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The Government is being accused of ‘cherry-picking’, after removing orthopaedic surgery from a new target to slash the country’s surgical waiting lists 

The Hauora Taiwhenua Rural Health Network says the Government’s 2023 Budget is short on new ideas 

The country’s biggest medical laboratory company has scrapped plans to cut staff in the upper South Island 

In Budget 2023, the Government is continuing to invest in the health system in the areas that generate the most return, says the Federation of Primary Health Aotearoa New Zealand

The RNZCGP welcomes the $26.5 billion the Government has committed to health in Budget 2023 but says additional funding in key areas like waiting lists is still needed 

Latest data released by Te Whatu Ora show childhood immunisation rates in south Auckland remain at crisis levels