Plans have been unveiled by the government to shift health spending from fixing problems to preventing them.
Friday July 1, 2022 was the day when Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act came into effect and Te Aka Whai Ora – the Māori Health Authority – became a real thing.
It's difficult to beat an implication that Māori will get preferential treatment for kickstarting both an irrational and rational public scrap.
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) supports ethnicity being part of the algorithmically derived Equity Adjustor Score currently applied to decisions over surgical wait times in Auckland.
Opposition parties have been accused of trying to whip up racism over a tool which prioritises surgery waitlists based partly on ethnicity.
Te Pātaka Whaioranga – Pharmac acknowledges Te Mana o Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the ongoing partnership it instils between the Crown and Māori. Through our work on behalf of Aotearoa / New Zealand, we strive to improve equitable health outcomes for Māori.
Two new nurse directors at Starship Child health will help address health inequity for Māori by championing Māori health and leading Te Tiriti across nursing, as the paediatric health provider ushers in a new nursing model.
The Aotearoa/New Zealand Government is aiming to end the tobacco epidemic and markedly reduce Māori:non-Māori health inequalities by legislating.
Te Pātaka Whaioranga – Pharmac honours and actively upholds Te Tiriti o Waitangi across all our work to achieve the best health outcomes for Māori within our available resources.
A full Health and Disability System Review in 2019-2020, which included DHBs, health providers, communities, and stakeholders, reinforced the Waitangi Tribunal’s findings and set the scene for the major changes needed.
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