Associate Health Minister Casey Costello has cut the excise tax on Heated Tobacco Products (HTPs), as she aims to make them more attractive as an alternative to smoking. Read...
New Zealand’s road safety is in the spotlight as the Government moves to roll back Labour’s blanket speed limit reductions. Transport Minister Simeon Brown and road safety campaigner Caroline Perry share their views on the issue. Read...
Transport Minister Simeon Brown has issued a directive to Waka Kotahi and councils around the country to cease blanket speed limit reductions. Read...
Hospital admin staff are losing their jobs or not being replaced, forcing stressed doctors and nurses to pick up their workload on top of their own. Read...
An independent review panel has released their report into two waitlist prioritisation tools initiated by Health New Zealand’s Te Toku Tumai Auckland, and Southern Region. Read...
The University of Auckland (UoA) and University of Otago (UoO) have drawn together an overview of New Zealand’s current medical education system and assessment of future options to address the problems the system faces. This is designed to inform Manatū Hauora...
This paper updates Cabinet on policy considerations to reduce the excise duty applied to heated tobacco products.
Professor Chris Bullen responded to news that Associate Health Minister Casey Costello had quietly cut the tax on heated tobacco products by 50%, against the advice of her officials. Read...
Chris Bullen says he is concerned about the lack of transparency about that particular incident, but more generally about what's in the Minister's mind and who's she been talking to inform her decisions, because they're certainly not coming from the policy advice...
Professor Chris Bullen responded to news that Associate Health Minister Casey Costello had quietly cut the tax on heated tobacco products by 50%, against the advice of her officials. Read...
HEALTH SERVICES AND SYSTEMS
EQUITY
Exploring the impacts of the health system on minorities within the population, notably including Māori, Pacifica, Asians and LGBTQI.
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