Practices can raise fees: Reti rejects criticism of 4 per cent PSAAP offer
Raising of fees by practices is a tricky issue with backlash....Read more
Jul
2024
14
Jul
2024
14
The ownership elephant is becoming a mammoth: a policy focus on ownership is needed to transform Aotearoa New Zealand’s health system
Explicit government policy about ownership of health services is an important yet missing element in Aotearoa New Zealand’s health system. Policy has not systematically addressed ownership as a health system policy tool since the late 1930s. Read...
Jul
2024
14
Paramedics head overseas for higher pay, more recognition
Underpaid, understaffed and underappreciated - that's how paramedics describe New Zealand's "dysfunctional" ambulance service. Read more
Jul
2024
7
New targets set to mental health sector as $10m fund opens
Applications for money from the Government's new mental health fund will open this month, the Mental Health Minister says. Read more
Jul
2024
7
Target time: 1 July sees return of health targets
Target is coming back again to the health system in New Zealand. Read more
Jun
2024
30
Government Policy Statement on Health 2024–2027
The Government Policy Statement on Health 2024-27 is the public statement of what the Government expects the health system to deliver and achieve, and how success will be measured, monitored, and reported.
Jun
2024
25
Budget 2024: Why does primary care miss out on major funding?
Despite widespread acknowledgement of its underfunding, primary care continues to receive minimal Budget increases, leaving advocates frustrated and questioning where the responsibility lies. Read...
Jun
2024
18
ACC review delays harming injured claimants: Lawyer and advocate
RNZ. An ACC lawyer and advocate is taking legal action against ACC, saying injured claimants are losing jobs and homes while they wait more than six months to have disputed decisions reviewed and resolved. Read...
Jun
2024
18
Health New Zealand confirms recruitment pause on some hospital roles to deal with ‘overspend
NZ Herald. Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora has implemented a recruitment pause on all hospital roles that are not patient-facing and all public health roles that are not community-facing, as it attempts to bring down an overspend. Read...
Jun
2024
18
Money paid to locums at clinic could be better spent on permanent doctors – union
RNZ. The $170,000 spent on locums to staff Porirua's after hours service each month would be better spent employing permanent doctors, the junior doctors' union says. Read...
Key issues
HEALTH SERVICES AND SYSTEMS
Covering developments in the provision, funding and organisation of health care services.
EQUITY
Exploring the impacts of the health system on minorities within the population, notably including Māori, Pacifica, Asians and LGBTQI.
DRUGS, DEVICE AND DIAGNOSTICS
Covering prescription medicines and medical devices.
PUBLIC HEALTH
Focusing on efforts to promote health and prevent disease through social and economic interventions.
DIGITAL HEALTH
Exploring the potential digital transformation to provide a more connected and accessible health system.
TE TIRITI
Monitoring how the health reforms and the performance of the health sector uphold Te Tiriti obligations.