I thought Julie-Anne Genter was Associate Transport Minister, but it seems she is Associate Health Minister as well. When you think about the Department of Health, you tend to think about overworked doctors, overworked nurses, waiting lists, sewage in the walls (that turned out to be non-existent), cancer
Health Minister David Clark has been accused of hiding the state of DHB deficits, after he held off the release the latest financial reports. The year-to-March DHB financial results showed a deficit of $264 million across the 20 DHBs. All, bar one, are now in deficit – and now
Sounds like patient abuse to me. Denying sick people a healthy balanced diet for environmental reasons is wrong on so many levels.
Dr Lance O’Sullivan is a doctor from Kaitaia, Northland. He is also an author, public speaker and public health advocate. Recently he explained why he supports Oranga Tamariki’s policy of uplifting children. His view is in complete contrast to Rihi Te Nana and others who think that the
David Clark, the Minister of Health, has come under fire this week for his poor performance. “Association of Salaried Medical Specialists executive director Ian Powell accused Health Minister Dr David Clark of a “rambling, confused or nonsensical” leadership. Powell, a veteran of the senior doctors’ union of 30 years who
Which kills more New Zealanders every year, guns or cancer? Okay, so it was a trick question because firearms don’t kill people: people holding the firearms kill people. The data showed that more than 9500 people died from cancer each year, representing 31 per cent of all deaths recorded
A close friend was diagnosed some years ago with HER2 positive breast cancer which has a high risk of recurrence. At the time, Herceptin was not government-funded, but without it, her probability of survival dropped dramatically. Unsurprisingly, she added a mortgage and fundraised most of the $130K for the
Imagine the outcry if men had to make appointments to see two different doctors and lie to them about an impending mental breakdown in order to make their own reproductive choices. What an interesting statement from the pro-abortion opinion writer, fortunately hidden behind A Newspaper paywall. Apparently it is
National party In a move that contradicts the government’s “wellbeing” approach, mental health nurses have been axed from Counties Manukau Police Station. The ‘watch-house nurse pilot initiative’ was launched in 2008. It placed mental health nurses in the Counties Manukau police watch house. Following its success, the pilot
Today’s face of the day Planned Parenthood CEO & President Leana Wen had her employment terminated by her employer because she refused to say that men can get pregnant! because of “philosophical differences over the direction and future of Planned Parenthood.” She was in the position for less than
There is a bloody good reason why we have plastic straws rather than paper straws, but the current ban on plastic straws (AKA turtle snorkels) has led to a situation where an aberration of common sense such as a metal straw has come into existence. When crimes against common sense
National party The government’s announcement that, despite passing legislation last year, it’s now consulting with the public on proposed regulation and standards on medicinal cannabis shows just how badly it has managed this process. The government has really mucked up the order when passing its medicinal cannabis Bill
Is that what our governments have in store for us? Do they wish to steal our minds? If not, they are doing a pretty good job of making me fear that this is the case. As some posters may know, I build websites in my ‘spare time’. ‘Spare time’ is
These days it is considered rude to not view obesity as a disease or an affliction that the person is a victim of. All I can say to that is that guns don’t kill people, people kill people and spoons don’t make you fat, you do. While I
The End of Life Choice Bill states in clause 4: Meaning of person who is eligible for assisted dying In this Act, person who is eligible for assisted dying means a person who— (a) is aged 18 years or over; and (b) is— (i) a person who has New Zealand
Radio New Zealand has reported on euthanasia activist Sean Davison. New Zealand-born euthanasia activist Sean Davison has been sentenced to three years under house arrest in South Africa for helping three people to kill themselves. Davison was convicted in New Zealand of assisting his terminally ill mother to die
