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Prescription error resulting in potential risks to pregnancy - 25HDC01070
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (61+ words) NZDoctor Registered pharmacist Lucy Broughton discusses antidepressant withdrawal, including the symptoms experienced, how to distinguish it from relapse, why it happens and how to prevent it. Flexible tapering strategies are outlined as key to successful antidepressant discontinuation in primary care…...
Fresh Minds launches ADHD support service to help New Zealanders turn diagnosis into meaningful change
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (466+ words) For many New Zealanders, receiving an ADHD diagnosis can bring relief, validation, and a better understanding of years of challenges. But once the assessment is complete and a diagnosis has been made, many are left asking: what happens next? As…...
Waitangi Tribunal finds disability system breaches Te Tiriti
1+ week, 3+ day ago (968+ words) Layla Bailey-McDowell of RNZ The Waitangi Tribunal has found the Crown breached Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles in its provision of disability services for tāngata whaikaha Māori, saying their voices have been "made invisible" within the system. Hauwhaikaha - The Disability…...
Nursing students are rejecting careers in aged care. A staffing crisis is coming
1+ week, 5+ day ago (889+ words) Samantha Heath is a senior lecturer in nursing at the University of Waikato A ministerial advisory group delivered a blunt verdict on the state of aged care in New Zealand last month. The system, as it stands, cannot cope with…...
Labour will guarantee a job for graduate nurses
1+ week, 6+ day ago (338+ words) Labour will offer every New Zealand trained nurse a job in our public health system when they graduate, keeping our highly trained nurses here and strengthening the workforce. “National’s hiring freeze is fuelling a crisis in our health system. Just…...
Funding the rebuild: Why Aotearoa can afford universal healthcare
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1261+ words) A group of clinicians, academics and policy experts argue that public healthcare spending is constrained not by a shortage of money but by the people, skills and physical resources available to rebuild the system 1. Social Security Act 1938. 2 Geo VI, 1938. No....
Auckland children’s dental surgery waitlist falls by two-thirds
3+ week, 2+ day ago (336+ words) More children are getting faster access to dental treatment in Auckland, with the number of children waiting for dental surgery falling by more than 1,400 to its lowest level in years, Associate Health Minister Matt Doocey announced today. “Children shouldn’t have…...
We all agree on safer data: Now let’s make it work
3+ week, 5+ day ago (196+ words) NZ Doctor Website intended for a New Zealand health professional readership Better data sharing and stronger cybersecurity are essential to the future of healthcare. But agreeing on the standards is only the beginning; the sector must have a realistic way…...