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Budget 2022: Health gets $13.2b boost to address inequities, sector reforms
It includes a boost to cover DHB deficits before the new health reforms.
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Here's all of what we know is in today's Budget
Announcements have been made already in health, police, jobs and environment.
Editorial: What Kiwis will look for in this Budget
EDITORIAL: Budget chance for Govt to help ease pressure on Kiwis, but eye on future too.
Budget experts: Govt must deliver on cost of living crisis, housing and health
Jonathan Coleman, Sue Bradford and Shane Jones share their wishlists for Budget 2022.
Families trek to Wellington, hoping for life-saving Pharmac funding
Patients and supporters including 2-year-old with rare condition travel to capital.
Dentist sanctioned for poor record-keeping in Covid lockdown
He was hauled up for treating three patients at alert level 3.
Analysis: Government moves quickly to commit to Hutt Hospital's future
Health Minister to meet with local leaders tonight after building deemed earthquake-prone.
New research offers clues as to why some babies die of SIDS
New York Times: The first time scientists have found a potential biomarker for SIDS.
$38m for Whanganui research comes at critical time for health reform
Four agencies will share $38 million.
Aussie retailer shuts down sexism claim over male underwear models
The store has dismissed online claims their male models lack diversity.
Quake-prone Hutt Hospital block faces uncertainty
Heretaunga Block at Hutt Hospital, which houses vulnerable patients is earthquake-prone.
Flu season under way in the South
Otago Boys' High School records well over a hundred students off sick.
Multimillion-dollar maternity upgrade paused after building deemed quake-prone
The second phase of a $9.47m project to improve maternity care is located in the building.
Labour's $100m boost for specialist mental health services is welcome. But it's not nearly enough
ANALYSIS: In a sector in crisis, there's growing frustration at the slow rate of change.
Hospital administration, clerical staff celebrate historical pay equity deal
DHB administration and clerical workers will see pay rises of up to 40 per cent, PSA said.
'In pain and unable to eat': Charged dentist treated elderly patients in lockdown
The Dental Council accused the periodontist of flouting Covid-19 rules.
The 'healthy' habits that are actually harming your gut
Telegraph: Following rigid rules-based diets could be leading to digestive problems.
Queen Elizabeth's hilarious reaction to Jubilee speech
A moving tribute for Her Majesty received plenty of emotion from everyone except her.
Family 'shocked' rest home is offering $500 to families who find them a nurse to hire
A North Island rest home is begging to find a nurse amid nationwide shortages.
Govt to tackle three-year mental health care backlog: Little
'It's my expectation we can clear the backlog in significantly less time than that.'
Endemic: Covid consequences will continue for years, experts warn
A failure of nations to tackle Covid-19 together will see pandemic rage for years to come.
How often can you be reinfected with the coronavirus?
New York Times: Omicron has changed the reinfection game - and not in a good way.
'Survival mode': Inquiry finds Omicron response put disabled people at risk
Human Rights Commission inquiry finds disabled people put at risk by NZ's Omicron response
Dentist saw patients in Covid lockdown, faces disciplinary hearing
The patients travelled 'significant distances' to get to the clinic for treatment.
Experts 'baffled' by falling rheumatic fever rates in Auckland
Covid-19 restrictions may have achieved what years of Government initiatives could not.
Less than one in five people eligible for free flu jab - but Govt says NZ prepared
Businesses offering free flu jabs can help boost community immunity, deputy PM says.
Man discharged from mental health facility now missing
Jamie Way's sister said her brother was not dangerous but likely suffered from paranoia.
Future Trend: The rise of 'Dirty Wellness' experiences
Why wellness tourism is about to get muddy (and why it is a good thing).
Boy on waiting list with vision problems had an undiagnosed tumour
The boy's mother says she could have lost her son if she didn't go privately.
Watch: Queen stuns crowd as she arrives at Platinum Jubilee Celebration
Her Majesty wows crowds as she arrives at the first event to celebrate her Jubilee.