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Data uploading problems continue to impact on the accuracy of vaccination data stored on the Aotearoa Immunisation Register creating concern about how the data is used to measure PHO success

Health minister Simeon Brown has signalled plans to appoint a new board for Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora and push for greater decentralisation of services

Laboratory workers from private lab providers Awanui, Pathlab and Medlab/TLab have voted to go ahead with a new round of rolling strikes at the end of the month 

Government plans to create a new 24/7 user-pays digital health service to allow New Zealanders to access online medical appointments has received a mixed response due to the lack of detail making it hard to assess

Workers from private lab providers Awanui, Medlab, TLab and Pathlab are voting on whether to go on strike this month as they continue their fight for pay parity

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon was on hand Wednesday to sign a new deal between New Zealand’s McCrae Hospitals, its parent Orion Health, and the Franco-Vietnamese (FV) Hospital Group in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

The Government’s push to consolidate its finances will put added pressure on Budget 2025 and beyond, according to Treasury chief economic advisor Dominick Stephens 

Auckland PHO saw its operating surplus grow 65.3 per cent in 2024, according to its latest annual report

A legal expert has branded the actions of former ACT MP Stephen Franks as unusual and says the goal of his “warning letters” to health professionals who provide gender-affirming care appears to be to alarm and intimidate

Staff from a South Island PHO say using health improvement practitioners to address patients’ mental health and wellbeing concerns can greatly improve primary care