2018 Newsletters -

January 2018

Surgical Mesh: a health crisis
Consent, Culture and the Consumer Experience: the 2017 HDC Conference
Changes Afoot
Resignation of Chai Chuah, Director General of Health
The New Ministerial Advisory Group
Who Has Political Oversight of Our Health System?
Lester Levy Resigns as Chair of Metro DHBs
Mental Health Inquiry

February-March 2018

Farewell Jo, loved friend and colleague

A Tribute to Jo Fitzpatrick
Essure – Another Women’s Health Disaster

The HDC Annual Report

A Health System in Crisis

The Midwifery Crisis

The Performance Improvement Framework (PIF) Review of the Ministry of Health

Acting Chairs Appointed to the Metro DHBs

April 2018

David Clark Appoints New DHB Chairs
Nurses and Midwives
Changes to the Cervical Screening Register

Abortion Supervisory Committee Report 2017

Essure Update

Māori and Pasifika Disparities in Breast Cancer

May-June 2018

Dr Ashley Bloomfield – Director General of Health

Delays in Changes to the NCSP
Cervical Cancer in New Zealand
Abortion Law Reform
Research Improving Outcomes for New-borns and their Mums

Update on Changes to Cervical Screening Register

October 2018

Charlotte Korte: a Woman of Influence

Choosing Wisely

Research Ethics, Medical Injury and Pharmaceutical Companies

Celebrating Thirty Years

Herstory – the founding of the Auckland Women’s Health Council

Apology for Mesh?

Long Awaited Apology for “Unfortunate Experiment”

December 2018

Perinatal and Maternal Mortality

Racial Disparities in Perinatal Deaths