Through the work you are all doing, our whānau,
our community and our nation prosper.
The New Zealand
Primary Healthcare Awards | He Tohu Mauri Ora celebrated the
stars of primary healthcare at a black-tie awards ceremony
on 15 May at the Cordis Hotel in Auckland.
The evening
showcased GPs, pharmacists, nurses, midwives, suppliers,
practice managers, researchers and others whose innovations
and collaborations are transforming primary
healthcare.
These primary healthcare stars have stood
strong through the COVID-19 pandemic, finding new ways to
improve equity and deliver positive health outcomes for all
New Zealanders.
The evening’s host, celebrity
speaker and wellbeing advocate Jase Te Patu, greeted the
ACC is laying down a commitment to transform and improve Māori health outcomes through their proposed new strategy, Whāia Te Tika.
ACC chief customer officer Emma Powell says the organisation wants to listen and address Māori health outcomes.
Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller
The strategy seeks to engage with Māori to provide culturally and clinically suitable services with a by Māori for Māori approach.
According to statistics from ACC - the Accident Compensation Corporation - Māori contributed to 26 percent of active sensitive claims and 24 percent of the active serious injury claims.
On top of that - and despite making up 16.6 percent of the overall New Zealand population - Māori were under-represented when it came to laying claims.
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IMAGE: The Waitematā District Health Board (DHB) Fracture Liaison Service has earned a Capture the Fracture® Gold Standard certificate in recognition of its exemplary service. Waitematā DHB FLS team, from left:. view more
Credit: Waitematā DHB FLS
May 7, 2021 - Nyon, Switzerland
A broken bone after a minor fall is often the first sign of underlying osteoporosis. It s also a warning sign that a fracture patient is at high risk of sustaining further, potentially life-threatening fragility fractures, a risk which is especially high within the following two years.
This is where a fracture liaison service (FLS) can make an essential difference to a patient s future. FLS are coordinated, multidisciplinary services which serve to systematically identify, evaluate, treat and monitor fracture patients in order to significantly reduce their risk of suffering serious secondary fractures.
Hon Priyanca Radhakrishnan
The voices of those affected by the March 15 mosque attacks will be heard more effectively with the establishment of a new collective impact board, Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment Priyanca Radhakrishnan announced today.
Seven members of the Christchurch Muslim community have been appointed to the newly established Board, which was one of the key recommendations of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the 2019 attack on Christchurch Mosques.
“The Collective Impact Board brings together community and government representatives to guide ongoing support services for the families and individuals affected by the Christchurch mosque attacks,” Priyanca Radhakrishnan said.