The coalition Government is urgently making financial assistance available for survivors of the Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital Child and Adolescent Unit (the Lake Alice Unit) who are terminally ill
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Media release from Erica Stanford, lead coordination minister for the Government’s response to the Royal Commission’s report into historical abuse in state care and in the care of faith-based institutions and Matt Doocey, minister of mental health
The NZ Drug Foundation is warning people not to consume Rinda brand pineapple lollies after a potentially lethal amount of methamphetamine was found in a lolly wrapped in the brand’s packaging
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Media release from the New Zealand Drug Foundation
While keeping up with your Covid-19 boosters is still the most effective way to protect yourself in the ongoing pandemic, infectious disease experts say we could get even better public health value from the vaccines
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Media release from the Public Health Communication Centre
Health New Zealand is moving forward implementation planning to ensure a small group of cancer patients can take advantage of free early access to the drug Keytruda shortly ahead of Pharmac starting to fund the medication
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Statement from Richard Sullivan, chief clinical officer, Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand
Up to 15,000 immunocompromised Kiwis are set to benefit over the next two years from widened access to a publicly funded vaccine, which can help protect patients from shingles, a disease that can cause a blistering rash, intense burning, and shock-like pain.[1][2]
PSA members working within Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand are not seeing evidence of the Government’s claims about too many administrative and corporate roles in the health system
Academic pharmacist Nataly Martini provides key information on Helicobacter pylori pathophysiology, diagnosis and evidence-based treatment strategies to enhance patient outcomes