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Therapeutic Products Act Repeal Means Export Exemption More Urgent Than Ever
Wednesday, 8 May 2024, 5:49 pm | Natural Health Products
The industry body for the natural health products sector, Natural Health Products NZ, says the repeal of the Therapeutic Products Act means urgent Ministerial action is needed to exempt the sector from New Zealand’s outdated export restrictions. More >>
Telehealth One Small Part Of The Puzzle – Not Half The Picture As Te Whatu Ora Claims
Wednesday, 8 May 2024, 5:19 pm | GPNZ
General Practice New Zealand (GPNZ) strongly rejects the claim that 40 to 50 per cent of general practice work could be managed through telehealth consultation. More >>
Pathologists’ Influenza Warning To Kiwis – “Flu Season Is Already Here”
Wednesday, 8 May 2024, 4:46 pm | Pathology Awareness Aotearoa
Pathologists are urging the public, particularly vulnerable populations, to get vaccinated for the 2024 flu season, as it has already arrived. More >>
Nurses To Rally Across New Zealand Calling For Increased Health Funding In Budget 2024
Wednesday, 8 May 2024, 4:41 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation NZNO will be holding public rallies at more than 20 locations on 9 May, as part of NZNO’s national Day of Action 2024. They will be calling on the Government to increase funding to Health in Budget 2024 ... More >>
Te Tara O Te Whai Partners With Dental Planet To Successfully Launch New Innovative Oral Health Initiative In Hauraki
Wednesday, 8 May 2024, 4:38 pm | Te Tara o Te Whai
Launch of a funded grassroots oral health initiative announced in collaboration with Dental Planet, Niho Ora ki Hauraki. Crafted in response to the resounding voice of whānau and community, Te Tara o Te Whai has identified oral health as one of Hauraki's ... More >>
Lunches Downgrade Robs Children Of Nutrition, Well-being, Immunity And Fuel To Learn
Wednesday, 8 May 2024, 2:40 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa
HCA is pleased the programme will continue for primary schools and there are plans for food provision to a small number of pre-schools, but this should not come at the expense of healthy lunches for thousands of intermediate and high school students. More >>
Official Nurse Unsafe Staffing Figures Genuinely Alarming
Wednesday, 8 May 2024, 2:31 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO Chief Executive Paul Goulter said the nursing staffing crisis remains a daily reality, with nurses continuing to leave because of burnout and concerns about pay and their health and safety at work. More >>
Children And Young People Must Be At The Heart Of New Mental Health Legislation: Save The Children
Wednesday, 8 May 2024, 2:23 pm | Save The Children
Child rights organisation Save the Children says children and young people must be meaningfully consulted with and their voices included in any changes to mental health and wellbeing legislation. More >>
Pathologists’ Influenza Warning To Kiwis – “Flu Season Is Already Here”
Wednesday, 8 May 2024, 11:40 am | Pathology Awareness Aotearoa
Pathologists are warning kiwis that flu season has arrived early this year, and now is the time to get vaccinated, to be aware of symptoms, and to stay home if influenza is suspected. Influenza (flu) is a contagious acute viral infection that spreads ... More >>
Health Warning Lifted For Algal Bloom At The South Bank Tributary Of The Waiau River Above Waiau Bridge
Tuesday, 7 May 2024, 6:05 pm | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand
Recent cyanobacteria surveys of the South Bank Tributary of the Waiau River above Waiau Bridge has shown the cover of potentially toxic algae (benthic cyanobacteria) in the river has reduced and is now below levels that are of concern to public health. More >>
Another Havelock North? Govt Undoing Protections For Drinking Water Safety
Tuesday, 7 May 2024, 8:45 am | Public Health Communication Centre
Public health experts are warning that by dismantling protections for our drinking water, the Government is risking a repeat of the Havelock North campylobacteriosis outbreak that left four dead and thousands ill. More >>
Alzheimers NZ Calls On Artists And Makers To Harness Their Creativity For A Good Cause
Tuesday, 7 May 2024, 8:25 am | Alzheimers New Zealand
By participating in Create for Dementia, creators will not only have fun making art and developing new skills, they’ll also be working out their brains and reducing their own chances of developing dementia mate wareware in the future, all the while ... More >>
Brain Injury New Zealand Advocates For ACC To Increase The Level Of Assistance For Travel And Accommodation
Monday, 6 May 2024, 5:08 pm | Brain Injury NZ
Brain Injury New Zealand congratulates Manatū Hauora The Ministry of Health on the recent increases to national travel assistance rates for those who are required to travel to access needed healthcare. It also strongly advocates that ACC further increase ... More >>
Dentist Works Outside Scope In Providing Orthodontic Treatment 21HDC00656
Monday, 6 May 2024, 2:10 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Dr Vanessa Caldwell has found a dentist breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for orthodontic treatment provided over a two year period to a 12 year old female. More >>
Diabetes New Zealand Research Foundation Recipient Announced
Monday, 6 May 2024, 1:46 pm | Diabetes New Zealand
The Diabetes New Zealand Research Foundation is pleased to announce Elizabeth Lewis-Hills (Ngāti Whātua) as the recipient of the inaugural 2024 Diabetes New Zealand Research Foundation Fellowship. More >>
General Practitioners Aotearoa Supports New Zealand Resident Doctors Association’s Strike
Monday, 6 May 2024, 1:35 pm | General Practitioners Aotearoa
GPA also warns that if Te Whatu Ora Health NZ does not address funding issues for general practitioners, GPs will also need to take action. More >>
Doctors’ Strike Shows How Important Funding Is For Healthcare Sector
Monday, 6 May 2024, 12:14 pm | ProCare Health
Providing minor increases in funding for small sectors of the healthcare workforce isn’t working. It is crucial that the government addresses funding across the entire healthcare sector, and with urgency,” concludes Norwell. More >>
Dry July 2024 Returns To Support Kiwis Affected By Cancer
Monday, 6 May 2024, 11:16 am | Dry July NZ Trust
More than 7,500 Kiwis took a stand against cancer last July by spending 31 days without alcohol and raising over $1.2 million. More >>
'It's Pretty Horrible Seeing Your Child's Lips Turning Blue' - Mum Recounts Life-Threatening Asthma Attack
Monday, 6 May 2024, 9:31 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation
"I hadn’t been to the hospital for something big like that, so I thought it was life-threatening and I was very scared." More >>
World's First RSV Vaccine For Older Adults Now Registered For Use In NZ
Monday, 6 May 2024, 8:37 am | Impact PR
The registration of a new vaccine which took around 50 years to develop, is set to offer older Kiwis protection against RSV-associated lower respiratory tract disease for the first time. More >>
Funding Shortfall Endangering The Care Of Our Elderly
Friday, 3 May 2024, 4:25 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation is calling for increased funding for Aged Residential Care in Budget 2024. NZNO Kaiwhakahaere Kerri Nuku fears that funds allocated to the Aged Residential Care sector will remain inadequate, as has happened repeatedly ... More >>
Uncertainty Still Clouds Future Of Suicide Prevention Office
Friday, 3 May 2024, 10:58 am | PSA
"If mental health is such a priority, why has the Government failed to provide concrete evidence the Office will keep operating as before?" said Duane Leo National Secretary for the Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi. More >>
Critical Condition Of Emergency Departments Harming Whole Health System
Friday, 3 May 2024, 6:20 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Driving the increases in serious acute admissions is New Zealand’s growing unmet health need - 34.3 per cent of New Zealanders have unmet health need due to wait times, cost or distances to travel. More >>
Expert Pharmac Committee Recommends Funding For Overdose Reversal Nasal Spray
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 7:44 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
Public funding for a lifesaving opioid overdose reversal nasal spray is one step closer, with an expert committee saying that funding the medicine for use by non-paramedic first responders and people at high risk of an opioid overdose is a high priority. ... More >>
Only The Government Can Fund Pay Equity For Disability Care And Support Workers
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 6:58 pm | NZDSN
The Government must urgently confirm it will fund pay equity for disability care and support workers, said New Zealand Disability Support Network CEO Peter Reynolds. More >>
Government Pay Equity Proposal A Blow For Women And Community Health
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 6:34 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO Chief Executive Paul Goulter says women being paid less than men, even though they do work of equal value, remains widespread across the country. More >>
Wings For Life Funds Promising Spinal Cord Injury Research In New Zealand
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 11:00 am | Catwalk Trust
CatWalk Trust, in collaboration with Wings for Life, is proud to announce a significant grant towards pioneering spinal cord injury (SCI) research led by Dr. Simon O’Carroll, in collaboration with Associate Professor Bronwyn Kivell, in New Zealand. More >>
Recovered Living: A Year Of Success, Growth, And Gratitude
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 10:32 am | Recovered Living
Recovered Living, a not-for-profit residential facility for eating disorder recovery located in North Canterbury, New Zealand, is celebrating its one-year anniversary since opening its doors to clients. More >>
60% Of Doctors Are Depressed And Can Get Access To $1,000 FREE Therapy
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 9:44 am | Clearhead
Unmanageable workloads, non-stop administration, relentless hours and the looming fear of letting patients down. For many healthcare professionals in Aotearoa New Zealand, that’s just the job description. It’s no wonder that the entire sector ... More >>
World Smokefree May In Aotearoa: Tihei Mauri Ora!
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 9:36 am | Te Roopu Tupeka Kore
World Smokefree May 2024 has begun and Te Rōpū Tupeka Kore are dedicated more than ever to advocate for whānau and communities across the nation to ensure another generation of Māori do not fall victim to the effects of big tobacco. More >>
Nominations Open For Prestigious Māori Health Award
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 9:14 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The award is open to all Māori nurses. More >>
NZVA Joins International Experts Raising Awareness On Impact Of Extreme Body Conformations On Canine Health & Welfare
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 5:19 pm | New Zealand Veterinary Association
Dog owners are being encouraged to think carefully before choosing a pet with extreme conformations - protruding eyes, deep skin folds, and twisted legs - that can lead to long-term suffering and costly veterinary bills. More >>
Pacific Radiology Helps The Hurricanes Get Back On The Field With World-class Medical Imaging Services
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 5:10 pm | Pacific Radiology
Pacific Radiology Group (PRG) is thrilled to announce they are now the official and exclusive provider of world-class medical imaging services to both the Hurricanes and Hurricanes Poua sides. Pacific Radiology, a division of RHCNZ Medical Imaging ... More >>
Everyone Has A Hand In Disability Sector Issues
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 4:55 pm | NZ Disability Support Network
Where was Labour when the disability sector was crying foul of the state of sector funding? Where was Labour when we expressed concern that Whaikaha were being set up to fail with their own funding shortfall, writes New Zealand Disability Support ... More >>
Mum Shares Her Story To Support Perinatal Mental Health Awareness Week
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 4:54 pm | Whanau Awhina Plunket
It’s Perinatal Mental Health Awareness Week and Amy hopes sharing her story will encourage other mums to reach out for support. About 60,000 babies are born in New Zealand each year, and around 15,000 parents of these pēpi will experience anxiety ... More >>
Poor Uptake Makes Mockery Of Health Star Ratings System
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 3:39 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa
The failed voluntary Health Star Rating system must urgently be made mandatory to ensure New Zealanders can make easy, healthy choices at the supermarket. In New Zealand, diet and excess body weight are responsible for 18% of premature death and disability. More >>
Movember Men's Health Institute Pledges $6.43 Million To Māori Wellbeing
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 3:25 pm | Movember
This funding forms part of a significant global commitment – totalling $63.20 million – to improve health outcomes for Indigenous communities across Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and the USA, with a series of Indigenous Social and Wellbeing ... More >>
New Medical Director For Asthma And Respiratory Foundation
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 10:17 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation
Professor Hancox is a respiratory specialist who combines epidemiological and clinical research to investigate why people develop diseases such as asthma, allergies, and chronic lung disease, then seeks better ways to assess and treat these disorders. More >>
Rise In Workplace Alcohol Detections
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 8:45 am | The Drug Detection Agency
Companies Encouraged to Reevaluate Drug and Alcohol Policies More >>
Farewelling Tobacco: Auahitūroa Traveling Art Exhibition Launches Smokefree May
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 8:30 am | Hapai Te Hauora
"The main objective of the exhibition is to prompt conversations that acknowledge the role tobacco has played in our culture and the impact it has had on whānau, hāpu, iwi and hāpori." More >>
Understanding The Heart’s Electrical Activity: Insights From ADInstruments
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 5:20 am | ADInstruments
ADInstruments offers educational resources that are crucial for healthcare professionals to master. A key resource provided includes detailed guidance on ECG placement, which is fundamental for correctly interpreting the heart’s electrical signals during ... More >>
School Lunches Work When They’re More Than Just Nutrition
Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 11:21 pm | Our Land and Water National Science Challenge
School meal programmes can feed kids successfully without creating excess food waste when they offer a wide range of foods that students are familiar with and enjoy eating, new research finds. More >>
Ban Vape Stores Near Schools, Not Just Cell Phones In Schools
Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 2:14 pm | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ Chief Executive Ms Letitia Harding says feedback from students in the Foundation’s vaping educational workshops cite access as one of the biggest contributors to the uptake of vaping among youth. More >>
10% Funding Increase Needed Just To Meet Rising Disability Sector Costs And Support Frontline Workers
Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 1:42 pm | NZDSN
“We would welcome any efficiencies that can be made in service procurement and contract oversight, which would save costs for Whaikaha, suppliers and ultimately, the taxpayer. But any savings made must be put back into frontline disability services,” ... More >>
Almost Half Of People With Common Heart Arrythmia Die Within 10 Years Of Hospitalisation
Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 11:22 am | UQ Communications
A team led by Dr Linh Ngo from UQ’s Faculty of Medicine analysed data from more than 250,000 patients admitted for AF and atrial flutter – a closely related condition – to all public and most private hospitals in Australia and New Zealand between ... More >>
To Avoid A Measles Epidemic, Aotearoa Must Close The ‘Immunity Gap’
Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 6:53 am | Public Health Communication Centre
The number of children in Aotearoa New Zealand who are not immunised against measles is still growing and we are now close to the tipping point that set off measles epidemics in previous years warn public health experts. More >>
Announcement Of An Additional $1.774 BN, To Address Pharmac’s Deficit Over The Next 4 Years Is A Good First Step
Monday, 29 April 2024, 4:53 pm | Prostate Cancer Foundation
Associate Health Minister David Seymour’s announcement of an additional $1.774 billion, to address Pharmac’s deficit over the next 4 years is a good first step. Although this is Pharmac’s biggest budget ever, significantly more is needed. More >>
Te Whatu Ora Breaches Code In Care Of Man Who Died Following Incorrect Intubation 21HDC02785
Monday, 29 April 2024, 3:46 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
The breach relates to its failure to provide services of an appropriate standard to a man who died after suffering a severe hypoxic brain injury sustained from an incorrect intubation. More >>
Commissioner Refers Massage Therapist To Director Of Proceedings 23HDC00529
Monday, 29 April 2024, 3:44 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
The massage therapist breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights for filming clients without their consent and other behaviours which did not meet accepted professional standards. More >>
Commissioner Finds Informed Consent Breach In Ablation Treatment 20HDC01421
Monday, 29 April 2024, 3:41 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
The Health and Disability Commissioner has found an obstetrician and gynaecologist breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights for failures in communication regarding a woman’s gynaecological procedure. More >>
Lifeline Celebrates 60th Year But “Pressure Has Never Been Greater”
Monday, 29 April 2024, 1:06 pm | LifeLine
Lifeline has not received government funding since 2016 while demand for primary mental health support remains high, and increases significantly at times of stress such as the COVID-19 pandemic, severe weather events and the cost of living crisis. More >>
Response To Pharmac Announcement: "There's Still An Urgent Need To Significantly Increase Pharmac's Funding"
Monday, 29 April 2024, 11:28 am | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
The $1.774 billion investment won’t cover the 13 new cancer drugs National promised it would fund, or any other new treatment on Pharmac’s Options for Investment list. More >>
Health Concerns Raised Over Waimate Waste-to-energy Incinerator Company Proposal
Monday, 29 April 2024, 9:08 am | Why Waste Waimate Inc and Waimate Doctors
Waimate GP, Dr Crispin Langston on behalf of Waimate Doctors, an informal group of local doctors, flags health concerns around SIRRL’s Waimate Project Kea consent applications. More >>
Recall Of Yoghurt Products Due To Presence Of Foreign Matter
Saturday, 27 April 2024, 5:58 am | New Zealand Food Safety
The Collective brand Suckies Strawberry Probiotic Yoghurt Pouches sold in a 4 pack (4 x 100g) with batch numbers of 32280 T2 or 32280 T3, and a best before date of 30 April 2024 are affected by this recall. More >>
Ministerial Announcement On Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
Saturday, 27 April 2024, 5:56 am | FASD-CAN
Dr Leigh Henderson, the Chair of FASD-CAN, the organisation supporting people with FASD and their families, was encouraged by the renewed activity and intiatives announced by the Minister. More >>
Manawatu Rally Against Migrant Nurse Exploitation
Friday, 26 April 2024, 4:45 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The aim of the rally is to highlight the plight of internationally qualified nurses (IQNs), many from India, who are encouraged by agencies to come to New Zealand to work but then find themselves unable to secure employment. NZNO says these recruitment ... More >>
Whakakotahitanga Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Guidelines Launched
Friday, 26 April 2024, 11:33 am | Hapai Te Hauora
Hāpai te Hauora look forward to sharing Whakakotahitanga widely with clinicians and professionals who are committed to supporting whanau with FASD diagnosis. More >>
PSNZ Calls For Urgent Action On Disability Funding And Support
Thursday, 25 April 2024, 11:30 am | Paediatric Society of New Zealand
This call to action is not just about improving funding levels; it's about recognising and addressing the systemic inequities that currently exist. It's about ensuring that all children in Aotearoa, regardless of their abilities, have the support they ... More >>
World ME Day Sheds Light on Global Health Crisis: Millions Affected by COVID triggered cases
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 6:58 pm | ANZMES
The National Advisory on ME (ANZMES) is calling on Kiwis to come together for World ME Day as we battle a global health crisis. More >>
PSNZ Calls For Urgent Action On Disability Funding And Support
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:47 pm | Paediatric Society of New Zealand
The Paediatric Society of New Zealand says support for our children with disabilities and chronic illnesses is alarmingly inadequate. This situation is especially pronounced within our Māori and Pasifika communities, where disability rates are higher, and ... More >>
