The PSA is asking the Privacy Commissioner to urgently investigate Health NZ’s plan to decimate its IT staff as part of the Government’s plans to cut health costs
Six Auckland organisations tackling health inequity and poverty have received a major boost, with the ProCare Charitable Foundation announcing $210,000 in grants to support initiatives that promote community health and wellbeing
Healthcare services across many parts of New Zealand are likely to be significantly impacted for the next few days due to industrial action by APEX union pathology workers says NZ Pathology
The PSA is urging new Health Minister Simeon Brown to make good on his promise to deliver better health outcomes for New Zealanders and lift the hiring freeze on the health workforce
In a report released today, Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Vanessa Caldwell has found a massage therapist breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code)
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Media release from the Health and Disability Commissioner
New Zealanders who smoke and those who have recently quit smoking have expressed high levels of support for the creation of a ‘smokefree generation’ and of making cigarettes non-addictive by taking out the nicotine, a new study has found
Tanzania today confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in the northwestern Kagera region after one case tested positive for the virus following investigations and laboratory analysis of suspected cases of the disease
The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (the College) welcomes Hon Simeon Brown to the role of Minister of Health and looks forward to progressing changes to improve workforce challenges and health outcomes for New Zealanders
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Media release from the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners
Academic pharmacist Nataly Martini provides key information on Helicobacter pylori pathophysiology, diagnosis and evidence-based treatment strategies to enhance patient outcomes