Health Workforce

New Zealand is well positioned to see more Māori enter the primary health care workforce thanks to a new tertiary qualification developed collaboratively by Wintec and PHO Pinnacle Midlands Health Network (MHP).

Former Prime Minister Helen Clark last week tweeted that dental therapists could play a “key role” in making basic dental care accessible to all. HEALTH CENTRAL talks to leading charity dentist Dr Assil Russell and dental therapist leader Arish Naresh about what models they think could work.

Careerforce, the health sector industry training organisation, has been given a back tick in its latest independent review just released by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority.

Māori have identified a ‘who’s who’ of successful Māori health leaders – including Sir Mason Durie, Mike King, Willie Jackson and Dr Hinemoa Elder – to help motivate the next generation of leaders.

Nurses have taken to social media to express frustration at the 20 District Health Boards’ ‘six per cent over three years’ pay offer which goes to a vote starting Wednesday.

The Kiwi doctor who recently led the charge to make an amendment to the modern day Hippocratic Oath says doctor burnout is at "epidemic" levels but small changes can make all the difference.

Nursing shortages have again caused acute mental health bed closures around the country – this time in the North Shore’s only acute mental health unit – but unions report nurses in other centres working double shifts as vacancies take their toll.

An Auckland University programme could be the answer to our rural doctor shortage.

For 25 years, Starship children's hospital and its fundraising foundation have been saving the lives of Kiwi kids. Many stars have lent support by raising the spirts of the sick and making big donations, but the real heroes are the brave kids and the staff who work there.

The majority of rural nurses have undergone postgraduate study, are very experienced and face difficulties getting their patients to a base hospital, according to a recent survey.