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Media release: Unaffordable home heating increases risk of severe mental distress
… the Winter Energy Payment to those most at risk such as households with children, disabled people and low-income … shows that it has reduced hospitalisations by almost 20%, as well as increasing school attendance and employment among people …
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In the news: Public Health Priorities Series
… sources. They used the nitrate contamination in Waimate as a case study. Newsroom featured this article in a shorter … and poverty requires a far greater focus on wealth as a source of government revenue. Louise went on to speak on …
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April PHCC Newsletter
… Covid. The newsletter recaps Briefings from the last month as well as highlighting interesting new research, funding …
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Media release: Another Havelock North? Govt undoing protections for drinking water safety
… was enshrined in law. That warning now seems prophetic as the Government is proposing a number of policy changes … says the extent of the changes proposed may be obscured as they are across multiple policies. For example, after …
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In the news: Winter jump in deaths expected
… survival – New study . While the cold months now aren’t as much a killer as they were a century ago – excess winter deaths made up … 8 per cent of annual deaths in 1920, compared with 4.5 per cent in the 2010s – some of the biggest drivers remain. …
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May PHCC Newsletter
… The newsletter recaps Briefings from the last month as well as highlighting interesting new research, funding …
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Submission: Inquiry into climate adaptation
… Our submission emphasises the importance of public health as an essential objective in climate adaptation and planning, and highlights ecosystem health and equity as essential principles to achieve this (and other) …
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June PHCC newsletter
… The newsletter recaps Briefings from the last month as well as highlighting interesting new research, funding …
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Media release: Increasing speed limits defies the science - more deaths and pollution predicted
… gases while failing to improve economic productivity as promised. Professor Kingham, the former chief science … injuries are much higher at increased speeds, primarily as a result of increased stopping distances,” says Professor …
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Submission: Setting of speed limits
… deaths and pollution predicted . Increasing speed limits, as proposed, will increase the number of severe injuries and … base internationally that supports lowering speed limits as best practice. … Submission: Setting of speed limits …
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