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College of Nurses – News Update.
No. 184, Wednesday 8 January 2014
From NZ media this week
Better testing
for New Zealand’s biggest killer
Health Minister Tony Ryall says revised
clinical guidelines released today will make it easier for New Zealanders to
find out if they are at risk of developing heart disease or diabetes.
http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/un-doctored/2013/december-2013/18/better-testing-for-new-zealand%E2%80%99s-biggest-killer.aspx
Scheme eases load on
hospital
A social worker and two physiotherapists
working on a pilot project have slotted right into Nelson Hospital's emergency
department.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/9559729/Scheme-eases-load-on-hospital
Health data access delayed
The health service may not achieve the
Government's goal of letting everyone access their health information online by
the end of next year, experts say.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/9558553/Health-data-access-delayed
Holidaymakers dump grannies
Hospital chief tells of frail elderly
relatives abandoned so families can have 'stress-free holidays' and predicts
problem will become worse as our population ages
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11181134
Confidence
in health system slips
More than half of New Zealand adults believe surgical
waiting lists will only get longer, a new survey shows.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/9580704/Confidence-in-health-system-slips
Outlook brighter for health service
It's been a
year of ups and downs for QE Health.
A year ago,
its intensive rehabilitation service faced possible closure, threatening 30
jobs. Although that was avoided, in March, the residential wards closed -
ending 60 years' in-patient care at the historic hospital
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503438&objectid=11180828
Big increase in risky back ops
The number of patients who received
state-funded spinal fusion surgery doubled in the decade to 2011.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11181064
Reading records raises red flags
Almost 80 Canterbury clinicians raised red flags for
potentially prying on patient medical records in the two months after the birth
of the country's first online health database.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/9572432/Reading-records-raises-red-flags
General practice teams
improving Kiwis health - Ryall
Thanks to the hard work and dedication of
general practice teams, more New Zealanders are getting checks for diabetes and
heart disease, more babies are being immunised, and more people are getting
help to quit smoking.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/general-practice-teams-improving-kiwis-health-ryall/5/177665
Public health
Children 'need urgent obesity
prevention support'
New Zealand’s lack of commitment to childhood
obesity prevention programmes and policies is clearly failing this generation
of children, according to a University of Auckland obesity expert.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/health/children-need-urgent-obesity-prevention-support/5/177642
Fat figures have quadrupled since 80s -
report
The number of obese and overweight people in
the developing world nearly quadrupled to almost a billion between 1980 and
2008, a think-tank report says.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11182024
Race to stop us eating our way to early death
This week, science reporter Jamie Morton talks to
some of our best scientists about the cutting-edge research they are leading.
Today: Tackling the bulge to improve New Zealand's nutrition.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11181599
Obesity study targets kindies
Research on role of
early childhood centres in health New Zealand a first
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11181118
'Shocking' obesity rate among kids
New Zealand's lack of commitment to childhood
obesity prevention programmes and policies is failing a generation of children,
an obesity expert says.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/9580169/Shocking-obesity-rate-among-kids
Measles patients isolated
Familes across the North Island have been
warned of a measles outbreak after at least 10 people contracted the disease
following a hip-hop event in Sydney.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/9570220/Measles-patients-isolated?cid=edm:stuff:dailyheadlines
100 assessed for risk of measles
Vulnerable people warned to stay in isolation as
11th case of highly communicable disease is confirmed
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11180686
New health warning: Cut your sugar intake by
half
Adults could be advised to halve the amount of
sugar in their diets under new guidelines from the World Health Organisation.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=11179480
Call to tally boozy mishaps
Collating data on
drink-related admissions would clarify `huge' problem, doctor says
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11180334
Tripled tobacco taxes could prevent 200
million premature deaths
Tripling tobacco taxes across the world could
cut smoking by a third and prevent 200 million premature deaths by the end of
this century, researchers claim.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11180561
$300 'carrot' to quit smoking
Women smokers are being offered vouchers for up
to $300 if they quit while pregnant, because of the damage a mother's tobacco
use can do to an unborn baby.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11180347
Tobacco prices jump after NY tax hike
A 10 per cent tax hike on tobacco introduced
today will help more Kiwis escape a "creeping death", anti-smoking
advocates say.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=11180186
Social health
Call to focus election on
child poverty
Children's Commissioner, Dr Russell Wills,
wants motorists, the well-off and the elderly to take less from taxpayers so
that more public funding can go into tackling child povert
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11175391
Young hit by poor health
education
Low levels of national health literacy have
landed New Zealand with one of the highest rates of childhood skin infections
in the Western world.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/9570181/Young-hit-by-poor-health-education
Hidden cost of waiting
lists 'huge'
Kiwis awaiting surgery and in too much pain to
work are burning through their sick leave and annual leave entitlements and
lumping an "enormous" social cost on the economy.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/9570233/Hidden-cost-of-waiting-lists-huge
International media
3
Favorite Nursing Trends of 2013
Some nursing leadership trends emerged quietly this year, but are
nonetheless provocative for how they force us to think about nursing and how
they force nurses to think about themselves as caregivers and healthcare
leaders
http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/NRS-299353/3-Favorite-Nursing-Trends-of-2013
E.R. Costs for Mentally Ill Soar, and
Hospitals Seek Better Way
RALEIGH, N.C. — As darkness fell on a Friday evening over
downtown Raleigh, N.C., Michael Lyons, a paramedic supervisor for Wake County
Emergency Medical Services, slowly approached the tall, lanky man who was
swaying back and forth in a gentle rhythm
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/26/health/er-costs-for-mentally-ill-soar-and-hospitals-seek-better-way.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0
Mental
health nurses to be posted in police stations
£25m pilot scheme to ensure
people get the treatment they need and cut reoffending will initially run in 10
areas
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jan/04/mental-health-nurses-police-stations-pilot-scheme
From the Ministry of
Health
Implementing the New Zealand Health Strategy
2013
This report summarises the
major achievements in the priority areas of the New Zealand public health
service in 2013. Achievements are grouped according to medium-term priorities
set by the Government. These priorities are consistent with the broad goals of
the New Zealand Health Strategy and the National Strategy for Quality
Improvement. The priorities are:
health targets
Better Public Services
Whânau Ora
clinical integration
investing for our future
financial management and
sustainability
ensuring quality and
safety.
This report fulfils the
Minister of Health’s responsibilities, set out in the New Zealand Public Health
and Disability Act 2000 (the Act), to report annually on the progress in
implementing the:
New Zealand Health Strategy
(section 8 of the Act)
National Strategy for
Quality Improvement (section 9 of the Act).
http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/implementing-new-zealand-health-strategy-2013
The above information has been collated for the
College of Nurses Aotearoa (NZ) Inc by Linda Stopforth, SNIPS and is provided
on a weekly basis. It is current as at
Tuesday January 2014
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