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Budget 2024: The Government’s $3.1 billion increase in Vote Health in Budget 2024 obscures the fact that most of it has already been earmarked for settling Holidays Act claims, according to University of Auckland professor of health policy Tim Tenbensel

Budget 2024: Health economist Paula Lorgelly says many Kiwis who were expecting more funding for new cancer drugs and for Pharmac will be sadly disappointed by Budget 2024, which she sees as underwhelming. 

A specialist GP working for a telehealth provider says she is referring over 15 patients a week from around the country for PCR tests for pertussis

The primary healthcare sector needs a funding boost of between $353 million and $1.36 billion to address unmet need, says a Te Whatu Ora aide-mémoire to the minister of health from January this year

Te Whatu Ora is calling on health professionals to be alert as the number of pertussis (whooping cough) cases increases

The threat of bird flu, an increase in pertussis cases and the recent impact of strike action by junior doctors were all on the agenda for the Te Whatu Ora board, which met today

The two biggest players in New Zealand’s practice management system market will head back to court next week for the latest round in their ongoing legal battle

The Australian-based doctor rating website Whitecoat, which caused a stir when it launched in 2018, has quietly quit New Zealand

Complaints to the office of the Health and Disability Commissioner have surged by 40 per cent in the past “three to four years”, according to commissioner Morag McDowell, and the agency is struggling to keep up with demand. 

Plans to boost health funding were signalled early this month by finance minister Nicola Willis in a pre-Budget speech