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1 week ago | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Martin Johnston |Patrice Dougan |Frances Matthews |Alan Perrott
+News 'Political interference' blamed for block on transgender-care guidelines Updated guidelines on gender-affirming care have been withheld from publication, with no new date stated for their release, the Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa says [Image: YY on Unsplash] Essentials The Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa was contracted to update clinical guidelines on gender-affirming ca, READ MORE Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata...
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Frances Matthews
+Print Archive Upfront Through the looking glass Road to ruin – or reinvention A future Queenstown, renamed Bupatown and home to a private health industry [Image: Photoshop AI] Frances Matthews lets her imagination present two differing scenarios for the future – in just 10 years’ time – of what we can expect of healthcare and society The supply of cheap overseas-trained nurses dried up, as other countries contended with their own disasters It’s 2035; healthcare is patchy and s Oops, please...
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Frances Matthews |Michael Webster |Lucy O'Hagan
+Letters Cries for justice: Forced adoptions demand acknowledgement The trauma, grief and lasting health impact of forced adoptions is long overdue for recognition [Image: Tim Bish on Unsplash] “These were the women whose babies had been snatched away at birth...placed in forced adoptions and now considered to be one of the worst injustices i Oops, please login or sign up to read more. LOGIN SUBSCRIBE References 1 Herbst A, Ulfelder H, Poskanzer, D.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Frances Matthews
Older adults with dementia are often removed from the places they know and kept apart from the community [Image: LSOphoto on iStock] Frances Matthews questions the ‘warehousing’ approach for older adults needing care and suggests an ACC-style scheme might be the answer to funding We stand on the shoulders of the generations before us and should respect their gifts to us
This year, I made submissions to the health select co Oops, please login or sign up to read more.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Barbara Fountain |Frances Matthews
The health sector has had a harsh winter, and just as it was about to tip into spring, the fates dealt a farewell chilling blowThe health sector has had a harsh winter, and just as it was about to tip into spring, the fates dealt a farewell chilling blow. On 31 August, the news broke that new mothers would no longer be able to enjoy a post-delivery cup of tea and toast at Wellington Regional Hospital.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Barbara Fountain |Frances Matthews
+Print Archive Editorial Noooo, not the tea and toast A small but cherished ritual now caught in the crossfire of health sector cuts [Image: FTiare on iStock] A PR disaster highlights public discontent, raising questions about what we want from our health system as it faces growing strife and an AI-driven future, writes editor Barbara Fountain The health sector has had a harsh winter, and just as it was about to tip into spring, the fates dealt a farewell chilling blow The health sector Oops,...
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Frances Matthews
+Print Archive Opinion System fails for all: No denial, fund and fix it Patients waiting for specialist appointments or investigations are suffering disability and sometimes premature death, GP Frances Matthews writes [Image: Martha Dominguez de Gouveia on Unsplash] Frances Matthews takes issue with the state of the health system and its negative ramifications on patients and healthcare workers alike New Zealand’s healthcare system is failing.
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Lucy O'Hagan |Frances Matthews |Michael Webster
+Print Archive News ‘You were failed’: Medical bodies apologise for abuse The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care released its final report last week and urged a number of medical bodies to apologise to survivors [Image: Gan Chaonan on iStock] In a nutshellThe Medical Council has apologised for its role in the torture and abuse of children at Lake Alice Hospital, acknowledging failures in holding psychiatrist Selwyn Leeks accountable.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Patrice Dougan |Lucy O'Hagan |Frances Matthews
+News Erica Stanford announces redress payment for terminally ill Lake Alice survivors The National Party’s Erica Stanford, with prime minister Christopher Luxon, in Parliament after the release of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care’s final report [Image: Facebook] “Cabinet has agreed to make a rapid payment of $20,000 available for terminally ill survivors”
A redress payment for terminally ill Lake Alice Oops, please login or sign up to read more.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Lucy O'Hagan |Frances Matthews |Michael Webster
+News Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care: Medical bodies urged to apologise The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care released its final report last week and urged a number of medical bodies to apologise to survivors [Image: Gan Chaonan on iStock] “What happened should never have occurred. It must never be allowed to happen again, and it must never be forgotten”
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