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Hurunui Residents Design Age-friendly Community
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 09:16:44 +1200 | Hurunui District Council
Hurunui residents are being asked to design a community where older residents feel safe, valued and able to participate in local democracy. More >>
Cutting-edge Innovation Powered By The Selwyn Foundation To Benefit Seniors With Great Need
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 13:35:47 +1200 | Selwyn Foundation
After a rigorous assessment process, twelve proposals were selected, with total funding of almost $800,000 distributed. More >>
Cancer Responsible For Highest Number Of AIA NZ Insurance Claims
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 10:10:52 +1200 | AIA NZ
Leading life insurer AIA NZ has launched the ‘AIA NZ Claims Compass’, a new report sharing claims data, which will be rolled out bi-annually. The first report revealed cancer is responsible for the highest number of AIA NZ insurance claims across all ...More >>
An Inconvenient Truth For Labour
Tue, 23 Jul 2024 10:22:06 +1200 | New Zealand National Party
Labour and Ayesha Verrall are reinventing history in a desperate attempt to avoid responsibility for their botched merger at Health New Zealand, National Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says.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 >>
College Of Public Health Medicine Welcomes Stronger Focus On Prevention And Population Health In GPS On Health
Tue, 23 Jul 2024 09:17:13 +1200 | NZ College of Public Health Medicine
The New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine (NZCPHM) welcomes the release of the Government Policy Statement (GPS) on Health. More >>
Protect Your People And Business During A Recession
Tue, 23 Jul 2024 08:47:34 +1200 | The Drug Detection Agency
It is critical to manage the risks of drugs and alcohol in the workplace during an economic downturn. Research shows that substance related work incidents increase during a recession. This data goes hand in hand with the fact that drug use and alcohol ...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 >>
Pulse Energy Re-Commits To Respiratory Community
Mon, 22 Jul 2024 10:14:44 +1200 | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation
Foundation Chief Executive Ms Letitia Harding says we advocate strongly to ensure the 700,000 Kiwis living with respiratory disease are living in a warm, dry, healthy home.More >>
Children’s Screen Time Study Gains $220,000 Boost
Mon, 22 Jul 2024 09:27:40 +1200 | University of Canterbury
A new research project will explore whether children’s use of digital devices influences their behaviour growing up. 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 >>
Food Recall: Sesame Seed Kernels White Hulled Retail Packs Due To Salmonella Risk
Thu, 18 Jul 2024 17:41:18 +1200 | New Zealand Food Safety Authority
New Zealand Food Safety (NZFS) is supporting Davis Trading Company in its recall of their imported Sesame Seed Kernels White Hulled retail packs due to the possible presence of Salmonella.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 >>
Public Health At Risk, Tax Cut Labelled Irresponsible
Thu, 18 Jul 2024 12:59:29 +1200 | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation
The tax reduction in addition to axing Smokefree 2025 undermines the efforts that the Foundation - and others - have gone to protect future generations from the harms of tobacco, Professor Hancox says.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 >>
Dunne's Weekly: National Drifting On Health
Thu, 18 Jul 2024 08:05:56 +1200 | Peter Dunne
When it established Health New Zealand, or Te Whatu Ora as it was then known, in July 2022 the previous government took an enormous risk that ultimately failed. 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 >>
Report On Complaints To HDC About Residential Disability Service Providers Released - HDC
Wed, 17 Jul 2024 10:24:49 +1200 | Health and Disability Commissioner
The Deputy Commissioner Disability, Rose Wall, is calling for a consistent quality framework to be developed and implemented across the disability support sector, including proactive monitoring and reporting of the experiences of disabled people.More >>
Nursing Homes And The Dehydration Problem
Tue, 16 Jul 2024 07:25:26 +1200 | Hugh Grant
Closing the hydration gap in nursing homes is a tough challenge today, but with the use of advanced technology, we can develop science-backed treatments that can solve the dehydration issue.More >>
