General Practitioners Aotearoa opposes the Government’s recent decision to fund specific smoking cessation products, namely vaping kits. Read...
Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora’s executive team is set to change as new Health Minister Simeon Brown says he believes a refreshed line-up is necessary to ensure the entity’s focus is centred on the Government’s health targets. Read...
ACT proposes $6000 incentive to all kiwis to quit public health system. Read more
Primary and Community Health Aotearoa (PCHA) are calling on the new Minister of Health Simeon Brown to seize the opportunity in his new role, to ensure money is directed to where it is needed most. 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...
The former director-general of health Sir Ashley Bloomfield wants the government to treat pandemics as a security threat, rather than just a health one. Read...
Health NZ has elected to proactively release documents (including financial reports, briefings, aide mémoires and letters) to provide additional transparency around matters related to Health NZ’s financial performance. Read...
Australia are rethinking their health star rating system, and according to health experts in New Zealand, it's time we followed suit. Read...
Health NZ's board went from "receiving the level of reporting it needed", to its financial situation being "suddenly ... quite different" in just five days, Health Minister Shane Reti says. Read...
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