Here's an article about real health care! The fizz in Coca-Cola has gone well and truly flat for one Rotorua cafe, which has announced it will refuse to stock the drink from October. Source: Coke goes flat for one cafe owner | Stuff.co.nz … [Read more...]
Press release: Fluoridation and Democracy
Thursday, 15 September 2016, 11.00 am Press Release: Andrew Buckley It’s not about water fluoridation, it’s about democracy As a member of the Waikato District Health Board I believe it is my job to ask hard questions and hold our system to account. Board members, both elected and appointed, … [Read more...]
Rehab centre needed in Bay to cope with P ‘pandemic’
Respected Hamiltonian advises of need in Bay of Plenty. Apparently there are plenty of Meth users and abusers around the region. This is reflective of a whole-of-nation epidemic. A former drug addict is hoping to open a rehab centre in the Bay to cope with the region's meth "pandemic." Read more: … [Read more...]
New Zealand’s shocking child abuse statistics
Taking care of our children, and being successful at it, is the most important health need of our society. Child abuse, however, is the manifestation of superficial and deeper underlying problems and successful resolution of those will result in a safer society for us all. A child is admitted to … [Read more...]
Waikato schools under fire from DHB for fundraising with unhealthy foods
Here’s a positive move. However, our DHB needs to look both internally at the content of our own vending machines and externally to doctors waiting rooms, A&E clinics and pharmacies. There’s much work to be done! Organisations within the health sector need to lead by example, rather than issue … [Read more...]