Health
Labour Set to Destroy Community-Led Health and Introduce Apartheid System
So, Labour’s brilliant idea in health is to undo community representation and Helen Clark’s own health reforms that created the DHBs in 2000. This seems to have all the hallmarks of a socialist command and control wet dream. Even if the reforms had merit, and there is some
Radical Govt Continues Push for Co-governance
ACT Party ACT Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “The creation of a Maori Health Authority with a veto over national health plans shows Jacinda Ardern’s Government is much more radical than Helen Clark’s was,” says ACT Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “The Government’s health review Cabinet paper
Treaty Not the Biggest Healthcare Issue
ACT Party ACT’s Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Today’s health review announcement from the Government has failed to address the real issues facing New Zealanders,” says ACT’s Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Amalgamating the DHBs into one organisation is a positive step forward, but all the Government
If ‘My Body, My Choice’ Means Anything at All, It Means Having the Right to Refuse the Vaccine
Diana Bruk rt.com Diana Bruk, a Russian-American journalist living in New York, who has written for The New York Times, The Paris Review, Cosmopolitan, Esquire and Elle, amongst other publications. I’ll probably take the shot at some point, but those who choose not to do not deserve to
Major Missed Opportunity on Pharmac Reform
ACT Party ACT Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Pharmaceutical funding was totally absent from today’s health review, and that’s about where it is in this Government’s priorities,” according to ACT Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “The Government will, of course, point to the Pharmac review announced earlier
Dr Shane Reti – Reckless Health Restructure Removes Local Voice
Replacing all District Health Boards across the country will see our regions and smaller communities lose their voice and their autonomy, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “Our regions know what works for them when it comes to keeping their communities healthy, and that isn’t always having
Fact-Checking COVID Vaccine Experts
Simon Thornley covidplanb.co.nz In a recent interview with Radio New Zealand, a vaccine expert claimed that the risk of blood clot was 165,000 times higher after having covid-19, compared to the risk after having the AstraZeneca jab. This claim illuminates several misunderstandings of the nature of the
Yet Another Stoner Myth Challenged
In their book Trick or Treatment? Simon Singh and Edzard Ernst evaluate the evidence to support a range of “alternative therapies”. As they write, contrary to common excuses, all of these “alternatives” have been rigorously scientifically tested. As they show, almost none of them measure up to their claims. Some
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One More Attempt to ‘Fix’ the Healthcare System
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Later this week, the Minister of Health is going to announce one more reform of the healthcare system. He had an article in yesterday’s Sunday Star-Times which began with the confident statement that “It’s pretty clear what’s wrong with our health system – long
Erica Stanford – Long Overdue Relief for Split Migrant Families
National is pleased a solution has finally been found for some of the migrants split from their families after the Government forced them to endure more than a year of distress and uncertainty, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “News that many migrants, including our critical nurses and health
The Greens Call for an Empowered Independent Maori Health Authority
Green Party Dr Elizabeth Kerekere During Waitangi this year the Green Party’s Te Matawaka caucus announced their priority for an independent Maori Health Authority. We have heard the call from Tangata Whenua wanting any authority to be independent, and properly resourced. “For too long Maori have not received the
Road to Nowhere: New Zealanders Struggle to Get the Help They Need, 2 Years on from a Funding Boost for Mental Health Services
Dougal Sutherland Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Dougal is a registered Clinical Psychologist with 20 years’ experience working with children, teens, families, adults, and organisations. He has a PhD in Psychology and a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Psychology, both from the University of Otago. As part of New
Face of the Day
An elderly man feels so let down by the scattershot state of his in-home care, he wants to give back the Queen’s Service Medal he once received for services to health. Twice a day Eric Clarke, 87, opens the front door of his Feilding home to carers. They see