When founding PSNZ chief executive Richard Townley stood down in 2023 after 19 years at the helm, he left big shoes to fill.

This year’s GPCME, held at Rotorua’s Energy Events Centre from 5 to 8 June, took place against a backdrop of change in the ...

Clinical pharmacist Pauline McQuoid takes issue with nurse practitioner Tamah Clapham’s recent opinion piece, and her ...

An office within Rotorua’s Energy Events Centre has closed after “unsafe levels” of a toxic gas were detected. An agenda item ...

Austen fans will quickly recognise this passage as Emma Woodhouse’s most shaming moment. Mr. Knightly is scolding Emma after their ill-fated outing to Box Hill, where she has impulsively and cruelly ...

A group of scholars in health and policy have worked together on a briefing, titled "Regulatory Standards Bill threatens the public interest, public health and Māori rights". It's authors are Jonathan ...

The primary healthcare capitation formula was designed, and by its nature, it is static – it has not evolved. However, the ...

Geoff Beattie is professor of psychology at Edge Hill University in the UK ...

Moves by Health NZ to outsource elective operations to the private hospital sector increase the risk of a two-tier health system and will worsen the medical workforce shortage, a leading medical ...

The latest New Zealand Health Survey shows that, for the first time in a decade, smoking rates have flatlined rather than fallen. Stark inequities persist, with daily smoking prevalence among Māori at ...

On June 11, 2025, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a slate of eight new members to serve on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which advises the Centers for Disease ...

Health Minister Simeon Brown says the government has delivered 9696 extra elective surgeries, putting it on track to reach its end-of-June target of more than 10,579 operations. Mr Brown said the ...