Tuesday, 27 April 2021, 11:25 am
Green Cross Health welcomes these reforms, seeing them as
an opportunity to transform the future of health care and
create a less complicated and more equitable system for New
Zealanders.
“We commend the changes outlined by the
Ministry. They are a bold step in the right direction for
health care in our country. We’ve long advocated for a
more people-centred, accessible and integrated health care
system,” says Group CEO Rachael Newfield.
Equity of
access and health outcomes is crucial, and we believe the
creation of the Māori Health Authority is a significant
step forward in ensuring that all planning and delivery of
Friday, 23 April 2021, 6:47 am
2021 could be the year an early learning centre shuts its
doors weekly, with a perfect storm of economic factors
forcing providers to take desperate measures.
“I’d
field a call a week from a provider that’s in trouble and
facing shutting down,” said Early Childhood Council CEO
Peter Reynolds. “Centre closures were already hitting 40
per year and rising, and that could well reach 52 in 2021.
It’s a shocking statistic.”
According to Ministry
of Education data, centre closures have been rising steadily
from 17 in 2016 to 40 in 2020 with no sign or hope of
slowing down.
That’s on top of an array of economic
Wednesday, 21 April 2021, 12:05 pm
Alcohol Action NZ applauds the major structural changes
to the health sector announced today by the government,
because they herald a change to the sale and purchase of
alcohol.
Alcohol use is a major determinant of health
but the commercial entities that produce, distribute, market
and sell alcohol are very lightly regulated in New Zealand.
These industries have not been held accountable in any way
for the harm that they cause.
Further, this
alcohol-related harm is disproportionately experienced by
Māori and contributes to inequities in many aspects of
life, including physical and mental health.
The
rational, evidence-based policy responses to harm from
Tuesday, 20 April 2021, 1:58 pm
Te Hautū Kahurangi | Tertiary Education Union welcomes
today’s news that the board of Southern Institute
Technology has decided to become a Living Wage employer.
This means nobody who works for SIT or any businesses
contracting to the institution will be paid below $22.75 per
hour. Workers directly employed by SIT who have been paid
below this figure will receive pay increases backdated to
the 1st of April 2021.
TEU organiser Daniel
Benson-Guiu says “it’s fantastic to see SIT recognising
the need to do everything in their power to ensure all staff
associated with their institution are paid a Living Wage and
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