Health Services and Systems
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Covering developments in the provision, funding and organisation of health care services, including the recent restructuring of Aotearoa’s health system.
Latest
Media coverage
Centralised healthcare lacks ‘local accountability’
Bringing some healthcare decisions back into communities will help plug the gap in local accountability, two North Canterbury mayors say. Read more
Scrapping subsidy sees drastic drop in children getting flu vaccine
NZ Doctor. Far fewer children are getting the flu vaccine this winter, after the removal of funding. The breakdown for ethnicity shows that the vaccination numbers had fallen especially for Māori children. Read...
Primary healthcare’s share of Budget 2024 still a work in progress
NZ Doctor. Te Whatu Ora says it is still finalising its internal budget and can’t currently provide a breakdown of how much money has been allocated for primary health in Budget 2024. Read...
Legislation
Pae Ora (Disestablishment of Māori Health Authority) Amendment Bill
New Zealand government 2024. This Bill disestablishes the Māori Health Authority, giving effect to the coalition Government’s policy commitment in its 100-day plan. Read...
Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022
The purpose of this Act is to provide for the public funding and provision of services in order to—
(a) protect, promote, and improve the health of all New Zealanders; and
(b) achieve equity in health outcomes among New Zealand’s population groups, including by striving to eliminate health disparities, in particular for Māori; and
(c) build towards pae ora (healthy futures) for all New Zealanders.
Academic Literature
Closed books: restrictions to primary healthcare access in Aotearoa New Zealand—reporting results from a survey across general practices
In Aotearoa New Zealand, primary care is organised by enrolling patients with a primary care provider. However, the benefits of this arrangement are frustrated when providers “close their books” due to insufficient capacity for new patients. Read...
Quantifying and understanding the impact of unmet need on New Zealand general practice
Not getting access to appropriate specialist healthcare is having a significant detrimental effect on patients, health professionals and general practices, a University of Otago report has found.
Reports and Government Documents
Cabinet and briefing material: Disestablishment of the Māori Health Authority
Cabinet. The Government has committed in its 100-day plan to disestablish the Māori Health Authority. Cabinet directed me to report back in mid-January with legislative options. This paper sets out my proposed approach to disestablishing the Authority. Read...
Cabinet Material: Pae Ora Health Strategies
Ministry of Health 2022. This Cabinet paper and attachments include five final drafts, and one provisional draft version (Disabled People Strategy) of the Pae Ora Strategies for improving the health status of New Zealanders. Read...
Interim Government Policy Statement Measures Snapshot Report 2022/23
Ministry of Health. The Ministry of Health – Manatū Hauora has developed a snapshot report to monitor the progress the health system is making on delivery against the Interim Government Policy Statement on Health 2022–2024 (iGPS). Read...
Key issues
HEALTH SERVICES AND SYSTEMS
EQUITY
DRUGS, DEVICE AND DIAGNOSTICS
PUBLIC HEALTH
DIGITAL HEALTH
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