'Deeply disappointing': Proposed job cuts will worsen access to palliative care - doctor
A Rotorua doctor says proposed Health New Zealand cuts are “deeply disappointing” and has warned access to palliative care in ...
Palliative care reform at risk from possible Health NZ cuts
The head of the Society of Palliative Medicine is warning inequities in palliative care around the country will only deepen if roles looking at a national policy are dropped. Health New Zealand is ...
Hospice boss calls for more government support
The chief executive of a hospice due to post a £1m deficit in the face of rising costs has urged the government to provide ...
Funding a good death
Why the palliative care sector feels under fire, under-funded and under pressure to allow assisted dying practitioners into its facilities.
Hundreds protest amid fears of hospice closure
Hundreds of people have attended an emotional protest against the potential closure of a Marie Curie hospice. The 26-bed ...
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Assisted dying: Patient struggled to find place to die because of hospice opposition
Hospice New Zealand, the national body, sought a clarification from the High Court in 2020 on whether hospices could conscientiously object to having assisted dying on their premises. A judge ...