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Health Budget Pressures Creating Hospital Crisis - Frontline Doctors
Fri, 20 Sep 2024 08:38:44 +1200 | STONZ
A majority of frontline doctors polled by Specialty Trainees of New Zealand (STONZ), a union for Resident Medical Officers (RMOs), are reporting serious concerns about the impact of cost pressures on Te Whatu Ora is having on their ability to care for ...More >>
Hospital Cuts Hurt - Dunedin Prepares To March
Thu, 19 Sep 2024 17:34:43 +1200 | Dunedin City Council
Hospital Cuts hurt (Photo/Supplied) Dunedin (Thursday, 19 September 2024) – Get ready to march. That is the rallying cry from Mayor of Dunedin Jules Radich as the city gears up for one of the largest public protest movements in recent times. The ...More >>
They Save, We Pay – Council United Against Hospital Cuts
Wed, 18 Sep 2024 19:31:29 +1200 | Dunedin City Council
Hospital cuts hurt our people, they hurt jobs, they hurt communities, they hurt education and business, they hurt Dunedin and our region. It’s vital the government hears this message from our community loud and clear. Keep your hospital promise.More >>
Buller Hospital Petition To Be Delivered Today At Parliament
Tue, 17 Sep 2024 19:21:20 +1200 | Patient Voice Aotearoa
Spokesperson for the Buller Health Action Group Anita Halsall-Quinlan, states that the people of Buller are fed up with the lack of staff at Buller Hospital including the imminent closure of weekend and afterhours clinics in Buller.More >>
Government Urged To Keep Hospital Promise
Tue, 17 Sep 2024 18:02:36 +1200 | Dunedin City Council
Mayor of Dunedin Jules Radich and New Zealand Nurses’ Organisation (NZNO) delegate Linda Smillie present the petition to Minister of Health Hon Dr Shane Reti in Wellington today. (Photo/Supplied) Dunedin (Tuesday, 17 September 2024) – The Dunedin City ...More >>
Nurse Maude Breaches Standard Of Care Stopping Insulin Checks And Catheter Care 20HDC00940
Mon, 16 Sep 2024 14:48:48 +1200 | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
It's recommended Nurse Maude formally apologise to the man's family, develop a system to manage the central coordination of clients needing catheter care, and provide HDC with the results of a three-monthly audit of its adherence to a district nursing ...More >>
Whanganui Welcomes Its First Gender Affirming Healthcare Clinic
Mon, 16 Sep 2024 01:54:54 +1200 | Pride Whanganui
Gender Care Whanganui is set to provide a comprehensive range of services tailored to support the unique needs of those seeking gender affirming care. More >>
Council Stands United On New Dunedin Hospital
Mon, 16 Sep 2024 01:51:48 +1200 | Dunedin City Council
As a show of unity, all of Dunedin’s city councillors available are today joining Mr Radich in calling for the project to proceed without clinical cuts. More >>
Buller Health Action Group And Patient Voice Aotearoa Buller To March For Better Health Services
Sun, 15 Sep 2024 23:17:09 +1200 | Patient Voice Aotearoa
Buller Health Action Group (BHAG) and Patient Voice Aotearoa (PVA) are mobilising the people of Buller to march for better health services. More >>
NZ Health System Stress Placing Unsustainable Pressure On Pharmacy Sector & Impacting Patient Care
Sun, 15 Sep 2024 23:15:17 +1200 | Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand
The stress within New Zealand’s health system is placing unsustainable pressure on our pharmacy sector and impacting negatively on patient care according to a workforce survey conducted by the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand (PSNZ).More >>
Getting The Healthcare You Need, When You Need It
Thu, 12 Sep 2024 10:50:55 +1200 | New Zealand Government
Hon Dr Shane Reti Minister of Health The path to faster cancer treatment, an increase in immunisation rates, shorter stays in emergency departments and quick assessment and treatments when you are sick has been laid out today. Health Minister Dr Shane ...More >>
Millions Wasted On Treaty Principles Bill
Thu, 12 Sep 2024 09:26:35 +1200 | NZCTU
Calculations undertaken by the NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi show that the Government will have wasted millions of dollars to take the already failed Treaty Principles Bill forward. “This Bill is already dead, yet it keeps taking investment away from bigger ...More >>
Gordon Campbell On Funding New Drugs, And Governing In Bad Faith
Tue, 10 Sep 2024 12:04:35 +1200 | Gordon Campbell
Almost a year on, National's campaign trail promises “to reduce the cost of living, restore law and order and improve our schools and healthcare” haven’t worn very well, have they?More >>
Te Whatu Ora Redundancy Proposal In Breach Of Collective Agreements
Wed, 28 Aug 2024 17:03:18 +1200 | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Suggesting there are opportunities for redundancies when the health workforce is under resourced will have the effect of destabilising workers who will be concerned about the security of their work and will create more stress to people who already ...More >>
Patient Care At Risk From Redundancies
Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:29:53 +1200 | New Zealand Labour Party
Underfunding of our health system will always affect patient care, no matter how well intentioned or hardworking clinical staff are. They are already running on a shoestring because of cost pressures as a result of the National Government’s choices.More >>
Get Behind Blue September And Help Support The 42,000 Kiwi Men Living With Prostate Cancer
Wed, 28 Aug 2024 12:50:11 +1200 | Prostate Cancer Foundation
Blue September is the annual awareness and fundraising campaign for the Prostate Cancer Foundation NZ, a charity providing a broad portfolio of support services to men, their families and whānau, across Aotearoa New Zealand who are living with ...More >>
From Financial Illiteracy Smear To Understanding Healthcare Complexities; History Repeating Or Rhyming?
Tue, 27 Aug 2024 20:04:09 +1200 | Ian Powell
Ian Powell discusses the smearing of the Health NZ Board, the dual complexities of health systems, the relevance of the subsidiarity principle, and asks whether history is repeating or rhyming.More >>
Department Of Corrections Breaches Code In Management Of Man’s Specialist Referrals 20HDC01779
Mon, 26 Aug 2024 14:44:47 +1200 | Health and Disability Commissioner
The notes of the specialist appointment said an audiogram showed the man had profound hearing loss in his left ear and some in his right. An MRI was arranged which showed no evidence of a tumour. However, this information was not given to the man, or the ...More >>
Doctor Breaches Code In Post Operative Care Of Man Who Later Died 21HDC01892
Mon, 26 Aug 2024 14:40:22 +1200 | Health and Disability Commissioner
The man was sent back to his room for observations but there was no hand over care to the evening team. Later in the evening he collapsed. A scan revealed an injury to his spleen. Unfortunately, the man’s condition deteriorated, and he died threeMore >>
Missed Opportunities To Ensure Man Understood Risks Of Taking Nitrofurontoin For An Extended Period 20HDC01462
Mon, 26 Aug 2024 14:37:43 +1200 | Health and Disability Commissioner
The man was a paraplegic who managed his neurogenic bladder (lack of bladder control) with intermittent self-catheterisation. Due to ongoing urinary tract infections, he was initially prescribed nitrofurantoin by a specialist at a spinal unit of aMore >>
