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.
Latest
Media coverage
Claws out as Pacific providers face COVID funding clawbacks
Te Whatu Ora is accused of destroying its relationship with Pacific healthcare providers by retrospectively auditing funding provided during the COVID-19 response in south Auckland.
Fears of privatisation by stealth in an overwhelmed healthcare system
The risk of an increasingly privatised healthcare system is deeply inequitable care, and some fear we could be moving toward a US model
Climate change: Rising heat putting New Zealand children at risk of life-long health problems
Temperatures rising under climate change are putting our youngest increasingly at risk of life-long health problems, scientists warn.
Commentary
Improve equity tool, don’t junk it: Rawiri McKree Jansen
The equity adjustor tool should remain in place while ways are found to improve its utility, says specialist GP and former Te Aka Whai Ora clinical director Rawiri McKree Jansen.
Abuse in Care inquiry: Call for Pacific focused redress pathway
A survivor of abuse in a faith-based institution wants a Pacific specific redress pathway.
Aotearoa New Zealand Rare Disorders Strategy
The Aotearoa New Zealand Rare Disorders Strategy sets out the direction for the health system to better support people and their whānau living with rare disorders.
Academic Literature
Tobacco endgame intervention impacts on health gains and Māori:non-Māori health inequity: a simulation study of the Aotearoa/New Zealand Tobacco Action Plan
The Aotearoa/New Zealand Government is aiming to end the tobacco epidemic and markedly reduce Māori:non-Māori health inequalities by legislating.
Legislation and Parliament
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Reports and Government Documents
Government Policy Statement on Health 2024–2027
The Government Policy Statement on Health 2024-27 is the public statement of what Government expects the health system to deliver and achieve, and how success will be measured, monitored, and reported.
Health Status Report
This is the first time Health New Zealand l Te Whatu Ora has published this report, a nationwide picture of the population’s health.
Response to the Ministerial Advisory Committe on Health Reform Implementation Report
This briefing provides the response of the Ministry of Health - Manatū Hauora, Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora, and Te Aka Whai Ora - Māori Health Authority to the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Health Reform Implementation (the MAC) report High-level assessment to support future focused health reform implementation of November 2023 (the MAC report), and a proposal to disestablish the MAC.
Key issues
HEALTH SERVICES AND SYSTEMS
EQUITY
DRUGS, DEVICE AND DIAGNOSTICS
PUBLIC HEALTH
DIGITAL HEALTH
TE TIRITI