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Cannabis Clinic Spearheads Healthcare Revolution

Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 2:16 pm | The Cannabis Clinic

Leading NZ Provider Onboards More Doctors as They Target 300% Growth Amidst Soaring Medicinal Cannabis Trend More >>

Strengthening Te Tai Tokerau’s Oral Health Workforce - Celebrating World Oral Health Day 20 March

Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 2:11 pm | Te Tai Tokerau

A collaboration between AUT and Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Te Tai Tokerau is addressing the oral health workforce shortage by supporting oral health bachelor students to work remotely and close to home. The local Bachelor of Health Science ... More >>

Down Syndrome Community In Aotearoa Join With International Call To #EndtheStereotypes This World Down Syndrome Day

Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 1:00 pm | New Zealand Down Syndrome Association

Down Syndrome International and the New Zealand Down Syndrome Association are calling for people and organisations around the world to embrace this year’s theme of #EndtheStereotypes. Around 4,000 Kiwis live with Down syndrome. It can impact any whānau, regardless ... More >>

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Pacific Mental Health Leaders Conduct International Exchange

Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 10:21 am | Le Va

Aotearoa’s national Pasifika primary prevention organisation, Le Va, is hosting a delegation of Pacific mental health thought leaders from around the world for a week-long exchange of ideas from March 18. In attendance are representatives from ... More >>

Pharmac-initiated Lengthy Review A Waste Of Valuable Time And Resources, Says Rare Disorders NZ

Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 7:10 am | Rare Disorders NZ

Rare Disorders NZ is very concerned that Pharmac will not extend access to life-saving medicines for children with rare disorders in line with child cancer patients under Rule 8.1b More >>

Dental Association Urges Government To Switch Off Sugar Tap In Schools

Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 6:33 am | New Zealand Dental Association

The New Zealand Dental Association (NZDA) is urging Government health and education ministries to agree and implement some simple measures to help improve the oral health of our nation’s adolescents this World Oral Health Day (observed 20 March). NZDA ... More >>

Challenges Facing The Funding Of New Cancer Treatment Drugs

Monday, 18 March 2024, 7:02 pm | Ian Powell

Funding new cancer drugs – good but…. In last year’s election campaign the then in opposition National Party promised to allocate $280 million to fund new 13 cancer therapies (drugs) that had yet to be approved for funding by Aotearoa New ... More >>

Hato Hone St John Breaches Code For Not Providing Services Of An Appropriate Standard

Monday, 18 March 2024, 2:34 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner

The Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner has found Hato Hone St John breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights for failures in assessing a man with a suspected heart attack, and contradicting a GP’s advice. Dr Vanessa ... More >>

Weaving A Strong Future For Respiratory Health

Monday, 18 March 2024, 9:29 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand

Education around the health benefits of woollen carpets in homes is one of the many reasons Wools of New Zealand have chosen to support the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ. The woollen carpet retailer has become a Gold partner of the Foundation’s Friends ... More >>

Research Points To Increases In Opioid Dispensing

Monday, 18 March 2024, 9:20 am | University of Auckland

New research provides evidence of increasing dispensing of opioids in older people and following surgery in New Zealand patients. Opioids are a class of pain medications with potential for addiction, including codeine, dihydrocodeine, tramadol, and stronger ... More >>

Research Points To Increases In Opioid Dispensing

Monday, 18 March 2024, 9:12 am | University of Auckland

Evidence of increasing opioid prescribing should spark concern, a senior researcher says. More >>

Raukatauri Music Therapy Trust Celebrates 20th Birthday

Monday, 18 March 2024, 9:08 am | Raukatauri Music Therapy Trust

Charitable trust celebrates milestone by tackling a record-breaking fundraiser in September More >>

E Tipu E Rea Whānau Services

Friday, 15 March 2024, 4:29 pm | E Tipu e Rea

E Tipu e Rea Whānau services supports young hapū māmā, mātua taiohi (young parents) and their tamariki with a range of health and social services tailored to their needs. Our mission statement is: Supporting mātua taiohi, hapū māmā and ... More >>

21 March 2024 – World Down Syndrome Day“ Assume That I Can”

Friday, 15 March 2024, 2:09 pm | New Zealand Down Syndrome Association

In preparation for World Down Syndrome Day 2024, The New Zealand Down Syndrome Association (NZDSA) is joining forces with groups around the world to end the stereotypes and the low expectations that get between people with Down syndrome and true inclusivity ... More >>

Child Cancer Foundation On Pharmac's Decision To Retain Rule 8.1b

Friday, 15 March 2024, 11:49 am | Child Cancer Foundation

Monica Briggs CEO of Child Cancer Foundation today welcomed Pharmac’s decision to retain rule 8.1b of the Pharmaceutical Schedule . The rule, which is a fundamental part of our paediatric oncology system, allows doctors to access international best ... More >>

Kiwi’s Broken Sleep Wreaking Havoc On Productivity, Anxiety, And Sex Drive

Friday, 15 March 2024, 11:38 am | ResMed

  New Zealand, March 15, 2024 – Almost half (46%) of Kiwis are only getting one to three good nights sleep every week impacting work productivity, relationships, and sex drive, according to new research. The ResMed 2024 Global Sleep Survey assessed ... More >>

Funding Process For Child Cancer Medicines To Remain

Friday, 15 March 2024, 10:10 am | PHARMAC

Pharmac – Te Pātaka Whaioranga has decided to keep Rule 8.1b, which allows medicines for treating children with cancer to be automatically funded without Pharmac assessment. “We’ve heard very clearly from clinicians and the whānau of child and adolescent ... More >>

Today Is World Sleep Day - New Research Reveals Kiwis' Sleeping Habits

Friday, 15 March 2024, 9:58 am | Sealy NZ

In case you didn’t know, today is World Sleep Day , and Sealy NZ is once again ‘ lifting the covers’ on how Kiwis are sleeping, with new research revealing that 90% of New Zealanders believe our personal lives would benefit from better sleep. ... More >>

Government Report Ignores Our Most Vulnerable

Thursday, 14 March 2024, 2:16 pm | IHC

IHC New Zealand is dismayed that a new Government report, billed as a “nationwide picture of the population’s health,” ignores the 47,000 people with intellectual disability in New Zealand. Te Whata Ora Health New Zealand’s Health Status Report ... More >>

Recognition Of General Practice’s Crucial Role In Childhood Immunisations Welcomed

Thursday, 14 March 2024, 1:51 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners

The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners welcomes the decision that the important role general practices play in the delivery of childhood immunisations will be recognised with more funding. In discussion last night at the General Practice ... More >>

Working To Improve New Zealand Childhood Immunisation Rates

Thursday, 14 March 2024, 9:23 am | General Practice NZ

Keeping our communities equitably protected from vaccine-preventable diseases through immunisation is something general practices nationwide work incredibly hard towards every day. “Our immunisation schedule is designed to protect individuals, communities ... More >>

South Waikato Hauora Day Sets New Benchmark For Community Wellbeing

Wednesday, 13 March 2024, 5:33 pm | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand

An event taking health and wellbeing in the community to the next level is how a South Waikato Hauora day is being described by Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora Waikato. Chief Medical Officer – Primary Care, Dr Julia Carr said the South Waikato ... More >>

New Migrants Lead NZ For Childhood Vaccination

Tuesday, 12 March 2024, 5:49 pm | University of Auckland

One in four New Zealanders was born overseas and new migrants are ahead of other Kiwis when it comes to vaccinating their babies. Migrant families are more likely than other New Zealanders to vaccinate their babies on time, according to new University ... More >>

Renewed Commitment To "perfecting The Air" For Respiratory Health

Tuesday, 12 March 2024, 3:12 pm | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation

Air conditioning specialist Daikin is continuing its support of the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation at the same time it commits to "perfecting the air" for the next 100 years. Daikin has re-signed as a bronze sponsor in the Foundation’s Friends ... More >>

Over 5000 Pandemic Stories Received By Covid-19 Inquiry

Tuesday, 12 March 2024, 10:17 am | NZ Royal Commission

With almost two weeks of public submissions still to go, over 5000 stories of the pandemic have been shared so far with the Covid-19 Inquiry, says Inquiry Chair Professor Tony Blakely. “A vital part of the work of the Inquiry is hearing from Aotearoa ... More >>

100km and counting for Brain Injury Awareness Month

Monday, 11 March 2024, 4:34 pm | Brain Injury Association

Madeleine Cooper is running 10km everyday of March, Brain Injury Awareness Month, raising money for Brain Injury New Zealand. So far Madeleine has already run 100km, out of a massive 310km total. Madeleine’s experience with brain injury is first ... More >>

Standards Were Not Followed For Obtaining Consent For Mesh Surgery

Monday, 11 March 2024, 2:17 pm | Health And Disability Group

The Health and Disability Commissioner has found a doctor breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failing to provide adequate information to a woman undergoing mesh surgery. The woman, in her sixties, consented ... More >>

GP Breaches Code For Not Following Up On Ultrasound

Monday, 11 March 2024, 2:15 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner

In a report released today, the Health and Disability Commissioner has found a GP breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for not following up with a patient he had referred for an ultrasound. The woman, ... More >>

Care Home And Registered Nurse Breach The Code For Inadequate Wound Management

Monday, 11 March 2024, 2:09 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner

In a report issued today, Aged Care Commissioner Carolyn Cooper found a care home and a registered nurse breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for their care of a female resident. The woman, who had a complex ... More >>

Black Market For Vapes Emerges In Schools

Monday, 11 March 2024, 10:24 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation

A black market for vapes has sprung up in schools, while toddlers are getting their hands on their older siblings’ vapes. These are just some of the shocking stories the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ’s youth vape educators hear from students ... More >>

Lung Health Experts Call On The Government To Partner On Smokefree Strategy

Monday, 11 March 2024, 9:19 am | Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand

The Thoracic Society is saddened by the repeal of New Zealand’s world-leading smokefree legislation. Passed under urgency, the New Zealand public and healthcare experts alike were not given due process on the repeal of all three critical components ... More >>

Opihi River Catchment Health Warning

Saturday, 9 March 2024, 3:00 pm | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora has issued a health warning for the entire Opihi River Catchment. The warning follows finding moderate to high cover of toxic algae (benthic cyanobacteria) at multiple sites across the entire Opihi River Catchment. ... More >>

Ryan Bridge Is Shaking Things Up For Good

Saturday, 9 March 2024, 2:21 pm | Child Cancer Foundation

Ryan Bridges is one of hundreds of New Zealand volunteers around the country generously donating their time to collect vital funds for Child Cancer Foundation’s annual Street Appeal today and tomorrow. CEO Monica Briggs was elated to hear from Bridge ... More >>

Aged Care Commissioner’s Report Raises Concerns Over Shortage Of Aged Residential Care Beds

Friday, 8 March 2024, 4:05 pm | Aged Care Association

Yesterday’s report by the Aged Care Commissioner highlights worsening health outcomes for older people, who are facing prolonged and unnecessary hospital stays as they wait for aged residential care beds to become available. The report also notes the ... More >>

How Turmeric Can Improve Your Brain Health

Friday, 8 March 2024, 12:01 pm | Golden Turmeric Limited

<img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2403/ac45066e479001e011ca.jpeg" width="720" height="276"> In the quest for overall health, turmeric emerges as a remarkable ally. This vibrant spice, renowned for its culinary ... More >>

GPs Working For Free To Complete Crucial Patient Follow-up - Study Shows

Thursday, 7 March 2024, 4:53 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners

The well-documented workforce shortages have meant that specialist GPs and rural hospital doctors are having to take on more work and work longer hours. To understand how widespread this issue is, and how it is truly impacting our membership of over ... More >>

Aged Care Commissioner Carolyn Cooper Calls For Action To Improve Access To Health And Disability Care For Older People

Thursday, 7 March 2024, 11:02 am | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner

A report released today by the Aged Care Commissioner Carolyn Cooper highlights the need for action to meet the ongoing health and disability needs of older people. The Aged Care Commissioner makes 20 recommendations to improve quality of care in ... More >>

New Report Highlights Dementia Mate Wareware As Critical Issue For Ageing Kiwis

Thursday, 7 March 2024, 10:44 am | Alzheimers New Zealand

New Zealand can expect a 240 per cent jump in dementia mate wareware cases in coming years, which makes the recommendations in the just released report by the Aged Care Commissioner critically important. That’s the message from Alzheimers NZ chief ... More >>

GPNZ And Collaborative Aotearoa To Explore Joint Working

Wednesday, 6 March 2024, 9:29 pm | General Practice NZ

Collaborative Aotearoa and GPNZ are membership organisations that support PHOs and the wider primary healthcare sector. For a number of years GPNZ and Collaborative Aotearoa have had informal discussions regarding the opportunity to work more closely ... More >>

Nursing Class Of ’64 Revisits Waikato Hospital

Wednesday, 6 March 2024, 3:41 pm | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand

A group from the nursing class of 1964 recently gathered at Waikato Hospital in Hamilton to celebrate their 60th reunion. They were greeted by Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, Sue Hayward and toured the hospital to see how things had changed. ... More >>

Transforming The Waiting Experience At Day Of Surgery Admission

Wednesday, 6 March 2024, 3:17 pm | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand

Coming to hospital for surgery can be a daunting experience for any parent and their child. Waikato Hospital’s Day of Surgery Admission (DOSA) team have been working hard to make the experience more pleasant and relaxing for children. Thanks to the ... More >>

Walk2Work Day Is Happening Next Week - Wednesday 13 March 2024

Wednesday, 6 March 2024, 3:13 pm | Walk2Work

It’s just one week until New Zealand’s national day to celebrate walking on Wednesday 13 March. Pedestrian advocacy group Living Streets Aotearoa encourages people to walk to work or to other everyday activities on this day. President Tim ... More >>

Turning The Tide Of Health Reforms By Taitamariki For Taitamariki In Te Hiku Ō Te Ika

Wednesday, 6 March 2024, 2:32 pm | He Taura

A sea change bringing better health and wellbeing outcomes for Far North taitamariki is on the horizon as a group of young leaders at the forefront of health reforms reconvenes for 2024. Since last August, He Taura – a rangatahi leadership group ... More >>

Are We Overmedicalising Menopause? – Expert Reaction

Wednesday, 6 March 2024, 12:26 pm | Science Media Centre

Australian experts warn about the overmedicalisation of menopause and call for a new approach to how society views menopause and supports women as they age, in a new series of papers published today in The Lancet. The authors say a new approach ... More >>

Vulnerable Kiwis Miss Out On Free Flu Jab Due To Funding Cuts

Wednesday, 6 March 2024, 12:03 pm | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand

New Zealand’s most vulnerable populations are being dealt another blow with funding to provide free flu vaccines cut for the 2024 season. In November last year, Pharmac stopped funding medicine that prevents serious illness from RSV. Now it has cut funding ... More >>

Expansion Of Vaccine Programme Needed To Support NZ’s Ageing Population - Research

Wednesday, 6 March 2024, 10:49 am | GSK New Zealand

Vaccine programmes may need to be expanded to protect older Kiwis, Māori and the immunocompromised against a potentially debilitating disease, according to a population health academic. The call comes as new research into the shingles virus shows that ... More >>

Ending Postcode Lottery On PET-CT Scans Bolsters Case For Screening Pilot, Says Prostate Cancer Foundation

Wednesday, 6 March 2024, 10:32 am | Prostate Cancer Foundation

The Prostate Cancer Foundation fully supports Health Minister Shane Reti giving New Zealanders the same access to PET-CT scans no matter where they live, says Danny Bedingfield, the President of the Prostate Cancer Foundation of New Zealand. “We’d ... More >>

NZMSA Media Statement: Medical Workforce Retention Projections

Tuesday, 5 March 2024, 5:27 pm | New Zealand Medical Students' Association - NZMSA

The Aotearoa medical workforce, like much of the world, is facing a shortage of medical healthcare staff. Any attempt to increase our domestically produced medical workforce requires us to retain the doctors our universities produce. Recent reports ... More >>

Growing Numbers Of ‘Invisible’ Brain Injuries Stemming From Domestic Violence Requires Urgent, Targeted Response

Tuesday, 5 March 2024, 2:31 pm | Brain Injury NZ

With March being Brain Injury Awareness month, Brain Injury New Zealand feels it is timely to highlight concerns around limited recognition of brain injuries stemming from domestic violence, and that victim-survivors are not receiving the support and ... More >>

Hearing Aids And Cognitive Decline: The Link Between Hearing Loss And Dementia

Tuesday, 5 March 2024, 9:28 am | Hugh Grant

There is an established correlation between untreated age-related hearing loss and an increased risk of developing dementia and cognitive decline. Several prominent research studies have found that older individuals with hearing loss have a significantly ... More >>

Winners Of 2024 RCPA Media Awards Announced

Tuesday, 5 March 2024, 8:12 am | Royal College of Pathologists

The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2024 RCPA Media Awards, recognising excellence in journalism relating to pathology. The 2024 winners were decided during the RCPA’s annual Pathology ... More >>

Dementia Care In The Spotlight

Monday, 4 March 2024, 6:30 pm | Isabel Baker

How do you provide the best compassionate care for someone with dementia? That is the question that author, Isabel Baker, addresses with her new book, “The A to Z of Dementia Care: Solving the Puzzle to Deliver Excellent Care to People Living ... More >>

Halloumi cheese recalled due to the possible presence of Bacillus cereus

Saturday, 2 March 2024, 9:51 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

New Zealand Food Safety is supporting Zany Zeus Limited in its recall of a specific batch of its Halloumi cheese due to the possible presence of Bacillus cereus . Zany Zeus Limited brand Halloumi with a best before date of 08.04.2024 is affected by ... More >>

Health Warning Lifted For Algal Bloom In Pareora River/Pureora At Pareora Huts

Thursday, 29 February 2024, 4:19 pm | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora has lifted its algal bloom health warning issued for the Pareora River/Pureora at Pareora Huts. This was issued on 30 November 2023. Recent cyanobacteria surveys of the Pareora River/Pureora at Pareora Huts has shown ... More >>

Ultra-processed Foods Linked To 32 Health Issues – Expert Reaction

Thursday, 29 February 2024, 3:14 pm | Science Media Centre

A new research review reports links between greater consumption of ultra-processed foods and an increased risk of 32 damaging health outcomes, with the most convincing evidence pointing to higher risks of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and ... More >>

Drinkers Harm More Than Themselves - New Study Reveals Alarming Magnitude

Thursday, 29 February 2024, 9:52 am | Alcohol Healthwatch

New research released yesterday highlights just how much more harm alcohol drinkers cause to others. The study from Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University, looks at numbers of years of full health lost - or disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) ... More >>

$1m In Cure Kids Funding To Support Eight Research Projects Tackling New Zealand’s Most Pressing Child Health Issues

Thursday, 29 February 2024, 9:05 am | Cure Kids

Cure Kids, New Zealand’s largest charitable funder of child health research, has announced funding for eight new research projects that seek to improve health outcomes for tamariki. The organisation’s Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee reviewed ... More >>

Starship Launches Culturally Responsive Team, Ringa Atawhai, To Help Transform Healthcare Experiences

Wednesday, 28 February 2024, 7:34 pm | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand

Starship launches culturally responsive team, Ringa Atawhai, to help transform healthcare experiences of mokopuna and whānau In a first for Starship, the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) will be home to a dedicated culturally responsive multi-disciplinary ... More >>

Child Cancer Foundation Urges Kiwis To Donate To Their Street Appeal

Wednesday, 28 February 2024, 7:14 pm | Child Cancer Foundation

On Friday 8 and Saturday 9 March, Child Cancer Foundation’s volunteers will be taking to the streets across Aotearoa to raise vital funds to support tamariki with cancer and their families. “Every week this year, three Kiwi families will be told ... More >>

Māori Health Authority Disestablished

Wednesday, 28 February 2024, 5:40 pm | Minister of Health

Legislation to disestablish the Māori Health Authority, as moved in Parliament today, heralds the start of a new vision for Māori health, Health Minister Dr Shane Reti says. “My dream for the health system isn't about bureaucratic structures ... More >>

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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