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.
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Media coverage
Health New Zealand cuts: 569 staff take voluntary redundancy
Health New Zealand has confirmed almost 600 staff have taken voluntary redundancy in job cut proposals laid out to staff today. Read more
NZ healthcare system superior to those in Sweden and Germany, TWO boss says
New Zealand's healthcare system is outperforming Sweden's, Canada's and Germany's, according to a top-level financial presentation to Te Whatu Ora staff. Read...
Te Whatu Ora Nurses Alarmed By Safe Staffing Pause
New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) members employed by Te Whatu Ora are alarmed by Health New Zealand’s plans to pause a key component of its safe staffing programme. Read...
Commentary
Health’s ‘back office’ needs attention
The Government has made much of the need to keep frontline services fully functioning, even when costs might be trimmed in the so-called “back office”. Read...
Ethnicity is a useful shortcut for identifying need – without it, targeting public services will get harder
The government’s recent directive that public services should be prioritised “on the basis of need, not race” will make it harder and more time consuming to reach New Zealanders with higher needs. Read...
Health funding rollercoaster: Can we ring-fence the moolah?
Over the course of this extraordinary year in New Zealand health policy, I’ve sensed an increasing appetite to question one of the fundamental design principles of our health system – how it is funded Read...
Academic Literature
Key elements and contextual factors that influence successful implementation of large-system transformation initiatives in the New Zealand health system: a realist evaluation
Despite three decades of policy initiatives to improve integration of health care, delivery of health care in New Zealand remains fragmented, and health inequities persist for Māori and other high priority populations. Read...
Managed competition in Aotearoa New Zealand: past experiences and future prospects
This paper considers whether and how managed competition arrangements could be introduced into the Aotearoa health and disability system. Read...
Proceedings of the Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora Waitematā, University of Auckland and AUT Collaborative Research Symposium 2024
Proceedings of the Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora, University of Auckland and AUT Collaborative Research Symposium 2024. Read...
Legislation and Parliament
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Reports and Government Documents
Health Workforce Plan 2024
Health New Zealand’s Health Workforce Plan 2024 outlines how we plan to get our workforce more sustainable over the next year – as year one of a three-year workforce planning cycle. Read...
Health National Adaptation Plan 2024 – 2027
This first Health National Adaptation Plan (HNAP) is an important step towards placing health considerations at the forefront of the climate response of Aotearoa New Zealand. Read...
Ministry of Health Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2024
The Ministry of Health – Manatū Hauora Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2024 summarises the Ministry’s progress towards our Strategic Intentions, and reports on our financial and non-financial performance for 2023/24 as required under the Public Finance Act...
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