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Iwi Māori Council

Source: Waikato District Health Board – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Iwi Māori Council

On September 27, 2017 the The Waikato DHB Board and has a governance relationship with the local iwi through its Iwi Māori Council signed their revised Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The significance in the signing of this document is the recognition of the special relationship between the Waikato DHB and Iwi.

The Iwi Māori Council has since 2000, worked together with the DHB engaging on and for Māori Health.

Iwi members to the Council are: Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato-Tainui, Raukawa and Hauraki from Tainui Waka and are joined by Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Whānganui, and Māta Waka (Te Rūnanga o Kirikiriroa). Our Kaunihera Kaumātua Chair joins the Council and brings also Tikanga guidance.

The number one priority of the Waikato DHB in its Strategy is Radical Improvement of Māori Health by eliminating health inequities for Māori .      

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Plunket nurse set to make a difference to local community

Source: New Zealand Plunket Society – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Plunket nurse set to make a difference to local community

Karen Thurston Aug2018Plunket Nurse Karen Thurston is looking forward to providing even greater support to whānau in her community following her registration as a nurse practitioner. “It’s a very exciting time for Karen and the local community”, said Dr Jane O’Malley, Plunket’s Chief Nurse, in acknowledging Karen’s achievement.

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Assisted Dying bill “undermines disabled people”

Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Assisted Dying bill “undermines disabled people”

Disabilities Commissioner Paula Tesoriero is strongly opposed to the End of Life Choice bill, being considered by parliament. The Justice Select committee is part way through a nationwide tour,  hearing 3,500 submissions on the bill in person, out of a total of 35,000 written submissions.

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Select committee urged to stop the spread of ISDS under CPTPP

Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Select committee urged to stop the spread of ISDS under CPTPP

“A range of labour, health and environmental organisations are calling for a clause to be inserted into the CPTPP Amendment Bill that would prevent future governments from extending investor‑state dispute settlement (ISDS) to countries seeking to join the agreement,” says Oliver Hailes, spokesperson for It’s Our Future, the network of opposition to the TPPA and other economic treaties that undermine democracy.

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The changing shape of NHS finances

Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: The changing shape of NHS finances

As austerity and widespread staffing shortages began to bite over the past decade, the finances of NHS providers often took a familiar shape each year – a few providers made a large surplus, a few made a large deficit, and most organisations hovered around the ‘breakeven’ middle. But more recently this pattern of financial performance has been increasingly pulled out of shape and distorted.

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How is the NHS performing? June 2018 quarterly monitoring report

Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: How is the NHS performing? June 2018 quarterly monitoring report

The King’s Fund published its first quarterly monitoring report in April 2011 as part of our work to track, analyse and comment on the changes and challenges the health and care system is facing. This is the 26th report and aims to take stock of what has happened over the past three months, including the recently announced funding offer for the NHS.

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The public and the NHS: what’s the deal?

Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: The public and the NHS: what’s the deal?

The NHS is under financial pressure with growing demand for services. As the NHS reaches its 70th birthday, The King’s Fund has been exploring how the public views its relationship with the NHS. In March 2018, in partnership with Ipsos MORI, they carried out three ‘deliberative workshops’ to explore this issue.

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Rheumatic Rever resources

Source: Waikato District Health Board – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Rheumatic Rever resources

Sore throat rapid response services in the Waikato – Waikato District Health Board is working with communities to provide free sore throat rapid response services to eligible children and their households across the Waikato, to identify and treat Group A Streptococcal (GAS) throat infections and prevent rheumatic fever and heart damage. 

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Hapū Wānanga

Source: Waikato District Health Board – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Hapū Wānanga

We are now fully booked for Hapū Wānanga for 2018, please check again in October for 2019 dates.

A FREE kaupapa Māori labour, birth and parenting programme designed for young pregnant women and their families/whānau in the Waikato

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Health Minister at the crossroads: which way to improve the public health system?

Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Health Minister at the crossroads: which way to improve the public health system?

“The Minister of Health needs to avoid the easy but wrong-headed option of structural change in his review of New Zealand’s public health and disability sectors,” says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS).

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