A new virtual Centre for Rural Health cements the University of Otago’s place as a leader in rural health education and research.
Health NZ will stop using an equity adjustor tool that prioritised ethnicity as one of five factors in non-urgent surgical waitlists, after a review found it was "legally and ethically justifiable" but didn't follow "best practice".
Health NZ will stop using an equity adjustor tool that prioritised ethnicity as one of five factors in non-urgent surgical waitlists after a review found it was "legally and ethically justifiable" but didn't follow "best practice".
The Health Minister admits the public health system is still in “crisis” as rural hospitals struggle with staff shortages and Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora’s financial position comes under further scrutiny.
A survivor of abuse in a faith-based institution wants a Pacific specific redress pathway.
The final report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care challenges the coalition government with its call to honour te Tiriti o Waitangi amid a backdrop of systemic racism and historical abuse.
Survivors travelled to Parliament to see the report revealed, five-and-a-half years after its terms of reference were announced, and decades after survivors first advocated for redress.
The analysis showed that the inherent heteronormativity among health care professionals and the lack of clear and consistent information specific to sexual minority women may be key factors contributing to lower rates of engagement in screening.
Health services struggle to provide affordable and nondiscriminatory healthcare to Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow whānau, according to the latest NZ Health Survey.
A health economics professor says the Government's new direction for Pharmac could exacerbate existing inequities, with the agency now set to make wider economic and social considerations in its funding for drugs.
HEALTH SERVICES AND SYSTEMS
EQUITY
Exploring the impacts of the health system on minorities within the population, notably including Māori, Pacifica, Asians and LGBTQI.
DRUGS, DEVICE AND DIAGNOSTICS
PUBLIC HEALTH
DIGITAL HEALTH
TE TIRITI