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The MixOctober 24

Better checks can balance outcomes

We can check that all children have a better start. 
Better checks can balance outcomes
Better checks can balance outcomes
The MixAugust 1

Putting a price on a smile

Until around the 1980s, professionals like lawyers, doctors and dentists didn’t advertise their services. Advertising was considered brash and vulgar and was against the rules of many professions.
Putting a price on a smile
Putting a price on a smile
The MixJuly 11

Balancing relative states of health tricky act

People who make health policy, fund or provide health services often need to measure the impact of those services on people’s health, and to know how much better one state of health is compared with another. For example, does a particular surgery make people better? How much better? How does that compare with the improved health from taking a medicine?
Balancing relative states of health tricky act
Balancing relative states of health tricky act
The MixMay 9

Volunteers doing the heavy lifting

Why do people who need healthcare the most have to rely on charity to get it? asks Pauline Norris.
Volunteers doing the heavy lifting
Volunteers doing the heavy lifting
The MixDecember 6

The risk of accentuating the positive

Coverage of cures can underplay the risks, as Covid stories have demonstrated once again, writes Pauline Norris.
The risk of accentuating the positive
The risk of accentuating the positive
The MixAugust 2

Co-ordinating care

In the world of Downton Abbey, the healthcare system was quite straightforward. In the 21st century, it's much more complex.
Co-ordinating care
Co-ordinating care
The MixMay 10

Gaps in the system

There are some who can't afford to smile, writes Pauline Norris. 
Gaps in the system
Gaps in the system
The MixApril 12

Alliances key to integrating healthcare

Although we now have DHBs that are responsible for both primary and secondary care, as anyone who has been to hospital knows, the transition in and out of hospital doesn’t always go smoothly, writes Pauline Norris.
Alliances key to integrating healthcare
Alliances key to integrating healthcare
The MixJanuary 26

Freeing the pharmacist

There are often arguments about who does what in healthcare, such as whether midwives or doctors should attend normal births, writes Pauline Norris.
Freeing the pharmacist
Freeing the pharmacist
The MixNovember 17

The common touch

Lay health workers play an important role in many countries around the world, writes Pauline Norris.
The common touch
The common touch
The MixOctober 20

Racism leads to poor health

It is really easy to see how being treated badly by a health professional could make you more suspicious and less trusting of the health system, writes Pauline Norris.
Racism leads to poor health
Racism leads to poor health
The MixAugust 25

Hand sanitisers? No, we're the great unwashed

Do you use the hand sanitiser when you visit a hospital or rest-home? What would make you more likely to do so? Would a voice-prompt work, asks Pauline Norris. 
Hand sanitisers? No, we're the great unwashed
Hand sanitisers? No, we're the great unwashed
The MixMay 19

When it is chronic

How is the health system coping with increasing chronic illness, asks Pauline Norris. And how could it better meet the needs of people with multitude conditions?
When it is chronic
When it is chronic
The MixApril 21

Tackling diabetes: people's individual needs important

How can the health system best help people with diabetes? And does blaming people and their lifestyles help?
Tackling diabetes: people's individual needs important
Tackling diabetes: people's individual needs important