Te Whatu Ora commissioner Lester Levy wants a productivity boost in primary care, according to a report of his meeting with PHO chief executives. Read...
Campaigns for personal health expenses make up the largest and fastest-growing segment of donation-based crowdfunding. Read more
In Aotearoa NZ, health promotion has a whakapapa in social justice and equity. Health promotion action must align with Te Tiriti o Waitangi aspirations of relationships, rangatiratanga, and equity. Read...
Since the establishment of the first medicinal cannabis schemes in California and Israel in the 1990s, a growing number of countries have legalised access to cannabis-based products for medicinal use. Aotearoa New Zealand is one of the latest countries. Read...
Doctors, nurses, practice owners and their professional bodies are calling on the government to press pause on moves to regulate "physician associates" to fill workforce shortages. Read...
From "emboldening racists" to being "disrespected and excluded" - it seems everyone had an opinion on what language nurses in New Zealand hospitals should be speaking. Read...
Conducting trials of plausibly effective policy interventions is an excellent idea. But there are some problems with the Government’s ‘trial’ on heated tobacco products excise tax. Read...
The Public Service Act 2020 requires government departments to develop and publish long-term insights briefings at least once every three years. Read...
An odd assemblage of papers that could expose Aotearoa to a radical and potentially harmful experiment. That's how one public health expert describes the five documents that make up minister Casey Costello's so called independent advice on heated tobacco products....
The New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine (NZCPHM) is deeply concerned at the prospect of cuts to the National Public Health Service (NPHS). 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