Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest – Issue 111 online now
Source: Health Quality and Safety Commission
Ngā ihirangi | In this issue
Whakapai i te kounga me te haumaru | Quality and safety improvement
Advance care planning:...
COVID-19 Update: Final two Whangaparāoa results negative
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Health
Please attribute the following to Dr Caroline McElnay, Director of Public Health.
At the media standup this afternoon the Director-General...
Ngai Māori Insights For A Kaupapa Māori Primary (Community) Mental Health And Addictions Service...
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Health
Expanding access to and choice of primary mental health and addiction services for whānau with mild to moderate need...
Middlemore doctor slams govt inaction on obesity
Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement:
Headline: Middlemore doctor slams govt inaction on obesity
Middlemore Hospital intensive care specialist Dr David Galler sees...
Plunket and Ngāi Tahu honour shared history with new nursing scholarship
Source: New Zealand Plunket Society
Plunket and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu have launched the Mere Harper and Ria Tikini Memorial Scholarship, acknowledging two wāhine...
COVID-19 update – February 15
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Health
There continues to be no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand.
This afternoon, the Government announced that temporary restrictions...
Media Update COVID-19, February 14
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Health
There continue to be no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand.
While the World Health Organization reports there are...
Biomedical results 2014/15: New Zealand Health Survey
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Health
The Biomedical Data Explorer presents results from blood and urine tests in the 2014/15 New Zealand Health Survey. Tests...
RFP – supply of diabetes agents: SGLT-2 inhibitors, GLP-1 agonists and DPP-4 inhibitors –...
Source: Pharmac
If you wish to submit a proposal, you must submit it to PHARMAC via the Government Electronic Tenders Service (GETS) (www.gets.govt.nz(external link)) no...
MECA negotiations underway
Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
The first round of MECA negotiations has kicked off in Wellington. We have put together a 23-strong negotiating team,...
Loss of orthopaedic surgeons will exacerbate estimated 33% shortage of senior doctors at Wairarapa...
Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
The loss of two long-standing orthopaedic surgeons at Wairarapa DHB will exacerbate an already serious staffing shortage at Wairarapa...
Decision to list medical devices supplied by Hologic (Australia & New Zealand) Pty Limited
Source: Pharmac
Our response to what you told us
We appreciate the time people took to respond to this consultation.
A summary of the main themes raised...
