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  • Auckland Regional Public Health Service Measles exposure and cases update: no new cases

  • Auckland Regional Public Health Service Measles exposure and cases update: no new cases

  • Measles case update from Auckland Regional Public Health

  • Notification - missing bowel screening kits

    Te Whatu Ora has been made aware that a box of completed bowel screening kits has gone missing during transit.
  • International Nurses Day: Lisa Suapopo-Taylor profile

  • Health workforce pressures met with new initiatives

    A number of initiatives were presented by the Minister of Health on Monday 1 August to relieve some of these workforce pressures in the short-term.
  • Ōtākaro to partner with Te Whatu Ora in West Coast mental health build

    Ōtākaro Limited will be joining The Te Whatu Ora Infrastructure and Investment group as a partner on the mental health unit rebuild in Greymouth.
  • Markerita Poutasi appointed as National Director, Pacific Health

    Te Whatu Ora has announced the appointment of Markerita (Meg) Poutasi as National Director, Pacific Health.
  • Pharmacists may now supply COVID-19 medicines to eligible people without scripts

    Over 400 pharmacies can now supply medicines without a prescription to eligible people with COVID-19 who are at a higher risk of becoming very sick.
  • New funding to help people with mental health and addiction needs access COVID-19 vaccinations

    People will have better access to COVID-19 vaccinations, other immunisations and health checks thanks to grants from a $2 million fund.
  • Dr Nick Chamberlain appointed National Director, National Public Health Service

    Health New Zealand has announced the significant appointment of Dr Nick Chamberlain as the National Director of the new National Public Health Service
  • Get a hepatitis C test on World Hepatitis Day to put your worries behind you

    New Zealanders at risk of hepatitis C should make sure to get a quick and easy finger-prick test on World Hepatitis Day this Thursday (28 July).
  • Appointment of two interim leadership positions: Data & Digital and Infrastructure & Investment

    Appointment of two interim leadership positions: Stuart Bloomfield in Data & Digital and Graham Smith in Infrastructure & Investment.
  • Interim Health New Zealand offering to address pressures on primary care

    Interim Health New Zealand has offered a number of measures to address funding pressures on general practice.
  • Interim Leadership Appointments Announced

    Interim appointments to Health New Zealand interim executive leadership roles, interim regional leads and interim district leads.
  • Quality improvement review of national breast screening programme

    An independent quality improvement review of the national breast screening programme was announced today.
  • High-powered taskforce announced to tackle waiting lists

    A taskforce of specialised and experienced clinicians has been set up to tackle waiting lists across the hospital system.
  • First areas to roll out localities approach confirmed

    The first nine communities that will roll out the locality approach to guiding health and wellbeing planning have been confirmed.
  • Incoming Chief Executives welcomed

    A significant milestone in the health reform mahi has been marked with new chief executives taking the reins at Health New Zealand.
  • Green fingered kiwis urged to guard against Legionnaires' disease this Labour weekend

    Te Whatu Ora is urging green fingered kiwis to guard against Legionnaires' disease during the spring and summer gardening season.
  • World Allied Health Professions Day

    Te Whatu Ora is celebrating World Allied Health Professions Day today, 14 October 2022.
  • Planned care programme will make lasting differences to health service delivery

    The report from the Planned Care Taskforce released today represents long term and lasting differences to the way planned care services are delivered.
  • First nationwide health plan to deliver healthy futures for New Zealanders

    Media statement by Hon Andrew Little and Hon Peeni Henare
  • Te Whatu Ora Board meeting – 28 October 2022

    The Te Whatu Ora Board will meet in person in Taupō this Friday, 28 October 2022.

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  • Investigation ongoing into release of data and spread of misinformation
  • ‘Stay cool and Go well’ this summer by planning ahead
  • Reminder of vaccine safety and effectiveness following release of misinformation
  • New rural after-hours telehealth service available across the motu
  • New cervical screening test is a game changer
  • New professions and rural communities included in Voluntary Bonding Scheme in 2024 intake
  • Spike in COVID-19 cases prompts call to be up to date, use antivirals
  • Results of Triennial Maternity Consumer Survey and Perinatal Bereavement Support Environmental Scan released
  • Librarians and Interpreters pay equity settlement agreed
  • Travellers on same flights as Taranaki measles case asked to urgently check locations of interest information
  • Thirteenth case of measles this year highlights importance of immunisations 
  • New rural clinical telehealth service set to support rural communities across Aotearoa
  • Quarter four Clinical Performance Metrics released
  • National Clinical Networks leadership announced
  • Allied, Scientific, and Technical pay equity settlement reached
  • Information available now for possible measles contacts
  • Te Whatu Ora welcomes Midwifery pay equity settlement
  • Boil water notice remains in place as investigations identify water contamination as likely source of crypto outbreak
  • Alert for all of New Zealand after measles case confirmed
  • Quarterly Performance Report for period ending 30 June 2023
  • Childhood immunisation rates released in latest quarterly update
  • Facilitated bargaining continues between ASMS and Te Whatu Ora
  • Covid care to focus on providing antiviral medicine to eligible people
  • Second measles case confirmed in Auckland in a week
  • Gardeners urged to take care with potting mix
  • Authorities focusing efforts on finding source of cryptosporidium outbreak
  • Te Whatu Ora seeks assistance of ERA for facilitated bargaining to resolve pay dispute
  • Te Whatu Ora frustrated senior doctors’ union indicates further strike notice
  • Partnership the key to accessible health
  • National intranet sets sail on its journey 
  • Senior doctors strike update
  • Te Whatu Ora frustrated union rejects settlement offer
  • Travellers on flight OD195 from Perth to Auckland advised to monitor for whooping cough symptoms
  • New vaccination van brings immunisation to Pacific communities
  • Bowel cancer screening programme saving lives
  • Te Whatu Ora welcomes the vote from nurses’ and midwives today to accept the latest collective agreement offer
  • Decision to upgrade Tauranga acute mental health inpatient unit
  • Reaching the heart of the Pacific community
  • Te Whatu Ora welcomes pay equity agreement for nurses
  • World Hepatitis Day – 28 July 2023
  • Project to build national health data platform commences
  • Older news items
  • Additional COVID-19 booster doses available
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