http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Public Healthcare headlines from nzherald.co.nz en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:00:09 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/nz_little_logo.gif http://www.nzherald.co.nz/public-healthcare/news/headlines.cfm?c_id=294 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/public-healthcare/news/article.cfm?c_id=294&objectid=10632177&ref=rss A South Auckland doctor found guilty of working without a current practising certificate and forging a certificate has already returned to medical practice, after a two-month suspension.A Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:13:04 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/public-healthcare/news/article.cfm?c_id=294&objectid=10632098&ref=rss New Zealanders are being urged to have flu jabs soon, to give the country the best chance of a smooth ride through a likely second round of the international swine flu pandemic.The Ministry of Health predicts the resurgence may... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/public-healthcare/news/article.cfm?c_id=294&objectid=10632021&ref=rss Israel is launching a potentially trailblazing experiment in organ donation: Sign a donor card, and you and your family move up in line for a transplant if one is needed.The new law is the first of its kind in the world, and international... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:58:37 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/public-healthcare/news/article.cfm?c_id=294&objectid=10631946&ref=rss Patients may face longer waits for x-rays and scans from tomorrow as hospital radiographers start a week of rolling industrial action.Auckland, Waitemata and Counties Manukau District Health Boards have been given notice of industrial... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/public-healthcare/news/article.cfm?c_id=294&objectid=10631621&ref=rss The Ministry of Health says a West Coast school is within its rights to prevent girls receiving the HPV shot on its premises.Hokitika's Westland High School board has refused to allow the Gardasil HPV vaccine, to protect girls... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:27:52 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/public-healthcare/news/article.cfm?c_id=294&objectid=10631570&ref=rss A USB stick inserted in a carpark booth computer at Waikato Hospital has been blamed for bringing down the district health board's computer network in December last year.About 3000 computers across the board's network were infected... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:23:41 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/public-healthcare/news/article.cfm?c_id=294&objectid=10631482&ref=rss A pensioner has accused Queensland Health of "playing God" after he was forced to wait more than 200 days longer than he should have for urgent brain surgery. The state opposition has seized on the case of 70-year-old Hans Hagen,... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:40:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/public-healthcare/news/article.cfm?c_id=294&objectid=10631231&ref=rss Wakefield Health, operator of Wakefield Hospital in Wellington, is expanding into the Bay of Plenty, via a deal with an owner of Grace Hospital in Tauranga. Wakefield said it had agreed to acquire a controlling shareholding in... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:50:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/public-healthcare/news/article.cfm?c_id=294&objectid=10631132&ref=rss An Auckland doctor has been found guilty of professional misconduct for working without a current practising certificate and for forging a certificate which he presented to clients.Ratilal Magan Ranchhod, who provided medical... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:13:06 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/public-healthcare/news/article.cfm?c_id=294&objectid=10631022&ref=rss Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has finally discovered the nation's working mothers as he picks up the pace of his challenge to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for this year's federal election.Back when he was a minister in John Howard's... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/public-healthcare/news/article.cfm?c_id=294&objectid=10631019&ref=rss Tensions over health sector restructuring are thought to be behind Director-General of Health Stephen McKernan's decision not to seek a second four-year term when his tenure expires in July.Mr McKernan yesterday told the Herald... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/public-healthcare/news/article.cfm?c_id=294&objectid=10630913&ref=rss Director-General of Health, Stephen McKernan, is leaving the position and will be finishing later this year.He had been in the role since 2006."I have decided not to seek reappointment after my current term expires at the... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:09:28 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/public-healthcare/news/article.cfm?c_id=294&objectid=10630534&ref=rss Eighty-one people have been prosecuted by the Ministry of Health in the past five years for making fraudulent carer support claims to the value of $1,055,000.Another 15 investigations are in progress.The figures were released... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200