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NZ Private Surgical Hospitals Association Announces New CE
Announcing the appointment today, NZPSHA President Blair Roxborough said that as the New Zealand health system continues to face unprecedented demand for services and, as the population ages, strong leadership and new thinking was required. More >>
Prestigious Health Industry Awards Announced
Wednesday, 17 March 2021, 12:52 pm | NZ Private Surgical Hospitals Association
Christchurch's Forte Health hospital has won a prestigious health industry award for its efforts to 'improve the paediatric experience' for patients. Forte's entry won the clinical category of the NZ Private Surgical Hospitals Association's ... More >>
Private Surgical Hospitals Delighted With The Proposed Health Sector Reforms
Tuesday, 16 June 2020, 6:21 pm | NZ Private Surgical Hospitals Association
Private surgical hospitals are delighted the proposed health sector reforms will help address the question of surgery access inequity and reduce surgical waiting lists One of the key Health and Disability System review's recommendations is that ... More >>
Budget could have done more to reduce surgical waiting lists
Thursday, 30 May 2019, 2:51 pm | NZ Private Surgical Hospitals Association
The government's so-called Wellbeing Budget has done little for the wellbeing of the thousands of Kiwis waiting for elective surgery, says the president of the NZ Private Surgical Hospitals Association. Richard Whitney says the government has missed ... More >>
Dunedin's Mercy Hospital wins two prestigious awards
Friday, 21 September 2018, 10:16 am | NZ Private Surgical Hospitals Association
Dunedin's Mercy Hospital has won two prestigious private hospital sector industry awards. More >>
Refreshing public health system needs tri-partisan approach
Wednesday, 27 June 2018, 4:51 pm | NZ Private Surgical Hospitals Association
A party politics' free approach is critical to securing future sustainability of our health services, NZ Private Surgical Hospitals Association president Richard Whitney says. More >>
Hopes high that health review will tackle hospital waits
Wednesday, 30 May 2018, 3:09 pm | NZ Private Surgical Hospitals Association
The Review of New Zealand's Health and Disability Sector must consider strategies to tackle the growing problem of hospital waiting lists, says the Private Surgical Hospitals Association. More >>
Private hospitals offer to cut surgical waiting lists
Thursday, 17 May 2018, 3:51 pm | NZ Private Surgical Hospitals Association
Private hospitals want to work collaboratively with DHBs to help them reduce surgical waiting lists, and the sector has welcomed the $126 million allocated for this in Budget 2018. More >>
'Revolutionary' public-private partnerships an answer
Friday, 11 May 2018, 5:11 pm | NZ Private Surgical Hospitals Association
'Revolutionary' public-private partnerships an answer to health's failing infrastructure Thanks to the ever-growing healthcare needs of New Zealand's aging and growing population, coupled with an increase in chronic conditions, the public ... More >>
Private hospitals can reduce burden on struggling DHBs
Saturday, 3 March 2018, 2:42 pm | NZ Private Surgical Hospitals Association
Private surgical hospitals should be used to alleviate the growing pressures on DHBs whose emergency departments have just had their busiest month ever. More >>
Private surgical hospitals propose plan to cut surgery waits
Thursday, 8 February 2018, 9:51 am | NZ Private Surgical Hospitals Association
Private sector hospitals are calling for a formal partnership with government to help meet the unmet demand for elective surgeries. The President of the NZ Private Surgical Hospitals Association (NZPSHA) Richard Whitney says New Zealand has a growing ... More >>
A solution for Kiwis waiting for surgery
Wednesday, 9 August 2017, 4:21 pm | NZ Private Surgical Hospitals Association
Many thousands of Kiwis could have surgery without delay if DHBs made more use of private hospitals. 'No matter what the Ministry of Health says, there is a significant unmet demand for surgery in New Zealand and private surgical hospitals around the ... More >>
NZPSHA signs RACS Respect Agreement
Friday, 25 November 2016, 10:12 am | NZ Private Surgical Hospitals Association
The New Zealand Private Surgical Hospitals Association (NZPSHA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) to build respect and improve patient safety in surgery. More >>
Increase in elective surgery a welcome relief
Thursday, 26 May 2016, 2:50 pm | NZ Private Surgical Hospitals Association
Private Hospitals say the increase in elective surgery funding will go some way to relieving the suffering of many New Zealanders who don't currently meet the criteria for an operation. More >>
NZ's First Medical App Wins Health Quality Awards
Tuesday, 16 September 2014, 12:44 pm | NZ Private Surgical Hospitals Association
New Zealand's first medical manual app has won the top non-clinical prize in the biennial Leaders in Quality Awards run by the New Zealand Private Surgical Hospitals Association (NZPSHA). More >>
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