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After years of barriers and burnout, a growing cohort of international medical graduates is cautiously optimistic following the Government’s pledge to open up 100 new general practice placements. Abhi ...

“Our new Health Minister should take immediate action for men's health on two fronts - he should accept this invitation from Europe, and he should put the minuscule funding into the proposed early ...

“The after-hours and urgent care system is under considerable stress - about 10 urgent care services closed in the last two years - so it’s encouraging the government is funding improvement to urgent ...

Washing household plastic containers in a dishwasher releases nanoplastic and microplastic pollution into wastewater, University of Queensland researchers have found. Dr Elvis Okoffo from UQ’s ...

Pharmac is proposing to fully fund two liquid nutrition replacements for adults with Crohn’s disease who use them as their only source of nutrition. Crohn’s is a type of inflammatory bowel disease.

The Government will subject a draft Pandemic Treaty to a full National Interest Test before deciding whether or not New Zealand should sign up to it, Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Health ...

Titled Fragile Gains – Child Wellbeing at Risk in an Unpredictable World, it ranks New Zealand last out of 36 OECD and EU countries for child and youth mental health. NZAC President Sarah Maindonald ...

The government has completely missed the point, says General Practitioners Aotearoa (GPA). Health Minister Simeon Brown has announced a $164 million announcement over four years for urgent care after ...

Otolaryngologist, head and neck surgeon Francis T. Hall discusses the evaluation of thyroid nodules, which primarily aims to ...

In a case study released today, deputy health and disability commissioner Vanessa Caldwell has found a registered nurse breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) ...

New Zealand must invest in bold action to reduce demand for methamphetamine in the face of a recent surge in consumption, the NZ Drug Foundation says. Wastewater testing data shows that ...