More than 200 people have applied for assisted dying since it became legal and 66 people up to 31 March have had an assisted death, the Ministry of Health’s first quarterly report shows
Tired general practice teams are going from booster shots and COVID care to promoting influenza vaccines as the country readies itself for flu and COVID-19 this winter
Two nurses stuck on either side of the flood-damaged bridge at Tokomaru Bay used a bucket on a rope to swap supplies during last month’s state of emergency in the Tairāwhiti region
Additional funding is vital to close the growing pay parity gap between practice and DHB nurses, and stop a practice nurse exodus, argues a joint employer and union briefing paper to health minister Andrew Little
Health minister Andrew Little bagged a New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa columnist in Parliament’s question time last month over her recent blog criticising the Government’s mental wellbeing approach
Southern practices are weary as the COVID-19 peak appears to have plateaued and the active cases per practice remain high in the region, says WellSouth practice network director Paul Rowe
