Efficiency, waitlists and speed are all measured in our healthcare system, but what about compassion? Researchers from the Compassion Lab at the University of Auckland explain to Paulette Crowley why the value needs to be measured like a KPI
Tim Hanlon has held top jobs in the UK’s NHS system and defence force and is now heading up a new directorate for the Ministry of Health. He talks to Paulette Crowley
Efficiency, waitlists and speed are all measured in our healthcare system, but what about compassion? Researchers from the Compassion Lab at the University of Auckland explain to Paulette Crowley why the value needs to be measured like a KPI
The burnout crisis among pharmacists and other health workers doesn’t look like it’s going away anytime soon. Paulette Crowley spoke to mental-health lecturer Fiona Moir about dealing with stress
A patient group is protesting proposed legislation that could potentially ban the personal importation of prescribed medicines to treat diseases such as cancer
The Government’s announcement that it was scrapping the $5 prescription fee from 1 July caught the pharmacy sector by surprise, but health minister Ayesha Verrall says the policy had been planned for some time
A National government would reinstate the prescription fee for those who can afford to pay it, and target those who can’t, says health spokesperson Shane Reti