Health Investigation – Rest home fails to cooperate with investigation
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Health and Disability Commissioner
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding a rest home in breach of the...
Parliament Hansard Report – Therapeutic Products Bill — Second Reading – 001156
Source: New Zealand Parliament – Hansard
Dr SHANE RETI (National): Thank you, Madam Speaker. The National Party will be opposing the Therapeutic Products Bill. We...
Health – Understaffing’s dire impacts on aged care highlighted
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Understaffing in the aged care sector in Aotearoa New Zealand is the focus of this year’s Caregivers Week, which...
Booster vaccinations start
Source: Covid-19 New Zealand Government Announcements
While the priority is still getting people fully vaccinated, healthcare, border workers and kaumātua who have been fully vaccinated...
Study into the impacts of COVID-19: Research group contracted
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Health
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington have been awarded a contract for one of its health research centres to...
Business fined for failing to protect workers from methyl bromide exposure
Source: Worksafe New Zealand
9 December 2021
A failure to prevent workers being exposed to methyl bromide has seen a business fined $250,000 after a WorkSafe...
1 new imported case of COVID-19
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Health
The one imported case being reported today arrived from India on 26 September.
The person has been in a managed...
Update on COVID-19 cases — 19 May 2022
Source: Covid-19 New Zealand Government Announcements
Update from the Ministry of Health
Today we are reporting 9,091 community cases, 411 hospitalisations and 5 deaths.
The seven-day rolling average of...
Health Reform – GPs say Health and Disability Review ‘ambitious and appropriate’
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners has called the final report of The Health and...
WWF Applauds New Legislation to Prevent Future Pandemics
Source: World Wildlife Fund
Today U.S. Senators Chris Coons and Lindsey Graham, and Reps. Grace Meng and Jeff Fortenberry, introduced the bipartisan Global Pandemic Prevention...
Appointments – Strategic risk advisor Michael Tafe joins Aurecon
Source: MIL-OSI SubmissionsSource: Aurecon
International engineering, design and advisory company Aurecon has appointed eminent private and public sector strategic risk advisor Michael Tafe, to lead...
Data science for health management
Source: Auckland University of Technology (AUT)
27 Apr, 2023
Nearly 600,000 New Zealanders take medication for asthma and it is one of the most common causes...