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  • Heart patients waiting too long

    Date published
    30 Jul 2010

    Surgeons say heart patients waiting too long for tests; Minister of Health Tony Ryall 
    responds to heart patient waiting times. (RNZ)

  • Guidelines needed for unregulated health workers

    Date published
    29 Jul 2010

    Nurses want national guidelines on the use of unregulated health care workers who work in the community, including in general practices.

  • ADHD care to transfer to GPs

    Date published
    28 Jul 2010

    Children with ADHD may soon be treated by their GPs rather than by hospital specialists, the Taranaki District Health Board says. (Taranaki Daily News)

  • New health board team to split responsibilities

    Date published
    28 Jul 2010

    A new executive leadership team takes the helm of the Nelson Marlborough District Health Board on October 1. (Nelson Mail)

  • Guild welcomes medicines reclassification

    Date published
    27 Jul 2010

    The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (the Guild) has welcomed Medsafe’s move to restrict the sale of cough and cold medicines containing the cough suppressant, dextromethorphan, and the decongestant, phenylephrine. (Scoop)

  • PHARMAC to work with hospitals on widened role

    Date published
    26 Jul 2010

    Consistent national access to medicines for patients and more effective use of DHB funding will be the aims of PHARMAC’s involvement in funding hospital medicines and medical devices, Chief Executive Matthew Brougham says. (Scoop)

  • NZNO welcomes new chief nurse

    Date published
    26 Jul 2010

    The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) has welcomed the appointment of one of its former presidents, Jane O’Malley, as chief nurse. (Scoop)

  • GP problem more chronic than acute

    Date published
    26 Jul 2010

    The shortage of GPs in Balclutha, which is likely to cause lengthy waits for patients, is symptomatic of the long-standing problem of attracting, and retaining, doctors in rural areas, a health administrator says. (ODT)

  • Euthanasia already happening, says dying GP

    Date published
    22 Jul 2010

    A doctor who is dying of cancer says many of his colleagues already practice euthanasia and it should be legalised. (Stuff)

  • Chief executve shares message in rural Waikato

    Date published
    21 Jul 2010

    Waikato District Health Board chief executive Craig Climo will present the rural health service delivery picture in Waikato communities during the next fortnight. (Scoop)