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Unchecked Rentals Threaten Health Of New Zealanders
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 10:07:47 +1200 | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ, which advocates for the 700,000 Kiwis living with respiratory disease, is urging the Government to implement an assessment requirement so tenants know their homes meet the Residential Tenancies (Healthy Homes Standards) ...More >>
Government Acknowledges Torture At Lake Alice
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 16:18:17 +1200 | New Zealand Government
The Minister responsible for coordinating the Crown Response to the Abuse in Care Inquiry, Erica Stanford, says throughout the 1970s patients at Lake Alice were given electric shocks without anaesthetic, as well as painful and immobilising paraldehyde ...More >>
Charity Concerned By Slow Screening Rollout For Māori And Pasifika
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 13:47:59 +1200 | Bowel Cancer New Zealand
Bowel Cancer NZ is critical of the Minister of Health’s statement since the government has previously outlined it would trial how best to achieve a high participation rate from May 2022 to July 2023.More >>
Open Letter To The Incoming Commissioner Of Health NZ From GP Aoteaora
Tue, 23 Jul 2024 17:56:16 +1200 | General Practitioners Aotearoa
General Practitioners Aotearoa (GPA) outlines hopes for the upcoming reforms and concerns about the state of the healthcare system and primary healthcare in particular. More >>
Aotearoa Clinical Trials Announces Partnership With Care Access To Expand Clinical Trials In Diverse NZ Communities
Tue, 23 Jul 2024 09:38:59 +1200 | Aotearoa Clinical Trials
U.S.-based Care Access to leverage its renowned decentralised capabilities to expand research availability to more communities in New Zealand More >>
Phase 2 Clinical Trial Underway To Confirm Effectiveness And Safety Of NZ’s First CAR T-Cell Cancer Therapy
Tue, 23 Jul 2024 07:32:21 +1200 | Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
A phase 2 clinical trial of a new CAR T-cell therapy is getting underway at Wellington Hospital this month, on the back of promising phase 1 results that suggest improved safety compared with leading commercial CAR T-cell therapies, while remaining highly ...More >>
Fast-track Panel Approves New Dunedin Hospital Facilities
Mon, 22 Jul 2024 16:21:33 +1200 | Environmental Protection Authority
An independent panel has granted resource consents and confirmed a notice of requirement, subject to conditions, to construct service facilities for the new hospital in central Dunedin. The Minister for Health and the Ministry of Health applied for resource ...More >>
Health New Zealand Breaches Code Regarding Open Disclosure Of Cervical Smear Results That Had Been Misread 23HDC00079
Mon, 22 Jul 2024 14:47:10 +1200 | Health and Disability Commissioner
Following an investigation into the woman’s complaint, the Health and Disability Commissioner found the woman’s rights under the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) were breached by Health New Zealand.More >>
Failures In Care During Labour 21HDC00367
Mon, 22 Jul 2024 14:44:30 +1200 | Health and Disability Commissioner
The woman at the centre of the report was admitted to the Birthing Suite at Christchurch Woman’s Hospital for induction of labour, which started three days after admission. More >>
Care Home Fails To Provide Appropriate Standard Of Respite Care For Palliative Care Resident 20HDC01432
Mon, 22 Jul 2024 14:38:55 +1200 | Health and Disability Commissioner
The man’s family raised concerns in relation to the care he received during his week at the care home, including pressure injury and fluid intake management, as well as a medication error.More >>
Waikato Hospital Laboratory Gets An Upgrade
Mon, 22 Jul 2024 11:40:21 +1200 | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand
Waikato Hospital has completed a significant upgrade to its laboratory with more space, services co-located, and a new Molecular Biology Laboratory. More >>
Inadequate Funding From Health New Zealand Puts Further Pressure On Patients
Fri, 19 Jul 2024 18:45:38 +1200 | General Practice Owners Association
The General Practice Owners Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (GenPro) has firmly rejected the latest funding offer from Health New Zealand, warning that patients will be the ones who feel the pinch.More >>
Worker Shortage A Key Cause Of Disability Support Complaints
Fri, 19 Jul 2024 13:58:32 +1200 | NZ Disability Support Network
“Any lapse in standards of support is unacceptable and providers take them seriously. It is positive that the Commissioner’s report shows complaints are relatively rare and providers comply with 96% of recommendations made by HDC.More >>
Your Grassroots Trust Rescue Helicopter Carries Out 32 Life Saving Missions In June
Fri, 19 Jul 2024 11:52:26 +1200 | Grassroots Rescue Helicopter
The Grassroots Trust Rescue Helicopter carried out 32 life-saving missions within the Manawatu and Whanganui regions over the month of June. More >>
Pharmac Proposes To Widen Access To Urinary Tract Infection Treatment And Fund A New Epilepsy Treatment
Thu, 18 Jul 2024 13:06:37 +1200 | PHARMAC
Pharmac would like to hear from people who have experienced urinary tract infections or epilepsy, their whānau, clinicians and others in the health sector about the proposed eligibility criteria for both of these medicines.More >>
Peer Support Specialists Rolled Out In Hospitals
Thu, 18 Jul 2024 12:08:28 +1200 | New Zealand Government
The five Emergency Departments selected to trial this new mental health and addiction peer support service are Auckland City Hospital, Middlemore Hospital, Waikato Hospital, Wellington Regional Hospital and Christchurch Hospital.More >>
Government's Smokefree Plan Will Accelerate Youth Nicotine Addiction And Boost Tobacco Industry Profits
Thu, 18 Jul 2024 07:37:55 +1200 | Health Coalition Aotearoa
Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) strongly condemns these measures and calls on the Government to think about the destructive consequences for youth and the generations to come.More >>
The Kiwi Medical Pioneer You Haven't Heard Of
Wed, 17 Jul 2024 17:38:36 +1200 | RNZ
A surgeon originally from Cromwell - who worked in the Spanish Civil War and World War II - is being credited with influencing the way modern day hospitals run their A and E departments.More >>
Te Niwha Programme Nurtures Future Infectious Diseases Research Leaders
Tue, 16 Jul 2024 09:07:29 +1200 | Te Niwha
Developing new therapies to bolster ageing immune systems and better protect older New Zealanders, testing the potential of traditional medicines to treat respiratory infections such as COVID-19, and creating a database of viruses in animals unique ...More >>
A Call For Strong Leadership To Reduce NZ’s Dangerously High Antibiotic Use
Tue, 16 Jul 2024 08:15:31 +1200 | Public Health Communication Centre
Public Health Communication Centre, Associate Professor Mark Thomas of the University of Auckland and co-authors highlight that the misuse of antibiotics has positioned NZ among the nations with the highest rates of antibiotic resistance.More >>
