General Practitioners Aotearoa opposes the Government’s recent decision to fund specific smoking cessation products, namely vaping kits. Read...
The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (the College) welcomes Hon Simeon Brown to the role of Minister of Health and looks forward to progressing changes to improve workforce challenges and health outcomes for New Zealanders. 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...
group of midwives taking the Ministry of Health to court says it's their last option to keep midwifery services free. Read...
Associate Health Minister Casey Costello has cut the excise tax on Heated Tobacco Products (HTPs), as she aims to make them more attractive as an alternative to smoking. Read...
New Zealand’s road safety is in the spotlight as the Government moves to roll back Labour’s blanket speed limit reductions. Transport Minister Simeon Brown and road safety campaigner Caroline Perry share their views on the issue. Read...
Professor Chris Bullen responded to news that Associate Health Minister Casey Costello had quietly cut the tax on heated tobacco products by 50%, against the advice of her officials. Read...
In a bizarre and erroneous twist on this, Finance Minister Nicola Willis said this year’s Budget “delivers to Māori because when a New Zealander turns up to an emergency room or a school, they don’t turn up thinking about their ethnicity”. Read...
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Exploring the impacts of the health system on minorities within the population, notably including Māori, Pacifica, Asians and LGBTQI.
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