On Wednesday 2 April Whitireia and WelTec proudly celebrated the achievements of graduating ākonga (students) from the School of Health and Wellbeing, Pacific Health, Social Practice, and Te Wānanga ...

Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) is a condition resulting from gradual damage / degeneration in the language area of brain. People with PPA can have difficulty finding words, understanding ...

Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA), in partnership with the Helen Clark Foundation and Transparency International NZ, have today launched Let’s Level the Playing Field, a campaign to end hidden lobbying ...

“This includes a 3.1 per cent increase in the overall number of people who are now accessing primary mental health and addiction services within one week. And a 1.5 per cent increase of Kiwis ...

The Practitioners Supply Order (PSO) list allows health care practitioners to get funded medicines for use in their clinics. Pharmac is also proposing to increase the number of Jadelle contraceptive ...

Abortion care at Whakatāne Hospital has been quietly shelved, with patients told they will likely have to travel more than an hour to Tauranga to get the treatment they need.

Strong interest in the development of a refreshed New Zealand disability strategy has been welcomed by Disability Issues Minister Louise Upston. Membership of the strategy working groups was announced ...

The Health Action Wānaka-led report found some people were prepared to lose their eyesight because it was too difficult to ...

Additional workforce capacity is touted by Mr Brown with funding for New Zealand-trained graduate doctors to replace most ...

Wellington barrister Gaeline Phipps looks at patient history of sexual abuse as a risk factor for false sexual misconduct ...

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