some free healthcare services after the Health Minister intervened and demanded the policy be changed.
New Zealand's ongoing housing crisis is fuelling high rates of rheumatic fever among Māori and Pacific peoples, says epidemiologist Dr Jason Gurney.
Health New Zealand has denied accusations that it has shut the aged-care sector out of its planning for future models of care, saying it is still exploring various options.
The Aged Care Association is warning that plans to cut 200,000 hospital bed nights a year to save money could be disastrous for elderly people without the means to pay for private care.
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