A call by the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission to reduce the use of compulsory treatment orders for mentally ill people could have unintended consequences, says psychiatrist Rees Tapsell
Auckland City Mission’s Helen Robinson received a standing ovation after a stirring speech at the RNZCGP’s GP23 conference where she discussed its role in providing healthcare for the homeless
A listed provider of primary care for older adults started a new contract last month with aged residential care and retirement village operator the Selwyn Foundation
Te Whatu Ora will slash 322 fulltime back-office jobs in a first wave of redundancies as part of its drive to free up resources for frontline healthcare services
Te Whatu Ora has deferred surgical operations and procedures in the South Island and more disruption is expected as striking lab workers get set to walk off the job again on Friday
An Auckland psychiatrist has been deregistered by the Medical Council and ordered to pay $58,000 in costs after he had a sexual relationship with a patient
