Equity
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Exploring the impacts of the health system on minorities within the population, notably including Māori, Pacifica, Asians and LGBTQI; and how interventions, policy and the health system overall can contribute to such groups attaining an equitable health status.
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Media coverage
Govt’s needs-based directive ‘an affront’ to science, say public health physicians
Public health physicians have labelled a recent Government directive that public services be prioritised on need rather than ethnicity as “an affront to scientific and public health knowledge”.
Seize the day: Primary care’s chance to lead change
Despite the collective and consistent warnings about the consequences of successive years of underfunding, primary care was not prioritised.
Pacific providers shocked, angry at COVID-19 clawbacks
Anger is rising over Te Whatu Ora efforts to claw COVID-19 funding back from Pacific practices in south Auckland.
Commentary
Funding to Māori Health Providers 2018/19 to 2022/23
This report shows information on funding to Māori health providers by the Ministry of Health, Te Whatu Ora and Te Aka whai Ora for the period 2018/19 to 2022/23. This report follows on from our reports in 2017, 2021 and 2022 on the same topic and is part of our monitoring of Whakamaua: Māori Health Action Plan 2020-2053.
Wai 2575 Health Services and Outcomes Inquiry
The Waitangi Tribunal’s Health Service and Outcomes Inquiry (Wai 2575) is an inquiry into the Crown’s response to health inequities experienced by Māori.
Academic Literature
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Reports and Government Documents
Budget 2023 Disability related iniatives
The following Budget 2023 initiatives may be of interest to the disability community.
Cabinet Material: Policy decisions for transforming mental health law
We are repealing and replacing the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 in response to He Ara Oranga. The aim of this work is to create new legislation that protects and respects human rights, better reflects Te Tiriti o Waitangi and improves equity.
Health and Independence Report 2022
The 2022 Health and Independence Report presents an overview of the state of public health in Aotearoa New Zealand for the 2022 calendar year. It does this by presenting data from a range of sources.
Key issues
HEALTH SERVICES AND SYSTEMS
EQUITY
DRUGS, DEVICE AND DIAGNOSTICS
PUBLIC HEALTH
DIGITAL HEALTH
TE TIRITI