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Minimum Wage Hike Will Hit Aged Care Hard
Tuesday, 19 December 2006, 9:19 am | Healthcare Providers
Today's increase in the minimum wage must be matched with an increase in aged residential care funding or providers will be hit hard, says HealthCare Providers NZ. More >>
Minimum Wage Hike Will Hit Aged Care Hard
Monday, 18 December 2006, 5:28 pm | Healthcare Providers
Today's increase in the minimum wage must be matched with an increase in aged residential care funding or providers will be hit hard, says HealthCare Providers NZ. More >>
Union Call For More Funding Backed
Thursday, 14 December 2006, 4:46 pm | Healthcare Providers
HealthCare Providers New Zealand, which represents the aged residential care sector, backs calls from the New Zealand Nurses Organisation and Service and Food Workers' Union for increased funding to the elderly care sector. More >>
Couples Consider Separation to Avoid Draconian Law
Monday, 16 October 2006, 9:03 am | Healthcare Providers
Elderly couples are considering splitting so they can receive an aged residential care subsidy from District Health Boards, the chief executive of HealthCare Providers NZ, Martin Taylor, revealed today. More >>
Healthcare Providers Welcome Aged Care Study
Wednesday, 27 September 2006, 5:20 pm | Healthcare Providers
HealthCare Provider's NZ (HCPNZ) today welcomed the findings of the ASPIRE project, released yesterday by the Minister of Health, Pete Hodgson. More >>
Aged Residential Care Bill Sends Wrong Message
Tuesday, 12 September 2006, 9:10 am | Healthcare Providers
This month a Bill setting a price cap on what private paying rest home residents can pay will be reported back to Parliament. More >>
Spotlight On Future of Aged Residential Care
Monday, 11 September 2006, 9:59 am | Healthcare Providers
HealthCare Providers NZ conference opens in Christchurch on Monday 11 September. The theme of the conference, "Securing Your Future", focuses on the core health service of aged residential care and how to lay secure foundations for its future development. More >>
Conference Turns Spotlight On Aged Care
Sunday, 10 September 2006, 1:58 pm | Healthcare Providers
HealthCare Providers NZ conference opens in Christchurch on Monday 11 September. The theme of the conference, "Securing Your Future", focuses on the core health service of aged residential care and how to lay secure foundations for its ... More >>
Bill Will Increase DHB Accountability
Thursday, 7 September 2006, 11:12 am | Healthcare Providers
HealthCare Providers New Zealand (HCPNZ) has asked all political parties to support the first reading of Jackie Blue's Member's Bill. The Bill amends the Official Information Act to require greater accountability from District Health Boards. The Bill is likely ... More >>
Bill Will Increase DHB Accountability
Wednesday, 6 September 2006, 12:12 am | Healthcare Providers
HealthCare Providers New Zealand (HCPNZ) has asked all political parties to support the first reading of Jackie Blue's Member's Bill. The Bill amends the Official Information Act to require greater accountability from District Health Boards. The Bill is likely ... More >>
Bill Provides Health Fund Accountability
Monday, 28 August 2006, 10:33 am | Healthcare Providers
HealthCare Providers New Zealand (HCPNZ) is urging all political parties to support a National Party amendment to the Official Information Act that will bring greater accountability to the District Health Boards. More >>
Bill Provides Health Fund Accountability
Monday, 28 August 2006, 10:15 am | Healthcare Providers
HealthCare Providers New Zealand (HCPNZ) is urging all political parties to support a National Party amendment to the Official Information Act that will bring greater accountability to the District Health Boards. More >>
“Fair Pay” Funding For Public Nurses
Friday, 30 June 2006, 4:12 pm | Healthcare Providers
As Nurses in public hospitals celebrate another MECA wage increase tomorrow, aged care Nurses pay rates will fall further behind due to lack of funding. More >>
DHB’s Holding Aged Residential Care to Ransom
Friday, 26 May 2006, 2:04 pm | Healthcare Providers
District Health Boards are holding providers of elderly care to ransom over the recent nurses award agreement, HealthCare Providers New Zealand said today. More >>
Wage Increases Uncertain in Aged Care
Tuesday, 23 May 2006, 1:45 pm | Healthcare Providers
Today the NZNO protested outside parliament to highlight low wages in the aged care sector. However, aged care representatives say that until DHBs and the government compensate the sector for the impact of the NZNO award agreement then Nurse and Caregiver ... More >>
Aged Care: Funding increase welcomed, not enough
Thursday, 18 May 2006, 4:37 pm | Healthcare Providers
Funding for elderly residents in full time care will increase by $17 million per annum over four years, in line with the support agreement between Labour and the New Zealand First Party. More >>
Poor NZNO Research No Evidence of Safety Issues
Friday, 12 May 2006, 5:04 pm | Healthcare Providers
The information released by the NZNO today, claiming that low staffing levels are putting lives at risk in the aged care sector is incorrect. More >>
Bureaucrats Bungle Aged Care Payments
Thursday, 2 February 2006, 5:40 pm | Healthcare Providers
Bureaucratic bungling between Auckland DHBs and the Ministry of Health's payment arm HealthPac, has again delayed long overdue payments to aged residential care providers. More >>
$31m Minimum Wage Impact on Aged Care Funding
Friday, 27 January 2006, 4:28 pm | Healthcare Providers
Modeling undertaken by Healthcare Providers NZ shows that the cost of increasing the minimum wage for rest home staff will be about $31 million dollars. The modeling is based on maintaining the existing relativities between the minimum wage and what ... More >>
Strikes against Presbyterian Support unreasonable
Wednesday, 19 October 2005, 4:14 pm | Healthcare Providers
HealthCare Providers NZ said today that private rest home providers don’t know how much money they have until District Health Boards’ pass on the $71 million they received from the Government in this year’s Budget. More >>
