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Children Are Far More Likely to Die from Diarrhoea Than COVID-19
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Matt Doocey – Labour Blocks Inquiry into Sanitised Mental Health Report
Yesterday the Labour Government blocked an inquiry into the Mental Health and Addiction Services annual report calling into question once again its openness and transparency, National’s Mental Health spokesperson Matt Doocey says. New Zealanders deserve to have confidence in the Ministry of Health, so yesterday Mr Doocey called for
Dr Shane Reti – Healthcare Should Prioritise Need, Not Race
The Government’s proposed Maori Health Authority is simply not about generating better health outcomes for Maori, Deputy Leader of the Opposition Dr Shane Reti says. “In Question Time, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Health both rejected the need for a Pasifika Health Authority despite the government’s
Chris Bishop – New Zealand 116th in the World for Vaccinations
As we embark on Phase 3 of the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out plan, new data shows New Zealand is ranked as low as 116th in the world in terms of vaccination doses administered, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “New Zealanders were promised we would be
What Is the Point of the Roche COVID-19 Group?
Reports the Sir Brian Roche group hasn’t provided any formal advice to the Government in relation to the recent positive Covid-19 cases at the Grand Millennium rightly begs the question, what is the point of the group, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “In answers
PHARMAC Cancer Decision Shows Why Funding Review Needed
Brooke van Velden ACT’s Health spokesperson Depriving children of cancer drugs shows exactly why we need a funding review into PHARMAC. A report this morning that PHARMAC is likely to end blanket funding for kids’ cancer drugs is incredibly alarming. PHARMAC is considering removing blanket funding for any drug
Won’t Somebody Please Think of the Children?
Karen Chhour ACT’s spokesperson for Children The Waitangi Tribunal has completely missed the point with its review into Oranga Tamariki. Oranga Tamariki is broken for all children, not just Maori. If we can’t get the current system right, how will creating an independent Maori Transition Authority fix anything?
Dr Shane Reti – Health Restructure Leaving Rural GPs and Nurses in the Dark
Rural communities across the country will lose out under Labour’s radical health restructure, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “National believes our health system should fundamentally be based around need, those who have the greatest need receive the greatest resources. “New Zealand’s rural communities are an
Face of the Day
An Open Letter: Dear Mr Deeply-Disappointed, I was moved, almost to tears, not by the terrible photo your propaganda arm chose to illustrate your comments, but by your heartfelt words of concern for the sub-group of Aotearo-ites consistently suffering worse health outcomes, and shorter life-expectancy, than
Denying the Facts? Yeah Right
‘Correlation Does Not Imply Causation‘. What does that well-known phrase actually mean and how is it relevant to the above tweet? The phrase refers to the inability to legitimately deduce a cause-and-effect relationship between two events or variables solely on the basis of an observed association or
Masks Don’t Even Work for Nurses
It often seems that the primary symptom of the Wuhan plague is a compulsion to lie. The Chinese regime began lying almost from the moment the first sniffle was heard in Wuhan (but then again, “Chinese regime” and “lying” go together like communists and mass graves). But, as the virus
Finally, National Calls Little’s Health Shake up What It Is, Segregation
National has come out swinging against Andrew Little’s proposed command and control power grab of health bureaucracy and the establishment of a race-based Maori Health organisation: National leader Judith Collins has stepped up her attack on the proposed Maori Health Authority, calling it “segregation” from last century and
Judith Collins – National Calls for Wider Debate on Maori Health Authority
National is calling on the Government to let New Zealanders have more of a say on whether they want a Maori Health Authority, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “The Government has stated that it has a te Tiriti obligation to segregate healthcare in New Zealand, dividing us into