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Govt allegedly favoured industry over health

Govt allegedly favoured industry over health

Large multinational companies have been accused of increasingly influencing governments and shaping public policies to suit their own needs — often harming health in favour of profits.

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Tobacco industry playbook mirrored: research

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Tobacco industry playbook mirrored: research

New research shows coalition government MPs "closely mirrored the tobacco industry’s playbook" to back their decision to repeal New Zealand’s world-leading smokefree laws.

After-hours boost details awaited

After-hours boost details awaited

The devil will be in the details for regional health centres around the South following the announcement of an increase in government funding for after-hours services.

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Service to ‘strengthen urgent care’

Local Government Minister Simeon Brown. Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver

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Service to ‘strengthen urgent care’

Dunedin will be one of the first beneficiaries of a new urgent and after-hours care service, the government says.

Boost for urgent, after-hours health services in South

Health Minister Simeon Brown (left) and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon made the announcement in...

Boost for urgent, after-hours health services in South

Communities in Dunedin and Invercargill will have better access to urgent and after-hours healthcare as part of a nationwide investment, the Health Minister says.

First signs of life at hospital site

Is this the first sign of life from the previously abandoned new Dunedin hospital project’s inpatient building?

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Hope new programme will ‘break the cycle’

Family harm practitioner and tamariki advocate Amy McSoriley (left) and Gore Shift Mind & Body...

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Hope new programme will ‘break the cycle’

A new initiative in Gore will try to help young victims of family violence become healthy and happy members of society, with hopes of breaking the cycle.

Govt funding falls short, hospice says

Govt funding falls short, hospice says

If you thought things were grim at the Otago Community Hospice, it could be a lot worse - we could lose the facility, through lack of funding.

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Contractors warned of hospital cutbacks

Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora infrastructure delivery lead Blake Lepper. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Contractors warned of hospital cutbacks

Contractors tendering for work on the new Dunedin hospital build have been warned about "significant" cuts.

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Concerns after urgent doctors cuts hours

Dunedin Urgent Doctors & Accident Centre general manager Adam O’Byrne. Photo: Gerard O'Brien

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Concerns after urgent doctors cuts hours

A Dunedin city GP is predicting a ‘‘wave’’ of presentations to the hospital emergency department as the city’s busiest after-hours services announces it is cutting its operating hours.

Willis defends govt’s build record

Finance Minister Nicola Willis addresses the National Party’s Mainland Regional Conference, in...

Willis defends govt’s build record

Finance Minister Nicola Willis has made a spirited defence of the government’s record to date on the new Dunedin hospital.

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Locals to drive Wakari redevelopment: Doocey

Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey, who visited Dunedin on Saturday for a National Party...

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Locals to drive Wakari redevelopment: Doocey

Redevelopment of Wakari Hospital in Dunedin will be shaped locally, the Minister for Mental Health says.

Mayor maintains wait and see position over cuts

Jules Radich. File photo: Peter McIntosh

Mayor maintains wait and see position over cuts

Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich has heard the chorus of concern about planned cuts to the new Dunedin hospital, but will not be reigniting protest action.

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Plans to slash mental health beds horrify

Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Otago School of Medicine Dr Yoram Barak. PHOTO: PETER...

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Plans to slash mental health beds horrify

Plans to slash the number of mental health beds for older people at the new Dunedin hospital even further than first feared have horrified aged-care advocates.

ICU beds: Minister ‘disingenuous’

Simeon Brown. File photo: Peter McIntosh

ICU beds: Minister ‘disingenuous’

Health Minister Simeon Brown has been accused of being "disingenuous" and "doubling down" after claiming the new Dunedin hospital was not losing intensive care unit (ICU) beds.

Exclusion big blow for Pacific Edge

Pacific Edge's Cxbladder test. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Exclusion big blow for Pacific Edge

Dunedin-based cancer diagnostic firm Pacific Edge has been dealt a severe financial blow after its key testing procedure was excluded from coverage by the United States Medicare federal health...

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Plan seen as return to DHB structure

Simeon Brown. File photos: Peter McIntosh

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Plan seen as return to DHB structure

A return to a district health board-type system is not yet on the cards, despite a government move to transfer some planning towards regions.

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Lab workers to resume strike action

Lab workers went on strike outside the Cumberland St entrance to Dunedin Hospital late last month...

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Lab workers to resume strike action: Pay parity at issue

Laboratory workers will strike again from Tuesday as the industry continues to haemorrhage staff because of the pay.

Hopes of eliminating cervical cancer

One of the study’s authors, Associate Professor Peter Sykes from the Department of Obstetrics and...

Hopes of eliminating cervical cancer

There are high hopes NZ could be one of the first countries in the world to effectively eliminate cervical cancer, after a new survey found Kiwi women were embracing self-tests for cervical screening.

New role as primary care voice for hospital

Former WellSouth primary care relationship manager Nick Taylor prepares to take on his new role...

New role as primary care voice for hospital

A new role funded entirely by WellSouth will aim to give primary care a voice as the new Dunedin hospital build kicks back into gear.

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