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Nearly 400 Doctors Call For Caution And Care In Health Workforce Reform
Wed, 30 Apr 2025 10:37:29 +1200 | NZ Women in Medicine
While NZWIM supports efforts to streamline regulatory processes, it stresses that reform must be part of a wider strategy to address workforce shortages, staff wellbeing, and the sustainability of healthcare services.More >>
Healthcare Providers Funding Immunisations Out Of Own Pockets, Health NZ Admits 'Work To Do'
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 18:18:15 +1200 | RNZ
Health NZ admits there is still some work to do, as Māori and Pacific immunisation providers say funding is too low to cover services. More >>
History Shows Patients At Risk From Physician Associates
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 17:35:22 +1200 | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The introduction of physician associates is an unnecessary quick and cheap fix to the doctor shortage when we have a competent and experienced nurse practitioner workforce available to do this work.More >>
Medical Council To Regulate The Physician Associate Profession
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 16:37:51 +1200 | Medical Council of New Zealand
Council’s focus will be on setting clear and appropriate standards for PAs working in Aotearoa New Zealand, to ensure public safety. Regulation will provide clarity for patients, PAs, and doctors about the role and expectations of PAs within our ...More >>
Government Focus On Physician Associates A Distraction From Real Issues
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 16:23:34 +1200 | General Practice Owners Association
The biggest change the government can make to improve health care is immediately invest in general practice to retain the GPs we have now and to make it more attractive for GPs to come to New Zealand. More >>
Protecting Our Youngest Citizens: Put People Before Profit In Infant Formula Rules
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 16:15:04 +1200 | Health Coalition Aotearoa
Health Coalition Aotearoa supports a U-turn in the policy and a recommitment to the infant formula standard. We strongly oppose any move to prioritise corporate profits over population wellbeing.More >>
Right-Wing Government Strips Māori Health Safeguards And Pretends Colonisation Never Happened
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:43:31 +1200 | Te Pati Maori
The Government must stop weaponising culture-war rhetoric against Māori and stop hiding behind the fact, they have no solutions to offer to the ongoing causes of inequity in Aotearoa.More >>
Free Speech Union Submits On Phase 2 Of Covid-19 Inquiry: Speech Rights Undermined During Pandemic
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 20:24:33 +1200 | Free Speech Union
Suppressing legitimate questions and professional judgments ultimately undermines public trust and weakens democratic institutions. More >>
Far North Fluoridation Expansion On Horizon As Non-Compliance Continues
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 20:05:43 +1200 | Susan Botting - Local Democracy Reporter
Far North drinking water fluoridation for more than 30,000 people is under the spotlight. More >>
Health NZ Disappointed That Association Of Salaried Medical Specialists Strike To Go Ahead
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 18:40:08 +1200 | RNZ
Hospitals and emergency departments will remain open, and the union is working with Health NZ to ensure life-preserving services continue. More >>
Govt’s Further Backtrack On Te Tiriti O Waitangi At Pharmac Endangers Māori Health
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 17:04:57 +1200 | PSA
"This is an abandonment of Pharmac’s commitment to the health of Māori and another breach of Te Tiriti o Waitangi," said Janice Panoho, Te Kaihautū Māori for the Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi.More >>
COVID-19 Inquiry Receives More Than 31,000 Submissions
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 16:42:14 +1200 | Royal Commission Covid-19 Lessons Learned
“It’s clear that the pandemic is still top of mind for many people in Aotearoa New Zealand, particularly those areas like Auckland and Northland that were affected by longer lockdowns during the COVID-19 response,” says Grant Illingworth KC, Chair ...More >>
Physician Associate Regulation ‘A Watershed Moment’ For NZ Health Sector
Sat, 26 Apr 2025 12:35:45 +1200 | Gore Health
It’s so exciting that the sector is finally going to get to truly appreciate and embrace the skills PAs bring to the table. Gore Health CEO Dr Karl Metzler said he would love to see a PA training programme up and running in New Zealand within three ...More >>
Physician Associates Regulation To Boost Access To Quality Care Across Aotearoa
Sat, 26 Apr 2025 12:32:37 +1200 | NZPAS
This long-anticipated move marks a major step toward improving timely access to high quality healthcare. More >>
Physician Associates To Be A Regulated Workforce
Sat, 26 Apr 2025 12:28:54 +1200 | New Zealand Government
Regulating physician associates under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 demonstrates the Government’s commitment to patient safety and providing high quality care.More >>
ANZMES Highlights Lessons From The COVID-19 Pandemic In Submission To Royal Commission
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 12:29:12 +1200 | ANZMES
ANZMES’s submission reflects a steadfast commitment to advocating for systemic reform and fostering collaboration with policymakers, healthcare providers, and communities to build a resilient and equitable healthcare system.More >>
More Than 900 Health Graduates To Receive Financial Boost Through Bonding Scheme
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 07:35:50 +1200 | New Zealand Government
The scheme, which was launched under the previous National government, was expanded in 2024 to include new & recent graduate anaesthetic technicians & pharmacists. It offers after-tax payments ranging from $14,165 to $50,000 over a bonding period of ...More >>
PSA Forces Changes To Restructure Of Data & Digital And Pacific Health
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 12:58:23 +1200 | PSA
The settlement relates to proposed restructures of the Data and Digital and Pacific Health teams at Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora which were subject to litigation before the Employment Relations Authority set down for 22 April 2025.More >>
We Want To Hear From As Many People As Possible, Says COVID-19 Inquiry Chair
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 08:31:30 +1200 | Royal Commission Covid-19 Lessons Learned
The Inquiry’s public submissions portal has been open since 3 February 2025, and closes at midnight on 27 April 2025. Anyone who wants to make a submission can either fill in the on-line form at www.covid19inquiry.nz, or by calling 0800 500 306.More >>
Norwegian Healthcare Model May Be Key To Improving NZ’s Ovarian Cancer Survival Rates
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 16:07:58 +1200 | GSK New Zealand
The new network, which is set to have its first meeting early this year, aims to tackle critical challenges in cancer care, including expanding workforce capacity to meet rising demand, creating sustainable and equitable care models and addressing ...More >>
