Leading hearing organisation, Audika NZ, is proud to announce that it has become the first hearing organisation in New Zealand to achieve Dementia Friendly accreditation as part of Alzheimers New Zealand’s Dementia Friendly Recognition Programme
Today’s passage of the Therapeutic Products Bill marks the most significant change to the regulation of medicines, medical devices and natural health products in nearly 40 years, Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall says
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Media Release from Minister of Health Ayesha Verrall
The Council of Medical Colleges in New Zealand (CMC) has launched an open letter, calling on Minister Verrall to expressly prohibit Direct to Consumer Advertising of Prescription Medicines (DTCA-PM)
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Media release from the Council Of Medical Colleges In New Zealand
The Government is today releasing its long-term vision for health where all New Zealanders can live long, healthy lives and unfair differences in outcomes are a thing of the past, Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall says
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Media release from Minister of Health, Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall
People in mental distress and their whānau do not feel heard in clinical review and court processes that lead to enforced treatment a report released today by Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission shows
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Media release from Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission
A pilot of a continuous monitoring device for Māori living with diabetes in Taranaki significantly reduced their blood glucose levels and gave them tino rangatiratanga (self-determination) over their hauora (health), those involved in delivering the service say.
The Health and Disability Commissioner found Southern District Health Board breached the Code for failing to support clinicians to follow up critical MRI results showing cancer for a discharged patient
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Media Release from the Health and Disability Commissioner
Academic pharmacist Nataly Martini provides key information on Helicobacter pylori pathophysiology, diagnosis and evidence-based treatment strategies to enhance patient outcomes