This long-anticipated move marks a major step toward improving timely access to high quality healthcare. The announcement that Physician Associates (PAs) will soon be regulated in New Zealand is a ...

Te Whatu Ora’s latest offer to senior doctors fails to take staffing shortages, or achieving health targets, seriously the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists says as mediation between ASMS ...

The past, present and future of Aotearoa New Zealand’s first medical school will be highlighted and celebrated when the Otago Medical School, Te Kura Hauora o Ōtākou turns 150 next year. Registration ...

World Immunisation Week, celebrated in the last week of April, is an opportunity for parents and caregivers to ensure their children are up to date with their immunisations, Health Minister Simeon ...

Immunization efforts are under growing threat as misinformation, population growth, humanitarian crises, and funding cuts jeopardize progress and leave millions of children, adolescents, and adults at ...

The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (the College) has announced its new President and re-elected Board member, who will both officially take up their roles on 26 July 2025. Only one ...

Following some very public protests, including Victoria Cross recipient Willie Apiata handing back his medal, the government’s announcement of an expanded official definition of the term “veteran” ...

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More than 900 newly qualified health professionals are set to receive financial support to kick-start their careers, Health Minister Simeon Brown says. “The Government is committed to growing and ...

Disabled people encounter all kinds of barriers to accessing healthcare – and not simply because some face significant mobility challenges. Others will see their symptoms not investigated properly ...

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is pleased to have reached agreement with the Public Service Association (PSA) on two further change proposals. Agreement had previously been achieved on change ...

What if your work self didn’t know about your personal life, and your home self had no idea what you did for a living? In Apple TV’s Severance, that’s exactly the deal: a surgical procedure splits the ...