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Dr Anna Skinner, the Chief Clinical Advisor for Primary Care at Health New Zealand, told Checkpoint that the change would help eliminate barriers for people to get treatment. "People have been ...
Noble said Health New Zealand needed to "change the narrative". "That means reframing the way we think about disability in health to become inclusive and accessible for disabled people - to be ...
Earlier this month the Minister of Health announced the government would introduce legislation for a "suite of amendments" to the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act.
Changes to a decades-long needle exchange contract have left a Christchurch drug-user and health expert worried the decision ...
Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey says the completion of a revised accreditation process has removed an unnecessary workforce barrier preventing more ...
A group in New Zealand has called for action to tackle Campylobacter in fresh chicken meat. The Public Health Communication ...
National’s funding cuts have forced the closure of mental health facility Segar House – cutting jobs and leaving those with ...
Last week, he became the first and only psychiatrist in New Zealand allowed to prescribe psilocybin, the hallucinogenic found in “magic mushrooms. ... according to the health ministry.
Recent compliance checks on vape retailers across Auckland found that while the majority were compliant, just under 10 per cent failed to adhere to new laws restricting the promotion of vapes. A ...