On Wednesday 5th February and Friday 7th February, APEX laboratory workers employed by privately owned laboratory providers will withdraw all their labour in support of three separate collective ...

The HDC criticised the GP and Te Whatu Ora for the delays, which included software issues, COVID restrictions and gaps in follow-up care.

Fifty years before the architecture for the web was created, and cuts to fact checking were making news, Argentine short story writer and essayist Jorge Luis Borges had already imagined an analogue ...

Grant Davidson reflects on some unwelcome changes made in the health sector in 2024, while also taking inspiration from two beloved wāhine Māori whose mahi made a difference to people’s lives ...

In a report released today, Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Vanessa Caldwell provides adverse comment on a GP, Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora and a medical centre over delays in care ...

Pharmac is consulting on funding a new progestogen-only oral contraceptive pill called desogestrel (branded as Cerazette) from 1 April 2025. A range of oral contraceptive pills are currently available ...

A six-page briefing paper from GenPro to new health minister Simeon Brown cuts to the chase - general practice is key to solving many of the problems faced by our health system. Yet, a long history of ...

In a report released today, Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Carolyn Cooper has found Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights ...

In a report released today, Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Vanessa Caldwell finds a facility that provided residential faith-based programmes to young women experiencing mental health ...

Minister of Internal Affairs Brooke van Velden is welcoming the opening of an online portal for the public to submit to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into COVID-19 Lessons Learned. “The portal is an ...

Digitising Government Minister Judith Collins today released guidelines which set clear expectations for how agencies should adopt AI while harnessing its potential to improve productivity and service ...

General practice owners, pleased the new Health Minister identifies access to primary healthcare as a top priority, have put forward their views on how Minister Brown could reduce waiting times to see ...