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 ...

In a report released today, Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Vanessa Caldwell has found deficiencies in a psychiatric assessment breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ ...

In a report released today, Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Vanessa Caldwell has found a GP breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) by failing to ...

Uncle Covid, as Vaquero came to be known, became a local media sensation. His story was dismissed as an urban myth by the political and professional elites of the city. But it struck a chord with an ...

In a report released today, Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall has found a woman’s rights under the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) were breached ...

General Practitioners Aotearoa opposes the Government’s recent decision to fund specific smoking cessation products, namely vaping kits.

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 ...

Zebra striping i is a recent trend to socialise while having a beer, wine or spirit and alternating between alcohol and a no or low-alcohol drink. It has been estimated ii that 25% of adults from the ...

However, prime minister Christopher Luxon’s explanation for the move, as part of a Cabinet reshuffle which sees transport ...

Leading the support list from GenPro’s perspective is the complete overhaul of the arcane funding and regulated pricing model imposed on general practice, a model which is driving general practices to ...

Primary and Community Health Aotearoa (PCHA) are calling on the new Minister of Health Simeon Brown to seize the opportunity in his new role, to ensure money is directed to where it is needed most.

National Cabinet reshuffle is a futile attempt to turn around a failing government. “This reshuffle is just rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic. The Government is failing miserably at managing ...