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COVID mandates and dispelling misinformation

My final blog of the year, and once again I find myself thinking where on earth did this year go? I have jobs on my job list from the end of last yea...

Pain education in low resource countries

WFSA Board Member and Director of Programmes Dr Wayne Morris is one of the authors of an article published in the June issue of Anaesthesia and Analge...

Management of unvaccinated individuals in healthcare settings

The Ministry of Health's statement expresses the view that individuals cannot be refused access to health care. Any restrictions to access health care...

Recycling medical devices

Christchurch company Medsalve is stepping in to save medical devices from landfill. Medsalve takes "single use" medical devices, inspects them, cleans...

World Medical Association wellbeing statement for doctors

There is evidence that poor mental health and well-being among health professionalsimpairs quality of patient care. Poor mental health can drive healt...

Taking your medicines safely brochure

If you would like to order free hard copies for your patients and whānau or waiting room, please email communications@hqsc.govt.nz and advise quantiti...

Wellness toolkit for anaesthetists

The Long Lives, Healthy Workplaces toolkit has been designed for anaesthesia departments to support good mental health and prevent mental ill-health a...

New health research funding welcomed

Among the recipients of this funding is Whakauae Research Services which has received $5 million from the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC)...

Global warming is what matters most – new report

With deep and sustained reductions in CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions in coming decades, we could keep warming around the 1.5C mark and then br...

Implicit bias in healthcare

Learning modules on explicit and implicit bias in healthcare have been released by the Health Quality and Safety Commission. HQSC’s medical director D...