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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 >>
ANZMES Advocates For Equitable Healthcare In Regulatory Reform Submission
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 20:06:42 +1200 | ANZMES
In our submission, ANZMES emphasised the pressing need for systemic change, outlining practical and impactful solutions to enhance healthcare delivery for individuals with ME/CFS and other underserved communities. 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 >>
Alcohol And Mental Health Symposium At Parliament - 5 May 2025
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 16:10:05 +1200 | Alcohol Healthwatch
We will be bringing a range of people together including those with lived experience, young people, professionals, and community champions from the wide range of sectors impacted by alcohol and mental health challenges.More >>
International Day Of Immunology 2025: Brain And Immunity
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 13:35:34 +1200 | Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
Few conditions inspire more dread than the creeping shadow of neurodegenerative disease. At times, it feels almost taboo to talk about, perhaps because it touches on something deeper than physical decline.More >>
Clean Air In Schools Needs Government Action
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 13:20:14 +1200 | Aotearoa Covid Action
Tamariki at our ECEs and schools should be playing and learning, not bringing home disease and spreading it to their families and across the wider community, says ACA spokesperson Tara Forde.More >>
Taupō Hospital Accredited To Train Next Generation Of Rural Doctors
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 10:02:41 +1200 | New Zealand Government
“Rural generalists can sustainably manage a broad range of patient needs and work within clinical networks to ensure patients get access to specialist teams when required”, Health Minister Simeon Brown says.More >>
Huge Benefits Available From Medical Conferences
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 09:58:45 +1200 | New Zealand Government
“New Zealand’s prohibition on advertising medicines yet to be consented by Medsafe is a barrier to New Zealand’s ability to host medical conferences and trade shows. The opportunity cost of New Zealand missing out on these is huge,” Mr Seymour says.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 >>
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 >>
Health Warning Lifted For Algal Bloom In Lake Pegasus
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:42:34 +1200 | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand
Dr Cheryl Brunton, Medical Officer of Health for the National Public Health Service, says monthly visual assessments and sampling of Lake Pegasus will be undertaken during the winter months, with fortnightly sampling of Lake Pegasus beginning again in September.More >>
Unions Launch Campaign To Ban Engineered Stone
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:48:00 +1200 | NZCTU
Silicosis is a debilitating disease that cannot be cured. The evidence is clear that the only solution is to stop workers from being required to process engineered stone, which exposes them to the dangerous silica dust.More >>
Food Recall: Frozen Anchovies Recalled Due To Presence Of A Marine Biotoxin
Fri, 25 Apr 2025 18:30:37 +1200 | New Zealand Food Safety
The affected products were sold at a small number of supermarkets and specialty stores.More >>
UN Warns Of Rising Deportations Of Haitian Mothers And Newborns From Dominican Republic
Fri, 25 Apr 2025 08:40:52 +1200 | UN News
The UN has raised concern over a growing number of vulnerable Haitians – particularly pregnant women, new mothers, and infants – being deported from the Dominican Republic. More >>
Low Risk To Public Health Following Fire At South Taranaki Hotel
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 16:06:54 +1200 | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand
Health New Zealand Medical Officer of Health Dr William Rainger says while testing of debris found asbestos in the building, there was a very low risk to public health. More >>
Increases In Vaccine-Preventable Disease Outbreaks Threaten Years Of Progress, Warn WHO, UNICEF, Gavi
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 16:04:55 +1200 | UNICEF Aotearoa NZ
UNICEF, WHO, & Gavi urgently call for parents, the public, & politicians to strengthen support for immunization. The agencies emphasize the need for sustained investment in vaccines and immunization programmes and urge countries to honour their commitments ...More >>
World Immunisation Week Shows Importance Of Health Targets
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 14:23:10 +1200 | New Zealand Government
Results released in the second quarter 2024/25 earlier this show more children are now fully immunised, with 77 per cent of two-year-olds being immunised in the second quarter of this year, up from 75.7 per cent in the previous quarter.”More >>
Public Submissions To The COVID-19 Inquiry Close On Sunday 27 April 2025 At Midnight
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 13:38:11 +1200 | Royal Commission Covid-19 Lessons Learned
By reviewing these decisions, the Inquiry will be able to provide recommendations to the Government on how Aotearoa New Zealand could better prepare for and manage any future pandemics.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 >>
We Cannot Turn A Blind Eye To Preventable Epidemics If We Are To Deliver On SDGs
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 07:48:59 +1200 | CNS
Dr Bam called for building result oriented political leadership that translates into effective TB and tobacco control legislation; accountability and sustainability of TB control and tobacco control programmes; and inclusion of smoking cessation through ...More >>
