COVID-19

In interview with New Zealand Doctor, health minister David Clark talks about making the case to finance minister Grant Robertson for a “substantial uplift” in DHB funding

The resumption of health services post-COVID-19 must have an “explicit focus on equity”, says Auckland GP and NHC clinical director Rawiri Jansen 

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has won global admiration for her personal style. But how will Kiwis judge her government’s performance at the ballot-box in September?

Waitematā District Health Board (DHB) is deeply sorry that staff who were caring for patients from St Margaret’s Hospital and Rest Home have tested positive for Covid-19

Levin pharmacy owners Neville Gimblett and Phil Berry recruited volunteers from the local community to deliver medication to anyone - regardless of age or socio-economic status - for free, and often without payment for the medication 

In a pre-Budget funding announcement earlier today, the Government announced $3.92 billion in extra funding for DHBs over the next four years, but Pharmaceutical Society president Ian McMichael is “sceptical” the pharmacy sector will benefit from it.  

We don’t know much about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, but we are learning new things about it every day

The Pharmaceutical Society is calling for District Health Boards to fund pharmacists to provide essential healthcare services for vulnerable populations as the New Zealand health system recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Budget 2020 delivers the biggest ever increase in funding for District Health Boards, as well as additional funding to deliver approximately 153,000 more surgeries and procedures, radiology scans and specialist appointments to help clear the COVID-19 backlog

A forecasted surge in suicide rates due to the impacts of COVID-19, its associated restrictions and their secondary social, economic and personal consequences is not inevitable according to the President of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Associate Professor John Allan.