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Highly revered BBC nature documentary presenter Sir David Attenborough (now aged 100) on diet:
"There is clear science behind the benefits of adopting a more plant-based diet when it comes to overall health and longevity."
#science #health #wellbeing #diet #BBC #nature #tv #documentary #plantbased #vegan #UK #aus #nz #longevity #nzhealth
https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/celebs/ive-worked-david-attenborough-years-33911434 -
Highly revered BBC nature documentary presenter Sir David Attenborough (now aged 100) on diet:
"There is clear science behind the benefits of adopting a more plant-based diet when it comes to overall health and longevity."
#science #health #wellbeing #diet #BBC #nature #tv #documentary #plantbased #vegan #UK #aus #nz #longevity #nzhealth
https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/celebs/ive-worked-david-attenborough-years-33911434 -
Highly revered BBC nature documentary presenter Sir David Attenborough (now aged 100) on diet:
"There is clear science behind the benefits of adopting a more plant-based diet when it comes to overall health and longevity."
#science #health #wellbeing #diet #BBC #nature #tv #documentary #plantbased #vegan #UK #aus #nz #longevity #nzhealth
https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/celebs/ive-worked-david-attenborough-years-33911434 -
Highly revered BBC nature documentary presenter Sir David Attenborough (now aged 100) on diet:
"There is clear science behind the benefits of adopting a more plant-based diet when it comes to overall health and longevity."
#science #health #wellbeing #diet #BBC #nature #tv #documentary #plantbased #vegan #UK #aus #nz #longevity #nzhealth
https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/celebs/ive-worked-david-attenborough-years-33911434 -
Highly revered BBC nature documentary presenter Sir David Attenborough (now aged 100) on diet:
"There is clear science behind the benefits of adopting a more plant-based diet when it comes to overall health and longevity."
#science #health #wellbeing #diet #BBC #nature #tv #documentary #plantbased #vegan #UK #aus #nz #longevity #nzhealth
https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/celebs/ive-worked-david-attenborough-years-33911434 -
Some very important points made here, validated by what I am concerned about watching the life of a GP relative. Exploiting them with work demands requiring hours far beyond the contracted number is widespread abuse of professionals trying to help the population.
- NZ GPs are doing about 46% of their work unpaid - often after hours and on weekends.
- Data shows that having a regular GP makes people 30 percent less likely to need to be admitted to a hospital.
- Data also shows that having a regular GP leads to a 30% reduction in all-cause mortality or death.
- New Zealand is about 2000 GPs short of what Australia has, and Kiwis deserve better. They do not deserve to be downgraded to higher risk by way of pharmacists or "physicians' assistants' acting as if they have training or overall perspective they don't have.
'Broken funding model' and 'anti-GP ideology' causing GPs to leave jobs, doctor says - RNZ News
#nz #nzpol #ActNZ #NZGPCrisis #NZHealthCrisis #NZHealthcare #nzhealth #nzpolitics #politics
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Some very important points made here, validated by what I am concerned about watching the life of a GP relative. Exploiting them with work demands requiring hours far beyond the contracted number is widespread abuse of professionals trying to help the population.
- NZ GPs are doing about 46% of their work unpaid - often after hours and on weekends.
- Data shows that having a regular GP makes people 30 percent less likely to need to be admitted to a hospital.
- Data also shows that having a regular GP leads to a 30% reduction in all-cause mortality or death.
- New Zealand is about 2000 GPs short of what Australia has, and Kiwis deserve better. They do not deserve to be downgraded to higher risk by way of pharmacists or "physicians' assistants' acting as if they have training or overall perspective they don't have.
'Broken funding model' and 'anti-GP ideology' causing GPs to leave jobs, doctor says - RNZ News
#nz #nzpol #ActNZ #NZGPCrisis #NZHealthCrisis #NZHealthcare #nzhealth #nzpolitics #politics
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Some very important points made here, validated by what I am concerned about watching the life of a GP relative. Exploiting them with work demands requiring hours far beyond the contracted number is widespread abuse of professionals trying to help the population.
- NZ GPs are doing about 46% of their work unpaid - often after hours and on weekends.
- Data shows that having a regular GP makes people 30 percent less likely to need to be admitted to a hospital.
- Data also shows that having a regular GP leads to a 30% reduction in all-cause mortality or death.
- New Zealand is about 2000 GPs short of what Australia has, and Kiwis deserve better. They do not deserve to be downgraded to higher risk by way of pharmacists or "physicians' assistants' acting as if they have training or overall perspective they don't have.
'Broken funding model' and 'anti-GP ideology' causing GPs to leave jobs, doctor says - RNZ News
#nz #nzpol #ActNZ #NZGPCrisis #NZHealthCrisis #NZHealthcare #nzhealth #nzpolitics #politics
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Some very important points made here, validated by what I am concerned about watching the life of a GP relative. Exploiting them with work demands requiring hours far beyond the contracted number is widespread abuse of professionals trying to help the population.
- NZ GPs are doing about 46% of their work unpaid - often after hours and on weekends.
- Data shows that having a regular GP makes people 30 percent less likely to need to be admitted to a hospital.
- Data also shows that having a regular GP leads to a 30% reduction in all-cause mortality or death.
- New Zealand is about 2000 GPs short of what Australia has, and Kiwis deserve better. They do not deserve to be downgraded to higher risk by way of pharmacists or "physicians' assistants' acting as if they have training or overall perspective they don't have.
'Broken funding model' and 'anti-GP ideology' causing GPs to leave jobs, doctor says - RNZ News
#nz #nzpol #ActNZ #NZGPCrisis #NZHealthCrisis #NZHealthcare #nzhealth #nzpolitics #politics
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So ACT is pushing to mimic UK erosion of quality and safety of NZ healthcare, by squeezing Kiwi pharmacists to do parts of GP jobs.
It may sound palatable to the naive, but pharnacist training is not GP training and in reality pressure incrementally increases to do inappropriate tasks, escalating patient risks.
Why might ACT be pushing for it? Well, ACT peddles anti-immigration sentiment and this deters overseas well-trained GPs from coming to save services in NZ. Getting GPs to NZ is a massive struggle at present.
So here come dubious alternatives ... which also happen to be pathways to ringfencing pharmacy and GP services so they are run mainly/only by big corporates, endlessly escalating obscene profits. Pharmacists who resist performing tasks beyond their training, for legitimate reasons, end up being sidelined from the profession and their contracts and services go to the corporates, profits often leaking to overseas. Smaller practices close, some merging under one corporate roof, meaning many patients have to travel further for services.
Just like with Farage's suggestions in the UK, it is likely that grotesque US corporate profiteers are secretly behind it. Be suspicious of the spin. It is a game of demolition.
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So ACT is pushing to mimic UK erosion of quality and safety of NZ healthcare, by squeezing Kiwi pharmacists to do parts of GP jobs.
It may sound palatable to the naive, but pharnacist training is not GP training and in reality pressure incrementally increases to do inappropriate tasks, escalating patient risks.
Why might ACT be pushing for it? Well, ACT peddles anti-immigration sentiment and this deters overseas well-trained GPs from coming to save services in NZ. Getting GPs to NZ is a massive struggle at present.
So here come dubious alternatives ... which also happen to be pathways to ringfencing pharmacy and GP services so they are run mainly/only by big corporates, endlessly escalating obscene profits. Pharmacists who resist performing tasks beyond their training, for legitimate reasons, end up being sidelined from the profession and their contracts and services go to the corporates, profits often leaking to overseas. Smaller practices close, some merging under one corporate roof, meaning many patients have to travel further for services.
Just like with Farage's suggestions in the UK, it is likely that grotesque US corporate profiteers are secretly behind it. Be suspicious of the spin. It is a game of demolition.
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So ACT is pushing to mimic UK erosion of quality and safety of NZ healthcare, by squeezing Kiwi pharmacists to do parts of GP jobs.
It may sound palatable to the naive, but pharnacist training is not GP training and in reality pressure incrementally increases to do inappropriate tasks, escalating patient risks.
Why might ACT be pushing for it? Well, ACT peddles anti-immigration sentiment and this deters overseas well-trained GPs from coming to save services in NZ. Getting GPs to NZ is a massive struggle at present.
So here come dubious alternatives ... which also happen to be pathways to ringfencing pharmacy and GP services so they are run mainly/only by big corporates, endlessly escalating obscene profits. Pharmacists who resist performing tasks beyond their training, for legitimate reasons, end up being sidelined from the profession and their contracts and services go to the corporates, profits often leaking to overseas. Smaller practices close, some merging under one corporate roof, meaning many patients have to travel further for services.
Just like with Farage's suggestions in the UK, it is likely that grotesque US corporate profiteers are secretly behind it. Be suspicious of the spin. It is a game of demolition.
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So ACT is pushing to mimic UK erosion of quality and safety of NZ healthcare, by squeezing Kiwi pharmacists to do parts of GP jobs.
It may sound palatable to the naive, but pharnacist training is not GP training and in reality pressure incrementally increases to do inappropriate tasks, escalating patient risks.
Why might ACT be pushing for it? Well, ACT peddles anti-immigration sentiment and this deters overseas well-trained GPs from coming to save services in NZ. Getting GPs to NZ is a massive struggle at present.
So here come dubious alternatives ... which also happen to be pathways to ringfencing pharmacy and GP services so they are run mainly/only by big corporates, endlessly escalating obscene profits. Pharmacists who resist performing tasks beyond their training, for legitimate reasons, end up being sidelined from the profession and their contracts and services go to the corporates, profits often leaking to overseas. Smaller practices close, some merging under one corporate roof, meaning many patients have to travel further for services.
Just like with Farage's suggestions in the UK, it is likely that grotesque US corporate profiteers are secretly behind it. Be suspicious of the spin. It is a game of demolition.
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So ACT is pushing to mimic UK erosion of quality and safety of NZ healthcare, by squeezing Kiwi pharmacists to do parts of GP jobs.
It may sound palatable to the naive, but pharnacist training is not GP training and in reality pressure incrementally increases to do inappropriate tasks, escalating patient risks.
Why might ACT be pushing for it? Well, ACT peddles anti-immigration sentiment and this deters overseas well-trained GPs from coming to save services in NZ. Getting GPs to NZ is a massive struggle at present.
So here come dubious alternatives ... which also happen to be pathways to ringfencing pharmacy and GP services so they are run mainly/only by big corporates, endlessly escalating obscene profits. Pharmacists who resist performing tasks beyond their training, for legitimate reasons, end up being sidelined from the profession and their contracts and services go to the corporates, profits often leaking to overseas. Smaller practices close, some merging under one corporate roof, meaning many patients have to travel further for services.
Just like with Farage's suggestions in the UK, it is likely that grotesque US corporate profiteers are secretly behind it. Be suspicious of the spin. It is a game of demolition.
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Southland Hospital is losing both of its urologists. This means patients from Southland will need to travel to Dunedin, where there's already a shortage of urologists.
Health NZ is making the usual soothing noises... 'our focus is on patients' while doing nothing practical to sort the problem.
Who remembers Luxon claiming that National's massive cuts to the health service wouldn't affect front line operations? Because urology is as front line as it gets.
https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/urologists-exit-puts-southland-crisis
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Southland Hospital is losing both of its urologists. This means patients from Southland will need to travel to Dunedin, where there's already a shortage of urologists.
Health NZ is making the usual soothing noises... 'our focus is on patients' while doing nothing practical to sort the problem.
Who remembers Luxon claiming that National's massive cuts to the health service wouldn't affect front line operations? Because urology is as front line as it gets.
https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/urologists-exit-puts-southland-crisis
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Southland Hospital is losing both of its urologists. This means patients from Southland will need to travel to Dunedin, where there's already a shortage of urologists.
Health NZ is making the usual soothing noises... 'our focus is on patients' while doing nothing practical to sort the problem.
Who remembers Luxon claiming that National's massive cuts to the health service wouldn't affect front line operations? Because urology is as front line as it gets.
https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/urologists-exit-puts-southland-crisis
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Southland Hospital is losing both of its urologists. This means patients from Southland will need to travel to Dunedin, where there's already a shortage of urologists.
Health NZ is making the usual soothing noises... 'our focus is on patients' while doing nothing practical to sort the problem.
Who remembers Luxon claiming that National's massive cuts to the health service wouldn't affect front line operations? Because urology is as front line as it gets.
https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/urologists-exit-puts-southland-crisis
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Southland Hospital is losing both of its urologists. This means patients from Southland will need to travel to Dunedin, where there's already a shortage of urologists.
Health NZ is making the usual soothing noises... 'our focus is on patients' while doing nothing practical to sort the problem.
Who remembers Luxon claiming that National's massive cuts to the health service wouldn't affect front line operations? Because urology is as front line as it gets.
https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/urologists-exit-puts-southland-crisis
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manage my health: you can't come in unless you update your password
also manage my health: what's update password button, precious? #ManageMyHealth #NZpol #nzhealth
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manage my health: you can't come in unless you update your password
also manage my health: what's update password button, precious? #ManageMyHealth #NZpol #nzhealth
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manage my health: you can't come in unless you update your password
also manage my health: what's update password button, precious? #ManageMyHealth #NZpol #nzhealth
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manage my health: you can't come in unless you update your password
also manage my health: what's update password button, precious? #ManageMyHealth #NZpol #nzhealth
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manage my health: you can't come in unless you update your password
also manage my health: what's update password button, precious? #ManageMyHealth #NZpol #nzhealth
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Yellow Legged Hornet: A Threat to New Zealand’s Ecosystem
The Yellow Legged Hornet has been found in Auckland (123rf).Meet the Yellow Legged Hornet (hereafter v. velutina). This most unwelcome insect has been discovered in Auckland. Nobody is quite sure how long it has been here, but the multiple reports of confirmed sightings suggest it is unfortunately somewhat established.
For beekeepers, horticulture, viticulture and other industries, this is potentially the biggest threat to be positively identified in New Zealand since the varroa bee-mite incursion of the early 2000’s. What is worse is that the Government response to this intruder is even more wanting than the $3 million allocated to dealing with varroa bee-mites by the Helen Clark Government. At the time of writing this, I am not aware of a single Minister of the Crown having any comment to make, despite this being a multiple agency emergency – it is a health hazard, a biosecurity threat and a horticulture threat. That means there has been no official response from Nicola Grigg, Mark Patterson, Andrew Hoggard (all Assoc. Ministers of Agriculture), Todd McClay (Minister of Agriculture), David Seymour, Casey Costello, Matt Doocey (all Assoc. Ministers of Health) Simeon Brown (Minister of Health). Nor has Mr Hoggard responded in his capacity as Minister of Biosecurity.
So, what was the problem with varroa bee mites that made it so scary. To be clear, the bee mite posed no threat to humans, but is a parasite that attached to honey bees, and could shorten their life span, make them more vulnerable to disease, weaken them and was easily spreadable to other colonies.
The varroa bee-mite was dangerous in other ways. It is a tiny white coloured mite that was almost microscopic in detail. Due to its tiny size it could very easily – as we eventually found out – slip through control points unnoticed. The favoured solution was perhaps even more terrifying than the bee-mite itself. To ensure no possibility of it spreading, every hive within a couple kilometres of an infected hive had to be destroyed. Given the number of bees that inhabit a healthy hive, this easily meant tens of thousands of bees being killed all for a bee mite not even 2mm in size.
Since the varroa bee-mite incursion though, it would seem that the awareness of New Zealanders to biosecurity threats and the need to address them – perhaps helped in no small amount by television programmes such as Border Security and Border Patrol – has improved markedly. If commentary on social media is an indicator, New Zealanders across the country though appear to recognise the threat for what it is and are not waiting for the Government to (not) respond. Nor are Biosecurity, who, despite having their funding slashed, are actively trying to get the message out on social media, with instructions on what to do if people should encounter them, particularly in the Auckland area, where they have been positively identified.
25 years later we have a stinging problem with the yellow legged hornet (v. velutina). Unlike the honey bees we love and need to pollenate our crops, there is nothing adorable about v. velutina. It is an aggressive insect. When it stings, which it will do readily, its sting is not barbed like a honey bee sting. That means it does not rip from the bee and lead to its death, and thus v. velutina can sting multiple times. Worse still, aside from the pain it can cause anaphylaxis, which is dangerous swelling that can choke the airway. Whilst honey bees can cause that too, it comes at the cost of their life.
How can we act against v. velutina? There is a lot of information on Google, including articles from Radio New Zealand and Ministry of Primary Industries. Ministry of Primary Industries, Minstry of Biosecurity both urge people who have v. velutina nests to not destroy the nests themselves. The insects become aggressive and there is the risk that not all will be caught. But do report any sighting or capture to M.P.I. on their Exotic Pest and Disease hotline at 0800 809966, or go to Report a Pest (M.P.I.).
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CW: NZPol Long Covid
"But it was the younger adults (18 to 44 years old) who had the worst scores for cognition, working memory, fatigue, sleep, anxiety, and depression. The scores for middle-aged adults were slightly better across most measures, while older adults generally performed the best.
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“It is not usual or normal ... This is a time when young people should be cognitively at their very best." -
CW: NZPol Long Covid
"But it was the younger adults (18 to 44 years old) who had the worst scores for cognition, working memory, fatigue, sleep, anxiety, and depression. The scores for middle-aged adults were slightly better across most measures, while older adults generally performed the best.
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“It is not usual or normal ... This is a time when young people should be cognitively at their very best." -
CW: NZPol Long Covid
"But it was the younger adults (18 to 44 years old) who had the worst scores for cognition, working memory, fatigue, sleep, anxiety, and depression. The scores for middle-aged adults were slightly better across most measures, while older adults generally performed the best.
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“It is not usual or normal ... This is a time when young people should be cognitively at their very best." -
CW: NZPol Long Covid
"But it was the younger adults (18 to 44 years old) who had the worst scores for cognition, working memory, fatigue, sleep, anxiety, and depression. The scores for middle-aged adults were slightly better across most measures, while older adults generally performed the best.
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“It is not usual or normal ... This is a time when young people should be cognitively at their very best." -
CW: NZPol Long Covid
"But it was the younger adults (18 to 44 years old) who had the worst scores for cognition, working memory, fatigue, sleep, anxiety, and depression. The scores for middle-aged adults were slightly better across most measures, while older adults generally performed the best.
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“It is not usual or normal ... This is a time when young people should be cognitively at their very best." -
Congratulations to the recipients, disappointing the politicians on both ends of the group photo are actively defunding and undermining both science and health.
#nzpol #nzHealth #nzScience
https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/prime-ministers-science-prizes-recognise-outstanding-achievements-in-agriculture-anxiety-virology-science-teaching-and-phytoremediation/ -
Congratulations to the recipients, disappointing the politicians on both ends of the group photo are actively defunding and undermining both science and health.
#nzpol #nzHealth #nzScience
https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/prime-ministers-science-prizes-recognise-outstanding-achievements-in-agriculture-anxiety-virology-science-teaching-and-phytoremediation/ -
Congratulations to the recipients, disappointing the politicians on both ends of the group photo are actively defunding and undermining both science and health.
#nzpol #nzHealth #nzScience
https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/prime-ministers-science-prizes-recognise-outstanding-achievements-in-agriculture-anxiety-virology-science-teaching-and-phytoremediation/ -
Congratulations to the recipients, disappointing the politicians on both ends of the group photo are actively defunding and undermining both science and health.
#nzpol #nzHealth #nzScience
https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/prime-ministers-science-prizes-recognise-outstanding-achievements-in-agriculture-anxiety-virology-science-teaching-and-phytoremediation/ -
Congratulations to the recipients, disappointing the politicians on both ends of the group photo are actively defunding and undermining both science and health.
#nzpol #nzHealth #nzScience
https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/prime-ministers-science-prizes-recognise-outstanding-achievements-in-agriculture-anxiety-virology-science-teaching-and-phytoremediation/ -
"I am not wearing rose-tinted glasses. I had a very good experience; many don’t. But if we only talk about crises and things that go wrong, we miss the thousands of things that go right. If we don’t talk about them, we are in danger of taking them for granted, and what we take for granted can more easily be taken away. An anonymous mass of crisis is easier to chip away at than thousands of single, caring interactions with singularly dedicated people."
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/30-11-2024/god-defend-the-breast-screeners-of-new-zealand
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"I am not wearing rose-tinted glasses. I had a very good experience; many don’t. But if we only talk about crises and things that go wrong, we miss the thousands of things that go right. If we don’t talk about them, we are in danger of taking them for granted, and what we take for granted can more easily be taken away. An anonymous mass of crisis is easier to chip away at than thousands of single, caring interactions with singularly dedicated people."
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/30-11-2024/god-defend-the-breast-screeners-of-new-zealand
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"I am not wearing rose-tinted glasses. I had a very good experience; many don’t. But if we only talk about crises and things that go wrong, we miss the thousands of things that go right. If we don’t talk about them, we are in danger of taking them for granted, and what we take for granted can more easily be taken away. An anonymous mass of crisis is easier to chip away at than thousands of single, caring interactions with singularly dedicated people."
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/30-11-2024/god-defend-the-breast-screeners-of-new-zealand
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"I am not wearing rose-tinted glasses. I had a very good experience; many don’t. But if we only talk about crises and things that go wrong, we miss the thousands of things that go right. If we don’t talk about them, we are in danger of taking them for granted, and what we take for granted can more easily be taken away. An anonymous mass of crisis is easier to chip away at than thousands of single, caring interactions with singularly dedicated people."
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/30-11-2024/god-defend-the-breast-screeners-of-new-zealand
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"I am not wearing rose-tinted glasses. I had a very good experience; many don’t. But if we only talk about crises and things that go wrong, we miss the thousands of things that go right. If we don’t talk about them, we are in danger of taking them for granted, and what we take for granted can more easily be taken away. An anonymous mass of crisis is easier to chip away at than thousands of single, caring interactions with singularly dedicated people."
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/30-11-2024/god-defend-the-breast-screeners-of-new-zealand
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CW: NZHealth whinge
I’m awfully tired of paying for GP visits when they can’t offer even a wild guess about the problem. It’s happened twice recently. I sympathise with the pressure they are under but seriously, I’m just throwing money away.
“Hmmm, yes that is strange you can’t feel your foot or lower leg. After scrubbing the deck you say? Yes, no idea. Do you drink?”
I then went to see a physio who said it’s a relatively common nerve compression issue and on a very clear nerve pathway.
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CW: NZHealth whinge
I’m awfully tired of paying for GP visits when they can’t offer even a wild guess about the problem. It’s happened twice recently. I sympathise with the pressure they are under but seriously, I’m just throwing money away.
“Hmmm, yes that is strange you can’t feel your foot or lower leg. After scrubbing the deck you say? Yes, no idea. Do you drink?”
I then went to see a physio who said it’s a relatively common nerve compression issue and on a very clear nerve pathway.
#NZHealth -
National's manifesto included commitment to upping the number of psychiatric registrar places to *50* a year, from 37, but there was NOTHING in the Budget.
This mirrors UK Tories promising *50* new hospitals. Later they claimed that 'NEW' included hospitals which had already existed.
Getting cigarettes into teens and thus profits from cancer drugs via shares etc. seems to have far greater importance to NZ's right wing sham coalition.
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National's manifesto included commitment to upping the number of psychiatric registrar places to *50* a year, from 37, but there was NOTHING in the Budget.
This mirrors UK Tories promising *50* new hospitals. Later they claimed that 'NEW' included hospitals which had already existed.
Getting cigarettes into teens and thus profits from cancer drugs via shares etc. seems to have far greater importance to NZ's right wing sham coalition.
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"November 2022 data released by Manatū Hauora showed that despite some small improvements, the gap between disabled and non-disabled people’s self-rated health was almost 30%.
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Non-disabled people saw a one percent increase in feeling high distress to 9%. Among disabled people, distress increased 6% from an already high 27% to almost 33%." -
CW: Info on mask use and COVID variants
@navegante here is a link to the #NZHealth that gives info on the different masks, not exactly what you are after but the findings are taken from research and published studies
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CW: Info on mask use and COVID variants
@navegante here is a link to the #NZHealth that gives info on the different masks, not exactly what you are after but the findings are taken from research and published studies