If the promise of the health reforms is to materialise, primary and community care must be given a much bigger share of Vote Health funding, says newly retired health leader and reform official Helen Parker
St John paramedics may be placed overnight at Hokianga Hospital to help the rural Northland facility through an acute doctor shortage that has led to reduced services
If the promise of the health reforms is to materialise, primary and community care must be given a much bigger share of Vote Health funding, says newly retired health leader and reform official Helen Parker
A departing DHB chief executive warned the health minister of the dire state of aged residential care because of the lack of pay parity and other issues pushing nurses out of the sector
Submissions by public health officials of Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand districts on sugar, alcohol and tobacco policies will be vetted nationally within the new organisation