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Population health expert Tim Ten­bensel says a new report from General Practice New Zealand looks backward at PHOs, rather than forward at what they could do in future

The Disabled Person Assembly (DPA) NZ welcomes today’s announcement of the establishment of a new Ministry for Disabled People and the national implementation of the Enabling Good Lives approach

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The recent announcement of members for the two new health boards - Health New Zealand and Māori Health Authority Board - has generated much thought within the nursing community.

“We have been warned”—preparing now to prevent the next pandemic | OPEN ACCESS Open Access PDF Download ‘COVID-19: Make it the Last Pandemic’ is the aspirational title of the recently released report by the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response.[[1]] This panel, co-chaired by Helen Clark and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, was convened in mid-2020 by the World Health Organization (WHO) to assess the global handling of COVID-19. The report is predictably grim reading. The p...

Medical staff were recording all notes manually and had to be vigilant there were no mistakes. “We are going back to processes a little bit like we used 20 years before computers were used in these sorts of settings,” the doctor said. Hospital staff were used to electronic processes where they can access a patients history through the National Health Index (NHI). Kelly Hodel/Stuff A Waikato Hospital emergency doctor said staff are recording patient names on whiteboards as a way to make i...

Press Release – Office of the Clerk Questions to Ministers Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all of her Governments statements and actions? BARBARA EDMONDS to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy? DAVID SEYMOUR … Questions to Ministers Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all of her Government’s statements and actions? BARBARA EDMONDS to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen...