Pages tagged "Health"
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DHBs discharging elderly in the middle of the night
Posted on Press Releases by Dr Shane Reti · April 17, 2021 1:19 PMThe Government needs to explain why it’s allowing DHBs to discharge our elderly people from hospital in the middle of the night, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says.
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Cancer doesn’t just affect the wealthy, Grant Robertson
Posted on Press Releases by Dr Shane Reti · April 09, 2021 1:47 PMNational’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti is calling out Finance Minister Grant Robertson for making the issue of unfunded cancer drugs an issue for the wealthy.
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Unfunded chemotherapy drugs to be administered for free
Posted on Press Releases by Dr Shane Reti · April 05, 2021 9:28 AMThe National Party wants to see the law changed so that Kiwis can have their unfunded chemotherapy drugs administered in DHBs and cover the cost of this, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says.
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Govt removed warning system for overwhelmed EDs
Posted on Press Releases by Dr Shane Reti · March 28, 2021 9:40 AMThe Labour Government removed the early warning system for overwhelmed emergency departments when it scrapped DHB targets for waiting times, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says.
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Govt needs to tell us which DHBs are getting the chop
Posted on Press Releases by Dr Shane Reti · March 18, 2021 3:04 PMThe Government needs to be honest with the public about which DHBs it plans to scrap, given the pace of these reforms, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says.
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Stronger sunscreen standards on the horizon
Posted on Press Releases by Todd Muller · March 11, 2021 2:04 PMA Member’s Bill that would make sure all sunscreens on the shelf meet our standards and provide the protection they claim has been pulled from the ballot today, Bay of Plenty MP Todd Muller says.
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Two years and still no medicinal cannabis
Posted on Press Releases by Dr Shane Reti · March 10, 2021 9:30 PMA Member’s Bill that would make New Zealand’s medicinal cannabis scheme more affordable and more accessible to those that need it has been voted down by the Labour Government.
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Contact tracing failing New Zealanders
Posted on Press Releases by Dr Shane Reti · March 02, 2021 7:06 PMAfter more than a year of dealing with Covid-19 the Government is still failing its own contact tracing performance measures and is failing to be open and transparent about locations of interest, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says.
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PHARMAC inquiry light and late
Posted on Press Releases by Dr Shane Reti · March 02, 2021 3:20 PMThe Government’s long overdue inquiry into PHARMAC is light on detail and several years late, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says.
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Five-point plan to get New Zealand out of lockdown
Posted on Press Releases by Chris Bishop · February 28, 2021 2:47 PMNational is urging the Government to get on top of the latest Covid-19 outbreak in Auckland by adopting a five-point plan for managing community cases, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop and Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti say.
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