With all the damage that smoking causes to the Health sector ,I Question why we don't just ban the things.If people want to smoke ,let them grow it themselves. At supercare4u.com I insist that drivers that must smoke do so outside the van and not have the smoke inside the van.Thankfully we only have one…
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Budget Constraints within the DHB's
With the budget defecit in New Zealand ; the Government pressure for financial savings is pushing regional health board staff to brace for job losses among nursing staff after a leaked memo and bosses acknowledging pressure on debt levels. The leaked memo at Hawke's Bay District Health Board said 35 nursing jobs were going. Nurses…
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Will Family Health Care Providers Be Paid
The New Zealand Health Ministry has a problem with court cases appealing for payments to be made to family care givers looking after their children that have a Disability. The ministry is in the Court of Appeal this week defending its policy, which both the Human Rights Review Tribunal and the High Court have said…
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Bus company neglects Disablity Passengers
Ms Samson from Waitangirua, New Zealand requires a wheelchair due to a disability. They catch wheelchair-accessible buses near their home up to four times a week for return trips into the Porirua CBD. Trouble is, many of the bus drivers are not sympathetic to their plight. "Nine out of 10 drivers sit there and I…
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