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President’s Annual Report 2021

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'Advocacy, community and education are our key areas of work as we strive to strongly represent and support you, and to promote the perioperative safe...

NZSA supports declaring health workforce emergency and urgent Government action

The New Zealand Society of Anaesthetists (NZSA) supports the call of other health organisations, including the Association of Salaried Medical Special...

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...

Mental ill health – how do we better support our colleagues?

President’s Blog

I’m looking out over the Pahia coastline writing this blog. I have been at the Cultural and Leadership Hui organised by ANZCA NZNC this weekend in Wa...

WFSA Distinguished Service Award – Dr Sereima Bale

Dr Bale was a senior lecturer in anaesthesia at the University of Fiji for over 20 years, where, amongst many other accolades, she was responsible for...

COVID mandates and dispelling misinformation

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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...

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Heading into 2022

President’s Blog

February 2022 I have just read my last blog of 2021 to see where I might go with this month’s blog. It is quite disheartening that I wrote “let’s hope...

4 February 2022

How to suffer the loses

President’s Blog

November 2021 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 en...

2 November 2021

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COVID and burnout

President’s Blog

September 2021 It was inevitable, but still disappointing to find ourselves amid a Delta outbreak. I would like to acknowledge all in the Auckland reg...

17 September 2021

Assisted dying legislation and implementation underway

President’s Blog

July 2021 In my last blog I focused on the End-of-Life Choice Act and its roll out on 7 November. I really did feel quite in the dark when I wrote th...