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Government funding of interpreters in Primary Care is needed to ensure quality care
… This 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 …
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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, … cancer screening programme, for more funding for low cost primary care clinics and for better wages for rest home … a difference? Author: Dr Ben Gray, General Practitioner, Primary Health Care & General Practice Department, University …
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Promoting physical activity through the prescription of smartphone apps in primary care: Likely to produce health gains and cost-savings
… of smartphone apps for physical activity promotion in primary care could benefit health and save millions in health sector … [14]. The prescription of physical activity apps during a primary care visit is a feasible intervention in NZ, as some …
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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 … limit the already limited numbers of doctors in primary care willing to provide aid in dying. This will leave … Ben Gray is an Associate Professor with the Department of Primary Health Care & General Practice, University of Otago …
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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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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 … of Waitangi by failing to administer and implement the primary health care system to actively address persistent … actions in government including a funding boost for Māori primary and community healthcare providers as part of $71.6m …
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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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Health system costs in NZ: variation by sex, age & proximity to death
… outpatient 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 …
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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 … resourcing, more self-management strategies via online and primary health would help meet demand, saving finite resource …
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