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Media coverage
Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast: 19 July 2024
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...
Levelling the playing field for Indigenous people and ethnic minorities
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...
No Place At Te Whatu Ora For Graduate Nurses
SCOOP Health. New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) is extremely disappointed by Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora’s decision not to match graduates into their nursing workforce. Read...
Commentary
Expectations set for improved medicines access
Associate Health Minister David Seymour says he has set clear expectations for Pharmac around delivering the medicines and medical technology that Kiwis need.
Government Policy Statement on Health 2024–2027
The Government Policy Statement on Health 2024-27 is the public statement of what Government expects the health system to deliver and achieve, and how success will be measured, monitored, and reported.
A te Tiriti-based approach to developing a national survey on human rights
The framework for the baseline survey on human rights was developed in alignment with the four articles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Academic Literature
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.
Legislation and Parliament
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Reports and Government Documents
Government Policy Statement on Health 2024–2027
The Government Policy Statement on Health 2024-27 is the public statement of what the Government expects the health system to deliver and achieve, and how success will be measured, monitored, and reported. Read...
Cabinet paper: Confirming the five health targets
Ministry of Health 2024. The Ministry of Health will lead a strong and focused monitoring approach for health targets, as part of its wider responsibility for monitoring the health system. Read...
Independent Review of the Alcohol Levy – Stage 2
Ministry of Health. In 2023, the Ministry of Health, with the support of Health New Zealand, commissioned Allen + Clarke, working with the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research, to review the use of the alcohol levy and its function under the new Pae Ora...
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