NZ’s right-wing government is exploiting the crisis of unmet need, caused by decades of underfunding of public healthcare, to divert tens of millions of dollars to private hospitals.

A crisis in primary health care is worsening and calls are increasing for some hospital funding to be diverted to GPs.

RNZ reported last month the country had no specialists available to look after kids needing palliative care as the only ...

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The project will prompt doctors to prescribe more safely, to reduce the looming risk of antimicrobial resistance, which one professor describes as: "A silent pandemic that is occurring globally." ...

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The government’s recent decision to significantly increase public hospital fees has reignited concerns about the long-term sustainability of the system. Hong Kong’s reliance on a tax-funded ...