Entries for the 'Public Health' Category

15 May 2012: A pre-budget announcement that the Government is funding extra co-ordinating nurses to support those receiving cancer care, that more money is going to elective surgery and that prescription charges are rising is sending mixed messages about health says the New Zealand Nurses Organi...

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3 May 2012: The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is concerned that the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), currently being negotiated in secret, has the potential to limit the government's ability to make decisions that are in the best interests of the health of New Zealanders....

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2 March 2012: New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) members working in all public hospitals have voted to accept a new multi employer collective agreement (MECA). This MECA covers more than 23,000 nurses, midwives and health care assistants. Members voted to ratify the settlement at meetin...

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The alarming rise in infectious diseases in the last 20 years, particularly among Maori, Pacific people and the poor, as revealed in just-published research, is a clarion call to all in the health sector, according to New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) associate professional services manager Hil...

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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 supports the findings of the Productivity Commission’s Housing Affordability report that was released today. The report concludes that home ownership is now beyond the reach of increasing numbers of New Zealanders. The report says that more new and affordabl...

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It’s time for New Zealand to become a leader in reducing health inequities, according to health organisations, but we must start with the here and now. Ten health sector leaders are calling on the government to endorse the political declaration of a World Health Organization (WHO) Conference...

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The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is pleased to see that the Law Commission’s report into the alcohol industry has come out strongly in favour of reducing the harm caused by alcohol. “Raising alcohol prices, restricting the hours that alcohol can be sold, reducing marketing and advertising...

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The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) does not support the suggestion made by the Otago Southland DHB that patients should be able to pay for treatments in public hospitals that are not government funded, as released in a consultation document ‘Bridging the Gap’. The principle of having a dual...

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The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) specialty nursing section representing 580 nurses in New Zealand working with children and young people is delighted that the government has backtracked on its initial decision to scrap the fruit in schools (FIS) programme as announced in February this year...

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The New Zealand Nurses’ Organisation (NZNO) is supportive of the current child protection legislation. Chief executive officer, Geoff Annals, is frustrated by the referendum question.  “There can be little doubt that a better worded question could have been asked. The issue is whether it shoul...

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The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) section representing 580 nurses in New Zealand working with children and young people are deeply concerned about Education Minister Anne Tolley’s decision of 5 February 2009 to remove the clause in the National Administration Guideline (5) which states ‘whe...

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Leading medical and nursing organisations are disappointed the Government has not moved to ban the display of tobacco products in shops. New Zealand Dental Association, executive director, Dr David Crum said “There is evidence that a display ban can reduce youth smoking uptake. Research shows that ...

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