The Long Covid paradox: everywhere but nowhere
Comment: Long Covid has quietly become a mainstream chronic illness, affecting 4.3 percent of adults. This is comparable…
The weight-loss market, and who gets left behind
Comment: Weight‑loss drugs are discussed in the media on an almost daily basis. But despite the high level…
Privatising public hospital eye care by stealth, not diagnosis
Comment: “Be aware of ongoing steps to privatise by stealth – like the Request for Proposals for outsourcing…
Govt needs reminding that health research isn’t just about money
Comment: The debate about prescribing puberty blockers highlights the lack of peak institutions for medicine and healthcare in…
Great balls of fire – over Wellington
Picture this. You’re making a quiet start to the weekend when you notice a couple of texts and…
Take care of our existing population, and we won’t have to rely on AI and immigration
Opinion: As a nation we are getting older, so how are we going to be looked after if…
The silence of the nurses
Opinion: Following a remarkable surgery to separate conjoined twins, the media were keen to report on the children’s…
Stop telling health professionals to get back in their box
Opinion: Moose was my flatmate’s dog. An inappropriate name, I thought, for a gentle, long-haired German shepherd, but…