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Post Budget Statement From THINK Hauora PHO
Tuesday, 4 June 2024, 2:37 pm | THINK Hauora
“Primary Care sustainability remains a core challenge for our workforce and it’s disappointing to see that Budget 24 provides little to remedy the immediate situation,” says THINK Hauora CEO Amarjit Maxwell. More >>
Study Shows Service Users Can Improve Mental Health Care
Tuesday, 4 June 2024, 2:28 pm | University of Canterbury
A new study exploring how people with direct experience of mental health services can make a valuable contribution to the system, making it kinder and more accessible for others. More >>
New National Study Aims To Enhance Understanding Of Coeliac Disease
Tuesday, 4 June 2024, 12:04 pm | Coeliac New Zealand
The 2024 New Zealand Coeliac Health Survey will investigate the health and dietary management of Kiwis living with coeliac disease, estimated to be at least one in every 100 New Zealanders. More >>
Auckland Surgical Associates Unveils New Website To Empower Patients
Tuesday, 4 June 2024, 11:38 am | Auckland Surgical Associates
This new digital platform underscores the association's commitment to patient care and providing comprehensive resources and support for individuals seeking surgical solutions for various gastrointestinal and weight-related health issues. More >>
Open Letter To The Government From Cancer Charities
Tuesday, 4 June 2024, 5:16 am | Patient Voice Aotearoa
We implore you to make good on your commitment to fund these 13 medicines with the utmost urgency. We welcome the opportunity to work with you to address New Zealand’s medicines crisis that sees hundreds of thousands of kiwis miss out on medicines that ... More >>
Budget 2024: Disappointment Over Broken Promise To Fund More Mental Health Specialists
Monday, 3 June 2024, 2:40 pm | RNZ
Psychiatrists are disappointed they won't get the 13 additional psychiatry registrar places National had committed to. More >>
Hundreds Of Experienced International Nurses Jobless Amid Nursing Shortage
Saturday, 1 June 2024, 6:43 pm | RNZ
Hundreds of internationally qualified nurses from India are reportedly struggling to find jobs despite recent Te Whatu Ora data showing that more than a quarter of hospital nursing shifts fell short of staffing targets in 2023. More >>
E Tipu E Rea Whānau on Budget 2024
Friday, 31 May 2024, 2:49 pm | E Tipu e Rea Whanau
As E Tipu e Rea has a focus on young parents, hapū māmā and their pēpi and tamariki, it won’t be a surprise that we have a few questions about Budget 2024 announcements. More >>
Budget 2024 Medicines Investment: Broken Hearts And A Third-world Position
Friday, 31 May 2024, 2:40 pm | Medicines New Zealand
The lack of additional investment in New Zealand’s medicines budget, especially the failure to announce the funding of 13 cancer-drug treatments promised before the election is extremely disappointing. More >>
Budget 2024: ACEM Welcomes ED Security Investment As A “really Promising Start”
Friday, 31 May 2024, 2:09 pm | Australasian College for Emergency Medicine
As violence in EDs continues to rise, ACEM Aotearoa New Zealand Chair Dr Kate Allan said the nation’s emergency clinicians were grateful that the government had responded to their concerns. More >>
GPNZ Welcomes Dr Lester Levy As Newly Announced Chair Of Health New Zealand
Friday, 31 May 2024, 1:56 pm | General Practice NZ
The sustainability of general practice, access to equitable primary health care and the future of Primary Health Organisations are at the forefront of the primary care sector's concerns. More >>
Whaikaha Review The Only Option For Disability Support Change
Friday, 31 May 2024, 1:40 pm | NZDSN
NZDSN’s budget analysis found that while Whaikaha appears to have received a 20% increase in departmental funding, it’s likely to be a release of contingent funding for implementing Enabling Good Lives, or a transfer of funding from the Ministry ... More >>
No Funding For New Zealanders With Severe Mental Illness And AddictionIssues In The Budget
Friday, 31 May 2024, 1:35 pm | Royal Australian and NZ College of Psychiatrists
Prior to the election, the then-spokesperson for mental health in the National Party, Matt Doocey, committed to funding 13 additional psychiatry registrar places. Psychiatrists are questioning why this commitment has been left out of today’s budget. More >>
The Low Or No-cost Health Prevention Initiatives The Government Ignored In This Budget
Friday, 31 May 2024, 1:09 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa
Health Coalition Aotearoa is calling on the government to listen to the experts and acknowledge the impacts that can be made to the health and wellbeing of New Zealanders, with very little cost required. More >>
No Funding For New Zealanders With Severe Mental Illness And Addiction Issues In Today’s Budget
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 8:02 pm | RANZCP
Psychiatrists say the Luxon-led Government has failed to meet its pre-election commitment to fund additional psychiatry training places in today’s budget, despite the escalating mental health workforce crisis across the motu. More >>
ProCare Fresh Minds Calls For Additional Mental Health Funding Beyond Youth
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 5:41 pm | ProCare Fresh Minds
Bindi Norwell, Chair at Fresh Minds says: “Gumboot Friday is a great initiative, and we are always pleased to see funding allocated to bettering the mental health and wellbeing of our rangatahi." More >>
Budget Welcomed For Primary And Community Health
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 5:39 pm | Primary and Community Health Aotearoa
The chair of the country’s leading primary and community health sector group, Primary and Community Health Aotearoa (previously the Federation) Chair, Steve Chadwick, says “it is pleasing that there has been some investment in primary and community ... More >>
Prostate Cancer Pilot For Men Appears Left Off The Agenda By New Government
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 5:24 pm | Prostate Cancer Foundation
The Prostate Cancer Foundation will continue the fight to save men’s lives after the Budget failed to fund an early detection pilot for prostate cancer. More >>
Budget 2024: Boost For Primary Care Welcomed, But More Details Needed On How Funding Will Be Allocated
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 5:20 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
The announcement of $2.2 billion over the next four years for primary, community and public health care is welcomed in principle by the College. However, the primary care sector requirement of a funding boost of between $353 million and $1.36 billion ... More >>
Budget Fails Those Living With Cancer
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 4:50 pm | Cancer Society New Zealand
The Cancer Society of New Zealand is deeply disappointed by the lack of additional funding for cancer medicines in today’s Budget 2024 announcement and is concerned by a number of important items that are notably absent. More >>
Little Relief For Primary Care In Budget 24
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 4:41 pm | ProCare Health
Bindi Norwell, Chief Executive at ProCare says, "We knew Budget 24 wasn’t going to provide a lot of relief for primary care, however, this doesn’t make the financial pressures primary care is facing go away." More >>
Government Again Fails Older Kiwis
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 4:38 pm | Alzheimers New Zealand
Budget 2024 contained nothing of significance to support the health needs of older New Zealanders, who are the largest users of the under-pressure health system, says chief executive of Alzheimers NZ Catherine Hall. More >>
Budget 2024 A Sticking Plaster, Not A Solution For Disability Support
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 4:09 pm | NZ Disability Support Network
The $1.1 billion allocated to Ministry for Disabled People - Whaikaha in Budget 2024 allows the sector to stand still but not move forward, said NZ Disability Support Network CEO Peter Reynolds. More >>
Budget 2024 Sees New Zealand’s Health Lights Dimming
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 3:50 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO says the money set aside for health over the next four years in Budget 2024 is barely enough to keep the lights on. The spokesperson added that perhaps worst of all, funds set aside for Hauora Māori services are inadequate to meet projected ... More >>
College Of Midwives Hopeful Health Money Announced In Budget Includes Maternity
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 3:25 pm | NZ College Of Midwives
While tax cuts for “the squeezed middle” will help some families as they struggle with the cost-of-living crisis and the College of Midwives says they are hopeful that the $17b announced for health will include money for maternity services. More >>
Budget Leaves Health System Struggling To Keep Up
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 3:23 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
The budget will keep the public health sectors lights on, barely, and does not address increasing unmet need, longer waiting lists and over-stretched staff. "This budget falls short," ASMS Executive Director Sarah Dalton says. More >>
Budget 2024: Excellent News On Breast Screening Extension But Patients Still Denied Access To Essential Medicines
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 3:12 pm | NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
There are breast cancer drugs that Pharmac has assessed to be necessary and will fund if it has enough money. Without a substantial increase to Pharmac’s budget, women are still denied access to these essential treatments. More >>
Quitline Reminds People Can Get Quitline Support To Quit Smoking Tobacco & Vaping In The Lead Up To World Smokefree Day
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 9:06 am | Whakarongorau Aotearoa
Quitline offers free quit vaping support to anyone, of any age, who is not smoking tobacco. This new Quit Vaping programme supports people with a 3-month programme. Since launching in late 2023 more than 1,800 people have enrolled. More >>
Workplace Programme Launched To Help Organisations Support Employees With Endometriosis
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 9:00 am | Endometriosis New Zealand
Endometriosis New Zealand (ENZ) has launched a workplace programme for organisations to better support employees with endometriosis. Workplaces have a responsibility to prioritise the health and wellbeing of their employees. More >>
Covid Cases, Rules, And Free Stuff: What You Need To Know
Wednesday, 29 May 2024, 7:16 pm | RNZ
Explainer - What will Budget 2024 reveal about the country's Covid-19 strategy? RNZ recaps what we know so far. More >>
Māori Nurses Demand Budget Closes Health Gap
Wednesday, 29 May 2024, 1:01 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Nurses and kaimahi working for Māori and Iwi health providers are hoping tomorrow’s Budget helps ease the daily struggle they face to deliver services to their communities. More >>
Gynecological Oncology Team's Visit To Samoa Highlights Value Of Partnership In The Pacific Region
Wednesday, 29 May 2024, 12:58 pm | Pasifika Medical Association Group
The Pasifika Medical Association (PMA) Group's recent deployment of a specialised gynecological oncology team to Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital in Apia, Samoa, was a testament to the value of partnership and supportive networks in the region. More >>
Asthma-related Hospitalisations Plummet, NZ Leads The World In Asthma Management
Wednesday, 29 May 2024, 12:14 pm | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
Asthma-related hospital admissions plummeted by almost 20 per cent during a four-year period, new findings show. More >>
Asthma Hospital Admissions Coming Down As New Zealand Leads The World In Asthma Management
Wednesday, 29 May 2024, 9:57 am | Medical Research Institute of New Zealand
Recent findings released by the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand (MRINZ) underscore New Zealand’s pioneering role in adopting an innovative asthma management strategy, now recognised as the optimal asthma treatment. More >>
Take Action This MND Action Month And Make Time Count For Kiwis Affected By Motor Neurone Disease
Tuesday, 28 May 2024, 2:48 pm | MND New Zealand
MND is a devastating, rapidly progressing disease that robs people of everything. People with MND know how their life will end - trapped inside a body that no longer works, unable to speak, move and, eventually, breathe. It is a terrifying fate. More >>
Nurses Say Cuts To Hospital-based Services Will Impact Care
Tuesday, 28 May 2024, 1:57 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Te Whatu Ora regions are being asked to collectively save $105 million by July using ‘cost containment’ methods including banning double shifts, pressure to take leave, non-replacement of sick staff and wiping unfilled roles. More >>
Just Cuts Spotlighting Skin Cancer Detection In Salons With Melanoma New Zealand Partnership
Tuesday, 28 May 2024, 10:57 am | Just Cuts
Just Cuts today announced its network of salons will work with Melanoma New Zealand to help amplify the impact of their life-saving prevention and early-detection initiatives nationwide. More >>
Melanoma Awareness Month A Crucial Reminder For Sun Protection All Year Round
Tuesday, 28 May 2024, 10:48 am | Skin Clinic Taranaki
Dr Nelia Lourens, Skin Clinic Taranaki surgeon says, “People are often a bit more relaxed about skin protection over the colder months. While it may not feel as hot, ultraviolet (UV) rays can cause just as much skin damage throughout this time, increasing ... More >>
New Clinical Research Aims To Reduce Stomach Cancer Rates And Disparities In New Zealand
Tuesday, 28 May 2024, 10:36 am | Malaghan Institute
H. pylori is responsible for most stomach cancers in New Zealand. Usually contracted in childhood, H. pylori infects the cells of the stomach, causing gastritis, or inflammation of the stomach lining. More >>
Using Human Digital Twins To Explore A New Paradigm In Diabetes Care
Tuesday, 28 May 2024, 9:31 am | Health Research Council Of New Zealand
The Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) is funding exploratory research into the use of ‘human digital twins’ and artificial intelligence aimed at reversing Type 2 diabetes. More >>
Kiwis Warned To Be Vigilant As Data Shows Severe Respiratory Infection Hospitalisations Growing
Monday, 27 May 2024, 8:15 pm | GSK New Zealand
Data from govt health research agency Institute of Environmental Science & Research (ESR) shows the number of hospitalisations from severe respiratory illness, including acute conditions such as COVID-19, influenza, and RSV last year, peaked at levels ... More >>
Covid-19: NZ Experiencing Highest Peak In 18 Months - Epidemiologist
Monday, 27 May 2024, 7:15 pm | RNZ
Fresh warnings are being issued as the virus surges again. More >>
ProCare Strengthens Relationship With The Heart Foundation
Monday, 27 May 2024, 3:57 pm | ProCare Health
Together, ProCare and the Heart Foundation will focus on sharing heart health information, research, expertise, and connections and working collaboratively to positively impact health outcomes and reduce the risk of heart-related disease. The Heart Foundation ... More >>
Failure To Administer Local Anaesthetic Breaches The Code 20HDC01208
Monday, 27 May 2024, 2:59 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
The breach concerns the care provided to a woman in her twenties who underwent a procedure at Greenlane Hospital to remove abnormal cells from her cervix following results from a smear test. More >>
Health New Zealand Breaches Code For Multiple System Failures In Management Of Woman’s Echocardiogram 20HDC01130
Monday, 27 May 2024, 2:56 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
The woman at the centre of the report, was initially referred by her GP to Thames Hospital for an echocardiogram. She experienced significant delays in getting the echocardiogram done and learning the results which indicated severe heart valve disease More >>
Budget Needs To Help Eradicate The Pest That Is Youth Vaping
Monday, 27 May 2024, 12:16 pm | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation
The Government needs to support efforts to eradicate a persistent and pervasive pest - youth vaping. This is the call from the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ for the upcoming Budget announcement on Wednesday. More >>
Barnardos Aotearoa And Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora Partner In Christchurch To Promote Healthy Smiles Among Tamariki
Monday, 27 May 2024, 11:56 am | Health NZ
Te Puna Oraka and Hornby Pasifika early learning centres are embracing this initiative, particularly during a time when many whānau are struggling to meet the cost of basic needs. More >>
GP Breaches Code In Care Of Man At Risk Of Blood Clots 21HDC01781
Monday, 27 May 2024, 11:14 am | Health and Disability Commissioner
The Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner has found a rural locum GP breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights in her care of a patient with ongoing right leg pain, swelling and other symptoms. More >>
Future Of Health Safety Conference Announcement
Monday, 27 May 2024, 10:33 am | Canterbury Safety Charter
Early bird tickets now available to the future of Health and Safety conference, July 2024 More >>
Barnardos Aotearoa And Health NZ | Te Whatu Ora Partner In Christchurch To Promote Healthy Smiles Among Tamariki
Monday, 27 May 2024, 10:20 am | Barnardos
Barnardos Early Learning Services is thrilled to be working with Health NZ in Canterbury to launch the Waitaha Toothbrushing Programme in our two early learning centres in Christchurch. More >>
Ryman Voted Most Trusted Brand A Milestone Tenth Time
Monday, 27 May 2024, 8:45 am | Ryman Healthcare
Ryman New Zealand Chief Executive Officer Cheyne Chalmers says winning Most Trusted Brand is the ultimate honour because it is based on votes from the New Zealand public. More >>
Providing Free Dental Care On Remote Tongan Island A Rewarding Exercise For Lower Hutt Soldier
Monday, 27 May 2024, 8:39 am | New Zealand Defence Force
On the remote Tongan island of Lifuka, New Zealand Army Dental Hygienist, Lance Corporal Victoria Nawalaniec, found herself a long way from her private practice roots. More >>
There's No Need To Shower Every Day
Sunday, 26 May 2024, 5:37 pm | RNZ
There's no intrinsic health benefit to showering daily - in fact, it can even be bad for you, Matilda Welin tells Jim Mora. More >>
Health Select Committee To Look Into Aged Care
Friday, 24 May 2024, 1:08 pm | Health Committee
NZ First MP on the committee Jenny Marcroft welcomes the inquiry, which was agreed to in the National – NZ First Coalition Agreement. More >>
NZ Blood Workers Plan 24-hour Strike For Pay Parity
Friday, 24 May 2024, 10:16 am | PSA
More than 290 lab workers, scientists, technicians, and administrators at New Zealand Blood Service have voted to strike after more than seven months of stalled negotiations. More >>
Rural Research Snapshot Highlights Struggle To Have Good Health Outcomes In Rural Areas
Friday, 24 May 2024, 8:55 am | Hauora Taiwhenua Rural Health Network
For years, our rural healthcare workforce has known intuitively that those in rural areas have poorer health outcomes than those in urban areas, but there has been no clear data to show this. In 2022, academics from Otago and Waikato Universities developed ... More >>
Sick Children Among Those Honoured At Awards Night
Friday, 24 May 2024, 5:51 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
The awards, hosted by the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ, were held in Wellington on Thursday evening to honour and celebrate the achievements of New Zealanders living with respiratory conditions. More >>
Study To Use AI To Avoid Over- And Under-prescribing Medicines For Older New Zealanders
Friday, 24 May 2024, 5:44 am | Health Research Council Of New Zealand
A newly funded study will seek to develop New Zealand’s first digital tool using AI technology to guide the safer use of medicines in older adults and reduce the amount of harmful or unnecessary medicines prescribed. More >>
Forklift Brake Failure Incident Could Have Been Avoided
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 12:36 pm | WorkSafe NZ
Casey Broad, WorkSafe’s National Manager Investigations, says the $240,000 fine handed down to Refrigafreighters Limited for an incident in September 2022 is a wake-up call to all businesses using forklifts. More >>
Get Ready To Be Reviewed By The Dying
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 11:07 am | Hospice NZ
Te Kahu Pairuri o Aotearoa Hospice NZ and agency partner Clemenger BBDO have launched a platform allowing those who are dying to rate the society they live in. More >>
