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New Zealand’s government-run system is currently divided into 20 district health boards, each with their own budget. Some describe the system as a “postcode lottery” of different treatment ...
Julie Woods has navigated the world without sight since 1997, but New Zealand's healthcare system has often left her in the dark.
It provided a great opportunity to reflect on how Aotearoa New Zealand’s health system how it has evolved ... Relationship between culture and structure change, 1938 to 2022 My address focussed ...
New Zealand’s public health system is held together on a single spreadsheet, which the Kiwis expect to manage the finances of a $16 billion operation. Health New Zealand (HNZ), set up in 2022 to ...
The New Zealand public health system is in deep crisis. After the 2017 election the Labour Party-Greens-NZ First coalition government promised an end to decades of underfunding of essential services.
Last week the health minister in New Zealand’s right-wing National Party-led government, Shane Reti, announced he was replacing the board of Health NZ Te Whata Ora with a commissioner.
Two doctors are hoping to turn their anger and frustration over the decline of New Zealand's public health system into a bottom-up blueprint for change. Doctors Art Nahill and Glenn Colquhoun are ...
WELLINGTON, July 14 (Reuters) - The New Zealand government on Thursday announced free masks and rapid antigen tests as it tries to stem the spread of COVID-19 and relieve pressure on the country's ...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand announced Wednesday it will consolidate its fragmented health care system into a national service similar to the one revered by many in Britain.