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Government funding of interpreters in Primary Care is needed to ensure quality care
… is now funded within hospitals. It is funded in Primary Care in Auckland and Nelson but not other regions. It became … clear that interpreters were needed to enable Primary Care to look after Covid-19 patients in the community and the … has highlighted a number of important issues in our health care system. There has been a lot of focus on inequitable …
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Advance Care Planning – good for patient care and better use of health dollars?
… Dr Ben Gray Advance Care Planning (or ACP) is the process of thinking about, talking about and planning for future health care and end of life care. In its delivery, this seems a very clinically focussed, …
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Care coordination for cancer cost-effective
… Professor Tony Blakely Dedicated cancer care coordinators – a clinical nurse specialist charged with navigating patients through their care – appears to be cost effective, at least for stage III … for cancer patients, of which $16 million dollars was for care coordination nurses. This all seems sensible, in that …
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Is funding Euthanasia a health priority for Aotearoa New Zealand: Part 2?
… for assisted dying without equity of access to palliative care is to completely undermine the goals of the End of Life … is distorted towards aid in dying and away from palliative care. In this blog I will describe the detail in the Gazette … main ones are maternity services, vaccination services and care for under 14’s. There are two important issues that …
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Consumer Care Guidelines for electricity retailers must be mandatory
… are urging the Electricity Authority to make the Consumer Care Guidelines for electricity retailers mandatory to … at all. 1 Electricity Authority and the Consumer Care Guidelines The Electricity Authority is the regulatory … participation – belongs to the EA. When the Consumer Care Guidelines were brought in in 2021, they replaced …
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Media release: Making the consumer care guidelines for electricity retailers mandatory could save lives
… The Electricity Authority should make the Consumer Care Guidelines for electricity retailers mandatory, … first report assessing compliance with the Consumer Care Guidelines out yesterday shows the voluntary approach isn’t working. We need basic standards of care to be followed to protect health and avoid potential …
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Where do the parties stand? Addressing Māori health inequity
… inadequate access to health services, poorer quality of care, and a failure of health services to improve outcomes … by failing to administer and implement the primary health care system to actively address persistent Māori health … to action to improve access to cancer treatments, dental care and mental health care. The response from National has …
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Promoting physical activity through the prescription of smartphone apps in primary care: Likely to produce health gains and cost-savings
… smartphone apps for physical activity promotion in primary care could benefit health and save millions in health sector … prescription of physical activity apps during a primary care visit is a feasible intervention in NZ, as some general … smartphone apps for physical activity promotion in primary care for those aged 40-79 years was modest, with 430 …
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Long COVID Staff Clinic: Caring for carers in Taranaki
… is emerging as a global public health concern. Health care workers have a relatively high level of exposure to … 1 . Some are referring to it as a new epidemic 2 . Health care workers have a relatively high level of workplace … were consistent with Long COVID 7 . Supporting health care workers with Long COVID The first case of COVID-19 in a …
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Health system costs in NZ: variation by sex, age & proximity to death
… events, pharmaceuticals, laboratory tests, and primary care consultations and assigning cost to each health event. … in our analysis included: lead maternity carer-provided care, rest-home and hospice care, mental health care, dental health care outside of …
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