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The authority will be able to commission primary health services and make joint decisions with a newly created centralised health agency. It’s a simple idea, and one with radically transformative potential. But it’s not new. In 2019, the Waitangi Tribunal found consistent Crown failure in the health care and well-being of Māori. It recommended establishing an independent authority to oversee Māori primary health services. The government’s announcement responds to a 2020 Health and Disa...

The NZ Alcohol Beverages Council (NZABC) supports the Government’s targeted approach to primary and community healthcare announced today by the Minister of Health, Hon. Andrew Little, in response to the Health and Disability System Review. “The majority ...

Photo: Supplied A new Māori Health Authority will be set up to have joint decision-making power with the new entity Health New Zealand which will replace all 20 district health boards (DHB). A consensus on whether a new Māori Health Authority should be able to fund its own services could not be reached by the Health and Disability System Review. The reports author Heather Simpson and two other panel members dissented from the majority of the panel and went against the recommendation of the M�...

The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists Toi Mata Hauora says the Government has chosen a bold path of health reform, but increased health funding and investment must sit alongside. The Health Minister Andrew Little has announced a generational ...

Press Release – Alcohol Beverages Council The NZ Alcohol Beverages Council (NZABC) supports the Governments targeted approach to primary and community healthcare announced today by the Minister of Health, Hon. Andrew Little, in response to the Health and Disability System Review. The majority … The NZ Alcohol Beverages Council (NZABC) supports the Government’s targeted approach to primary and community healthcare announced today by the Minister of Health, Hon. Andrew Little, in response ...

The Cancer Society of New Zealand is supportive of the proposed changes to the Health and Disability System, announced by Minister of Health Andrew Little today. Chief Executive Lucy Elwood says the Cancer Society has been pushing for improved national ...

Maori Health Authority: More details sought File image. Maori medical professionals and health advocates are "mildly optimistic" after the announcement that tangata whenua will have their own health body with the power to decide what services to fund. A new Maori Health Authority will be set up to have joint decision-making power with the new entity Health New Zealand which will replace all 20 district health boards (DHB). A consensus on whether a new Maori Health Authority should be able to fu...

New Zealand’s health system is in for a significant shake up. Changes include an end to district health boards in favour for a national organisation, as well as creating a new Māori Health Authority and a new public health agency. Your playlist will load after this ad The Health Minister spoke in Wellington where he said he’s “laying out a plan” for Aotearoa. Source: 1 NEWS The announcement by Health Minister Andrew Little comes after...

Te Ao Waitangi Tribunal claimant and Māori health leader Lady Tureiti Moxon is calling on the Crown to respond to the Waitangi Tribunal Hauora Report with more urgency. (First published August 2019) The Government is poised to announce a major shake-up of health services struggling with overflowing emergency departments, deep inequities, and long surgical waiting lists, but critics say it is unlikely to be enough to turnaround patient care. Health Minister Andrew Little has already signalled...

Thursday, 15 April 2021, 5:12 pm | NZ College of Public Health Medicine The College of Public Health Medicine welcomes the announcement by the Government of the development of a Smokefree 2025 Action Plan to speed the country towards achievement of its Smokefree 2025 goal. As a country, we are making progress to reduce the level ... More >> Tuesday, 16 June 2020, 5:22 pm | NZ College of Public Health Medicine A much stronger focus on population health as indicated by The Health and Disabili...