Additional funding for primary healthcare is a good thing, even where it is a mix of previous funding decisions, reallocation of other health funding read...
n 2016, a voluntary National Healthy Food and Drink Policy was released to improve the healthiness of food and drinks for sale in New Zealand health sector organisations. Read more
Nearly $85 million more was spent on contractors and consultants at Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora in the year to June 2024, compared to the previous financial year. Read...
Humanity faces increasing pandemic risks from “natural” zoonotic spillover events and human actions (accidental or deliberate). Read more
Following the recent decision by Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora to discontinue funding for the NZ Telehealth Forum, chair Ruth Large reflects on its achievements and sets out a path for advancing the future of telehealth across Aotearoa. Read...
Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora has finished a proof of value (PoV) around artificial intelligence (AI) for clinical coding and will move forward with one company to develop a solution. Read...
Aotearoa New Zealand’s public healthcare services are increasingly unable to meet the population’s health need, be it in hospital and specialist services, mental health and addiction (MHA) or primary and community care. Read...
A leaked Te Whatu Ora report shows plans to create a special business unit headed by Dale Bramley to handle everything from commissioning and hospital and specialist services to data analytics. Read...
New Zealand Doctor. Numerous changes have been implemented in the health system space of New Zealand since the establishment of Te Whatu Ora 2 years ago. Existing contracts between Te Whatu Ora and Primary Health Organisations in New Zealand face uncertainties and...
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