Entries for the 'Health Funding' Category

4 April 2012: The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) welcomes the announcement today that the Government is increasing investment in school-based health services by $10 million over four years. Decile three secondary schools will now have a nurse in every school. Currently, only decile ...

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The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is calling on the government to explain how the cuts to nursing at Bay of Plenty District Health Board (BOP DHB) will result in ‘better sooner, more convenient health care’ as the government has promised? BOPDHB has today signalled it has a ...

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There is a real threat to patient and staff safety at Hawke’s Bay District Health Board, in light of proposed job cuts announced yesterday (February 17), according to NZNO organiser for the DHB Stephanie Thomas. In a memo to leaders in the DHB’s older persons, mental health and allied ...

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The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) urges Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) not to review the research and decline the option offered by Minister of Health Tony Ryall to rebuild Christchurch and Burwood hospitals using public-private partnerships (PPPs). NZNO CEO Geoff Annals says, ...

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The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) congratulates the Government for making the tough call to cancel tax cuts planned for next year and 2011. This will not be a popular decision but it is the right call. NZNO welcomes the protected increases in Health. Strong health services will come under ...

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The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) welcomes the announcement by the Minister of Health for funding to support new mothers and the acknowledgement of the need for funding in response to the increase in the NZ birth rate. “Current facilities and care models are geared toward shorter stays. Ca...

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The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is calling on the government to address the serious inequity of public funding in primary health. Māori and Iwi providers of primary health care are funded at significantly lower rates than their mainstream counterparts. “The impact of this funding has rea...

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The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is supporting the findings of Wellington Coroner Garry Evans who has recommended an urgent review of the funding for rest homes and age-care hospitals. “The government’s response to the Coroner’s findings is extremely disappointing. This is not the fundin...

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The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is delighted that the government has announced that it will fully fund Plunketline, a service provided as part of the Royal New Zealand Plunket Society. Plunketline will now be available 24 hours a day 7 days a week to provide advice and information for pa...

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The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is confident that the Ministerial Group, announced today to review expenditure in Vote Health, will find that those working in health deliver outstandingly high value care. “Those working in the frontline of our country’s health system provide excellent ca...

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