Press Release – New Zealand Government
Northlanders will no longer automatically have to go to Auckland for lifesaving heart procedures like angiograms, angioplasty and the insertion of pacemakers, thanks to new operating theatres and a cardiac catheter laboratory opened at Whangārei Hospital by Health Minister Andrew Little today.
The two projects – along with a new endoscopy suite opened last year – will be transformational for Northlanders, the Minister said.
“As I said in my speech to announce the health reforms two weeks ago, it is simply unacceptable that the place you live should determine what sort of healthcare you get,” he said at the opening in Whangarei today.
Calls for health minister Andrew Little to step in over long cancer waiting lists in south
6 May, 2021 07:30 PM
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Southern cancer patients are dying and Health Minister Andrew Little needs to step in and save them, patient advocate Melissa Vining says. Photo / Paul Taylor
Southern cancer patients are dying and Health Minister Andrew Little needs to step in and save them, patient advocate Melissa Vining says. Photo / Paul Taylor
Otago Daily Times
Southern cancer patients are dying and Health Minister Andrew Little needs to step in and save them, patient advocate Melissa Vining says. How many people have to die before anyone takes action? she asked yesterday.
Māori gather to discuss collective approach to Māori Health Authority 07 May 2021 08:30 AM
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Whānau Ora partners from Tamaki Makaurau and Te Tai Tokerau will come together tomorrow with Northland Iwi to work out a collective approach to the government’s proposed Māori Health Authority.
In the first of 3 planned Hui, representatives from Northland Iwi, along with Whānau Ora partners from Tamaki Makaurau gathered at Otiria Marae, Moerewa to discuss how best Māori could establish, support and manage the Māori Health Authority.
Press Release – Whanau Ora Whnau Ora partners from Tamaki Makaurau and Te Tai Tokerau will come together today with Northland Iwi to work out a collective approach to the governments proposed Mori Health Authority. In the first of 3 planned Hui, representatives …
Whānau Ora partners from Tamaki Makaurau and Te Tai Tokerau will come together today with Northland Iwi to work out a collective approach to the government’s proposed Māori Health Authority.
In the first of 3 planned Hui, representatives from Northland Iwi, along with Whānau Ora partners from Tamaki Makaurau will gather at Otiria Marae, Moerewa at 8.30am to discuss how best Māori could establish, support and manage the Māori Health Authority.
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In 2018, then-Health Minister David Clark s Misuse of Drugs (Medicinal Cannabis) Amendment Bill passed its final reading - with the aim of allowing terminally ill people to use cannabis and utensils for medical purposes.
But it hasn t made things easier for Thomas and her son. She said the price of importing and bureaucracy are still pushing people to the black market.