As New Zealand remembers the tragic events in Christchurch one year ago today, the New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA) wishes to acknowledge and pay respect to the doctors who died in the earthquake:
Dr Mayson Abbas and Dr Dominic Bell, both present .. …
The NZMA welcomes the release today of the Health Quality and Safety Commission’s (HQSC) 2010/2011 serious and sentinel events report, which will help the New Zealand health sector to work towards reducing harm from preventable adverse .. …
The new health targets announced today will assist in controlling chronic and preventable diseases, but the Government needs to broaden its focus.NZMA Chair Dr Paul Ockelford said the Government’s health targets are commendable but the emphasis .. …
The New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA) today awarded David Meates the NZMA’s highest standing award for leading the Canterbury District Health Board, in its response to the earthquake in February.
The NZMA Chair’s Award goes to an .. …
A consensus statement on the role of the doctor in New Zealand, published in today’s New Zealand Medical Journal, highlights the key skills and personal attributes required by doctors to ensure patient care is not compromised in a health sector .. …
Free after-hours health care for children under six will help to ensure they have the best start in life and better health, says the New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA) which has welcomed the Government’s announcement today.
“We are .. …
The New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA) is calling for the Government to endorse the political declaration of the World Health Organisation (WHO) which is pressing for a global commitment to reduce health inequities by focusing on the social .. …
Assertive action is needed to protect health workers in political hotspots, says the New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA), particularly in light of the situation in Bahrain where health workers have been imprisoned for treating pro-democracy .. …
New Zealand's advanced work in tobacco control praised at global assembly
The scientific session on tobacco cessation at the World Medical Association General Assembly in Montevideo Uruguay has praised New Zealand's "end-game thinking" .. …
Government must invest more in preventative health – NZMA
The New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA) strongly supports the United Nation’s declaration this week calling for a multifaceted campaign to combat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) .. …
Children's health disparities require urgent action
The large health disparities in the health status of New Zealand children, which have led to an alarming number of hospital admissions for a range of preventable illnesses, must be urgently addressed .. …
The launch of the Maternity Quality and Safety Programme today has been welcomed by the New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA) which says the programme will strengthen the team approach to maternity care. At the same time the Government has released .. …
The NZMA is taking a leadership role and bringing together representatives from across health, the government sector and wider community to discuss the way forward to reduce New Zealand’s unacceptable health inequities …
The New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA) strongly supports the Ministry of Health’s ban of a second synthetic cannabis product and is calling for significantly tougher legislation on these products.
“We need legislation with a far more .. …
The New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA) will closely monitor the ACC’s workplace accident compensation scheme to ensure patients are not disadvantaged, following today’s announcement that it will be opened up to private competition.
The .. …
The New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA) welcomes a number of initiatives announced in today’s Budget that will improve health outcomes and is pleased that nearly half of new Government money will go into health services. “We welcome this .. …
The NZMA is supportive of ACC’s internal review of elective surgery decision-making, released today, to ensure more effective and transparent decisions on surgery claims, says NZMA Deputy Chair Dr Mark Peterson. The review analyses the .. …
Health inequities are largely to blame for the striking ethnic disparities in the rates of rheumatic fever in this country, says the New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA), with differential access to the determinants of health, such as income and .. …
The Government’s announcement that there will be an extra $33 million towards maternity funding, over four years, has been welcomed by the New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA) which says it will assist in improving the safety and quality of .. …
