Thursday, 8 July 2021, 11:20 am
“Women’s birth experiences have an impact beyond the
act of giving birth. The care they receive has an influence
over the following weeks, months and even years, as they and
their whānau adapt to life as new
parents.”
That’s what Alison Eddy, CEO of the New
Zealand College of Midwives, believes is under-recognised
within the wider context of maternity service provision in
Aotearoa New Zealand.
“Having a baby, becoming a
family is a formative time in our lives. As well as high
quality clinical care, women and whānau need to have the
emotional, psychological and cultural aspects of their
Thursday, 8 July 2021, 12:55 pm
The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists Toi Mata
Hauora says patients and staff will be disappointed that an
inquiry into progress on planned new mental health services
has been knocked off the political agenda.
Government
MPs on Parliament’s health select committee have blocked a
National Party proposal for an inquiry into the delay in
providing 15 new mental health inpatient facilities which
would aim to accelerate progress and assess design
standards.
In its recent report, What
Price Mental Health? ASMS found that DHBs frequently
exceed 100% occupancy levels for mental health inpatient
beds, and the number of inpatient beds per population has
“We should continue to focus on
working conditions and pay which realistically reflect the
markets in which we work, which are internally fair, and
which encourage people to enjoy and grow in their
work.
“We have plenty to do, and if there
are unions which represent our employees and are on that
journey they are welcome
participants.”
SkyCity Entertainment Group
announced in June that earnings are expected to be up $50
million to $250 million and net profit up 33% to between $84
and $88 million. SkyCity has done incredibly well through
the Covid crisis, temporary downturn and
recovery.
SkyCity collected $31 million in
Government-funded wage subsidies and laid off 1000 staff to
Thursday, 8 July 2021, 1:32 pm
Kāpiti Coast District Council has today removed the
precautionary boil water notice for the Hautere/Te Horo
public water supply which was issued on Sunday 27 June
2021.
The notice was put in place as a precautionary
measure following heavy rain, which made the bore water
collected from the Ōtaki river more turbid than
usual.
Infrastructure Services Group Manager Sean
Mallon says the Council has undertaken daily testing of the
public drinking water supply which supplies approximately
300 properties and is sourced from two bores that sit
alongside the Ōtaki River.
“Daily water sampling
tests have been taken from a number of key locations over
Thursday, 8 July 2021, 3:40 pm
Parliament has passed the Bill to extend by two months
the statutory reporting time frames in the Crown Entities
Act 2004 and the Local Government Act 2002. The extensions
apply to Crown entities and organisations listed in
Schedules 4 and 4A of the Public Finance Act 1989 and local
authorities and council-controlled organisations with 30
June balance dates.
Last year, all reporting time
frames for public organisations with a 30 June balance date
needed to be extended. This was because of the way Covid-19
affected many of those organisations’ ability to prepare
their financial statements (and performance information) and
affected our ability to carry out the annual audits. This