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28/06/2022

Patients with common ear infections, sore throats, routine aches and pains and common skin conditions will no longer have to see their doctor for a medical prescription.

Patients with common ear infections, sore throats, routine aches and pains and common skin conditions will no longer have to see their doctor for a...

13/06/2022

Written from a NHS viewpoint but just as relevant to the rest of the world

Nursing has long been seen as a vocation, not a skill. This impacts nursing staff and patients both.

06/06/2022

Financial pressure, family responsibilities and other factors made worse by Covid-19 are having an impact on whether students complete their courses.

01/06/2022

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A Tauranga Hospital worker has directly appealed to car thieves who stole three branded work vehicles and damaged six others, and pleaded to the perpetrators to return the cars because sick and vulnerable people are at risk.

24/05/2022

The nurse at a rural aged care home arrived for work on a Monday and didn't leave until the Wednesday night because they were so short staffed.

20/05/2022

Retirement living and aged care provider Oceania says it has seen strong profit growth over the past year reflecting strong sales and resales of units, and increases in fees and charges.

19/05/2022

Over 50 percent of the registered nursing workforce in Oceania is from India.

19/05/2022

Health: $11.1 billion across the forecast period
Key points of the budget summarised

There's a lot of spending flying around in Budget 2022 - here's the main expenses in an easy-to-read list.

19/05/2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us some very painful lessons about underinvestment in healthcare and the lack of adequate preparation for a pandemic. In this article, ICN Chief Executive Officer Ho...

11/05/2022

Nurses are now working unsustainably. Every New Zealander should be concerned because our working conditions are your healthcare conditions, writes Dr Natalie Anderson

07/05/2022

There are hopes a mobile heart screening service being rolled out in Waikato will be a game-changer for remote and Māori communities.

26/04/2022

A study called “SPOTS”: S*x and Prevention of Transmission Study launched on Tuesday and wants to hear from 4000 men who have s*x with men (MSM) about their views on blood donation and their safe s*x practices, aiming to make blood donation fairer for gay, bis*xual, takatāpui and other MSM.

The SPOTS study aims to provide evidence to make blood donation fairer for takatāpui men excluded from donating blood due to the HIV epidemic.

20/04/2022

A Queen’s Service Medal awardee is asking people to remember the thousands of nurses who served in war time on Anzac Day.

03/04/2022

WATCH FULL STORY HERE:
Nurses say our healthcare services are critical & that they’re at breaking point.
Overworked, underpaid & desperate.

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/sunday/clips/fed-up-nurses-say-they-are-understaffed-and-overworked

New Zealand Nurses Organisation - NZNO New Zealand Nurses Southern District Health Board

03/04/2022

A chance to get a family story told and recorded for history. So many NZ women worked held important roles during war time. Not just nurses but in all forms of industry, trades and professions.

If your grandmother was one and you have a story to tell the researcher of this new book would be interested in hearing about it.

The stories of flying 'Night Witches' among those on radar for author's latest book.

29/03/2022

The age to access free flu vaccines has been lowered for Māori and Pacific peoples, as experts warn a severe influenza season looms.

28/03/2022

Specified Prescription Medicines for Designated Registered Nurse Prescribers

This notice revokes and replaces the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette, 8 September 2016, Issue No. 79, Notice No. 2016-go5188.

23/03/2022

For hospitalisations and deaths, the difference between vaccinated and unvaccinated people is more dramatic. Only 5% of New Zealanders are unvaccinated, but they account for 20% of hospitalisations.

22/03/2022

It comes as a report on mental health and addiction services finds improvements have failed to materialise despite significant investment.

21/03/2022

Today, the ODT begins a series saluting the many people working behind the scenes in the South’s fight against Covid-19. Health reporter Mike...

18/03/2022

Columbia Nursing is launching a professional certificate program-the first of its kind-to prepare nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants

16/03/2022

'We are so short staffed in every department that management are working on the floor.'

16/03/2022

Intensive care specialists say the Ministry of Health is vastly overestimating ICU capacity and figures obtained by Newsroom appear to back them up.

10/03/2022

Meg Robertson and Carol Whitfield travel Te Tauihu delivering healthcare in the homes of whānau.

10/03/2022

Southern DHB chief executive Chris Fleming says it needs to be easier for international nurses to register in New Zealand as the Nursing Council Covid-19 outbreaks overseas have slowed the process down.

09/03/2022

Elderly Kiwis may lose access to transformative arts programmes in care homes if worker shortages are not addressed, advocates say.

09/03/2022

Although less virulent than Delta, Omicron can still cause severe disease and death.

08/03/2022

Healthcare workers may be allowed to return to hospitals on the same day they test positive, it's been announced.

07/03/2022

Doctors are stepping in to cover some nursing duties as staff absences reach a critical point at Middlemore Hospital.