More children are at risk of serious infection from RSV following a decision to cut funding for a medicine that prevents serious infection, reduces hospitalisations and can save lives. The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ is supporting calls from paediatricians urging Pharmac to reconsider its decision to stop funding Palivizumab – a monoclonal antibody injection ...
In a landmark initiative marking World AIDS Day on 1 December 2023, Positive Women Inc., in collaboration with Māori, key HIV sector agencies and people living with HIV, proudly announce the public launch of the Ngā Taipakeke o te Urutā HIV – Ageing with HIV Research Report. Shifting Perspectives on Ageing with HIV More than ...
Leading mental health expert, Tracey Horton, is urging Aussies to recognise how tired they are feeling and to reduce the pressure on themselves to enjoy Christmas this year. “Am I the only one who is seeing a lot of really tired people attempting to get through each day without collapsing,” Horton said. “We are still ...
A group of clinical leaders is urging the Government to seriously re-consider changes to smoking and vaping legislation after hearing of its plans to axe laws put in place to protect the health of New Zealanders. Respiratory and cardiology clinicians from the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ, Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) ...
The Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner has found Te Whatu Ora Southern breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for unacceptable delays in referrals for the treatment of a man’s abscesses. Deborah James found Te Whatu Ora breached Right 4(1) of the Code – the right to services of an ...
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall has found a registered midwife breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for her care of a woman during pregnancy and birth. Following a period of labour, the woman gave birth to her daughter via Caesarean section. Sadly, the baby was born in ...
A registered pharmacist and a pharmacy manager breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) by giving a woman the incorrect strength of medication. The woman, who has a history of mental health difficulties, was prescribed venlafaxine by her GP on the advice of her mental health team. The woman had ...
The heart and lung health of New Zealanders are at risk if the changes proposed by our new Government go ahead. While the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ welcome news of a ban on all disposable vapes and harsher penalties for those selling to minors, it is disappointed the coalition is going to revoke legislation ...
National Māori Public Health Organisation, Hāpai Te Hauora, calls on the new government to reconsider repealing critical, world-leading ,smokefree legislation. The proposed repeal by National, New Zealand First (NZ First), and ACT Government is an unconscionable blow to the health and wellbeing of all New Zealanders. The recent announcement has generated calls by public health ...
The Natural Health Alliance (NHA) welcomes the announcement from the coalition government that it will repeal the Therapeutic Products Act 2023. “The repeal of the Therapeutic Products Act is the achievement of a major goal of the NHA,” the chairman of the Alliance, Patrick Fahy, says. “The Act would have had an enormous detrimental impact ...