At least 85,000 people each year turned away from seeing specialists, some dying as a result. The researchers have described it as a national scandal.
At least 85,000 people each year turned away from seeing specialists, some dying as result
University of Otago researchers have described it as a "national scandal".
www.rnz.co.nz
June 6, 2024 at 8:10 AM
There is absolutely no room in the mental health budget anywhere in NZ for any cuts.
The mental health system is at breaking point. This will likely do it.
The mental health system is at breaking point. This will likely do it.
April 4, 2024 at 7:53 PM
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July 24, 2024 at 1:57 AM
$500m not spent on staff will surely have created some of this pressure not to take leave.
#nzhealth #nzpol
#nzhealth #nzpol
Hospital doctor owed $1.27m in annual leave
Hospital doctor owed $1.27m in annual leave
The 10 doctors with the highest leave balances were owed a total of $6.5 million in a "huge liability"for Health NZ.
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November 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
April 2, 2024 at 8:05 PM
July 9, 2024 at 8:53 AM
No, we owe NZ kids and under 30s an apology for preventing them from getting #COVID19 boosters. #nzpol #nzhealth
March 14, 2026 at 7:27 PM
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Measles is back. Children are dying not because medicine failed, but because ideology did. Under “Make America Healthy Again,” anti-vaccine politics recast preventable death as freedom—accepting mass mortality as a moral choice, not a failure.
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September 5, 2026 at 12:10 AM
May 1, 2024 at 3:53 AM
Cleaning the air in classrooms increases test scores. (Plus it protects against Covid).
Medsky
Medsky
Reducing Indoor Particulate Air Pollution Improves Student Test Scores: A Randomized Double-Blind Crossover Study
Short-term exposure to air pollution is associated with a decline in cognitive function. Standardized test scores have been employed to evaluate the effects of air pollution exposure on cognitive perf...
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June 7, 2024 at 2:12 PM
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July 10, 2024 at 4:00 AM
The Government appears poised to allow the sale of oral tobacco and nicotine products but there's a danger the products will add to the problem of youth nicotine addiction.
#tobaccocontrol #addiction
www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/ora...
#tobaccocontrol #addiction
www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/ora...
Oral tobacco and nicotine products: Quitting aid or teen addiction risk?
The government appears poised to allow the sale of oral tobacco and nicotine products in Aotearoa New Zealand. However, deregulation of these addictive products poses a clear risk to the wellbeing of ...
www.phcc.org.nz
April 2, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Helping people like this is how you meet targets in the mental health system actually www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Psychiatrist doing job of three resigns after being denied panic button
Professor Marie Bismark says she was caring for more than 300 patients.
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July 5, 2024 at 12:19 AM
#NZHealth System - being purposely destroyed by NZ Coalition Govt, to enable rich profiteers to steal public wealth & taxes to make themselves richer. #Health #privatisation despite increases in #Kiwi misery & deaths #nzpol #greed
#submissions by 22nd July
#submissions by 22nd July
July 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
#NZHealth System - being purposely destroyed by NZ Coalition Govt, to enable rich profiteers to steal public wealth & taxes to make themselves richer. #Health #privatisation despite increases in #Kiwi misery & deaths #nzpol #greed
#submissions by 22nd July
#submissions by 22nd July
When a senior doctor at a NZ public hospital suggests seeing a private specialist because an appointment in the public system would take too long, there has to be something seriously wrong with the public health system.
#nzpol #nzpolitics #nzhealth #publichealth
#nzpol #nzpolitics #nzhealth #publichealth
July 6, 2026 at 4:48 AM
When a senior doctor at a NZ public hospital suggests seeing a private specialist because an appointment in the public system would take too long, there has to be something seriously wrong with the public health system.
#nzpol #nzpolitics #nzhealth #publichealth
#nzpol #nzpolitics #nzhealth #publichealth
We can thank Hobson's pledge and Atlas network alumnis Casey Costello and Chris Bishop with support from Seymour and Brown for this decline.
Vote them out nov 7
#nzhealth #nzpol #ditchthepricksin26
Vote them out nov 7
#nzhealth #nzpol #ditchthepricksin26
NZ falls short on protections against tobacco industry lobbying – Expert Reaction
NZ falls short on protections against tobacco industry lobbying - Expert Reaction
NZ has not fully implemented part of a WHO treaty designed to keep tobacco industry interests out of health policy, finds a new study. Researchers interviewed politicians, public health experts and…
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz
August 23, 2026 at 8:49 PM
We can thank Hobson's pledge and Atlas network alumnis Casey Costello and Chris Bishop with support from Seymour and Brown for this decline.
Vote them out nov 7
#nzhealth #nzpol #ditchthepricksin26
Vote them out nov 7
#nzhealth #nzpol #ditchthepricksin26
The joy* of living under a government too stupid to see that people are our number one asset, and their health should always be the number one priority.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
*May not actually be joy, but due to widespread cuts to the Ministry of Emotion, nobody can tell anymore.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
*May not actually be joy, but due to widespread cuts to the Ministry of Emotion, nobody can tell anymore.
Cuts looming for 'critical' public health services
A document leaked to RNZ shows service are proposing to axe staff and pull back on projects.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 6, 2024 at 8:14 PM
OpenAI hacked Medicare portal, Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/1...
AI regulations now!!!
#nzhealth #nzpol #auspol #aushealth #cybersecuritynews
AI regulations now!!!
#nzhealth #nzpol #auspol #aushealth #cybersecuritynews
OpenAI hacked Medicare portal, Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has revealed an AI agent hacked into an Australian Medicare data portal earlier this year.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 23, 2026 at 9:44 PM
OpenAI hacked Medicare portal, Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/1...
AI regulations now!!!
#nzhealth #nzpol #auspol #aushealth #cybersecuritynews
AI regulations now!!!
#nzhealth #nzpol #auspol #aushealth #cybersecuritynews