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Multiple Myeloma Treatments Available To More People

Tue, 2 Jul 2024 13:33:50 +1200 | PHARMAC

Pharmac – Te Pātaka Whaioranga is making more treatment options available for people with multiple myeloma and other blood disorders. “From 1 August, we’re widening access to lenalidomide and we’re also funding pomalidomide for the first ...More >>

International Nursing Leader Calls For Nurses To Stand Together For Safe Staffing Ratios

Tue, 2 Jul 2024 12:32:29 +1200 | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

He Tipua conference focusing on nurse-to-patient ratios opened today in Wellington. New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) have brought esteemed international experts to New Aotearoa New Zealand to share their ...More >>

Spike In Serious Eating Disorders During Pandemic

Tue, 2 Jul 2024 11:48:25 +1200 | Auckland University

Hospital admissions for eating disorders went up by 50 percent during Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns. More >>

Cyclone Risks For Pacific Island Hospitals Modelled In University Of Auckland-led Project

Tue, 2 Jul 2024 11:29:31 +1200 | University of Auckland

Cyclone and extreme weather risks for individual hospitals across Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Kiribati and Tonga are being modelled in a study led out of Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland.More >>

Health New Zealand Breaches The Code For Delayed Cancer Diagnosis 23HDC00401

Mon, 1 Jul 2024 14:12:51 +1200 | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner

The woman, known to be at high risk for liver cancer due to a liver disease, had undergone regular scans until 2019 when this surveillance was stopped. More >>

Health NZ Breaches The Code In Care Of An Older Man Who Died Soon After Discharge 21HDC00883

Mon, 1 Jul 2024 14:10:12 +1200 | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner

Carolyn Cooper said Health NZ Taranaki did not provide services of an appropriate standard, breaching Right 4(1) of the Code - Tautikanga. More >>

Health New Zealand Breaches The Code For Delays In Scheduling A Colonoscopy 20HDC01999

Mon, 1 Jul 2024 14:08:11 +1200 | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner

In a report published today, Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Deborah James has found MidCentral DHB (now Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Te Pae Hauora O Ruahine o Tararua MidCentral) breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ ...More >>

Staff Switcheroo To Turn On Lights At Surgical Unit

Sun, 30 Jun 2024 17:54:24 +1200 | New Zealand Labour Party

“The National Government has no plan for our health workforce, and if today is anything to go by, I am very worried for the state of our health system. This government is taking New Zealand backwards,” said Ayesha Verrall.More >>

New Zealand Nurse-to-patient Ratio Conference This Week - Paving The Way To The Future

Sun, 30 Jun 2024 15:24:38 +1200 | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

‘He Tipua Conference - nurse-to-patient ratios, a new direction for Aotearoa New Zealand’ will be held at Takina Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre from 2-3 July.More >>

Wānaka’s First Primary Birthing Unit Opened

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:00:03 +1200 | New Zealand Government

Hon Dr Shane Reti Minister of Health Prime Minister Christopher Luxon joined Health Minister Dr Shane Reti to officially open a new primary birthing unit in Wānaka today. Dr Reti says the event demonstrates the Government’s commitment ...More >>

Taranaki COVID-19 Hub And Immunisation Clinics To Close

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 11:33:09 +1200 | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand

The COVID-19 Hub at Taranaki Base Hospital will finish providing ‘COVID-19 care in the community’ and testing services on 30 June 2024. More >>

Govt Quietly Downgrading Hospital Builds

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 12:36:11 +1200 | New Zealand Labour Party

The Government needs to be transparent about the cuts they are making to hospital infrastructure, so that cities are clear on the health resources they will have into the future.More >>

Data Cleansing Of Unmet Patient Need Hides A National Health Scandal

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 06:17:04 +1200 | Ian Powell

Ian Powell discusses the scandal revealed by academic research on unmet patient need in New Zealand’s health system. More >>

Ashburton Hospital Powers Down Coal, Switches To Efficient Energy

Tue, 25 Jun 2024 19:50:50 +1200 | Jonathan Leask - Local Democracy Reporter

Coal boilers at Ashburton Hospital were shut down for the final time on Monday, switching to a new $9.4m state-of-the-art energy centre. More >>

New Zealand Prostate Cancer Rates Are In The Global Top 20, But Updated Diagnostic Practices Could Improve Outcomes

Tue, 25 Jun 2024 09:57:23 +1200 | BXTA

According to the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), New Zealand has a rate of 83 cases per 100,000 people, this puts prostate cancer incidence in New Zealand above Australia, the USA, the UK and Canada*.More >>

Birth In A War Zone: Coping Amid Ongoing Attacks In Ukraine

Sat, 22 Jun 2024 04:26:19 +1200 | UN News

Like many expecting parents, Oleksandra and Oleksandr Chebotar were eagerly awaiting the birth of their daughter. The way it happened, however, was unlike anything they had ever imagined.More >>

General Practice Leaders’ Forum Disappointed That Small Capitation Offer Will Increase Patient Costs

Fri, 21 Jun 2024 14:36:34 +1200 | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora (Health New Zealand) yesterday released their proposed annual uplift of base funding to support practices to meet their costs and the Annual Statement of Reasonable Fee Increases which sets the maximum a GP can increase fees.More >>

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