Rather randomly came across this request from Te Whatu Ora for quotes for nicotine vapes and pods - rather dodgy imo - www.gets.govt.nz/HEALTHNZ/Ext...

I did an online update course through the Immunisation Advisory Committee last week, and honestly I can't stop thinking about how ridiculous and inappropriate these AI images were that they used - especially the two used in the 'cultural engagement' section which relied on AI generated stereotypes.

No one is denying that actively opposing an authoritarian force increases your risks of extrajudicial execution, it's just some people seem to be okay with extra judicial executions at the hands of authoritarian forces.

I'm honestly so sick and heartbroken watching incredibly passionate, skilled, and qualified healthcare workers being so burnt by the funding cuts carried out by this government that they're leaving the healthcare system altogether. #nzpol

One of the big things of noticed in the responses to the Manage My Health data breach debacle is the fact so few people seem to understand that our Primary Health Care system is a privatized neoliberal system, hence why a for profit private entity operates the primary care patient portal that is MMH

Explain your username. My name is Mikey. Surprisingly I'm a nurse.

My favourite part of intergenerational Xmas time is hearing how much my grandmother in law hated Paul Henry's attempt at the Chase.

Quote post with a robot that's not Star Wars or Transformers

Brian Tamaki's gang-like cult today disrupted a Sikh community event in Manurewa today - Destiny Church is the biggest threat in this country and we need to start actively confronting them. www.facebook.com/share/v/1MMi...

This is bonkers, neoliberalism destroying our healthcare system on purpose. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Honestly reading through the decision from the high court makes it even more glaringly obvious that cabinet made this transphobic decision solely on grounds of imported culture war and ignored all expert advice provided.

BREAKING: The High Court of New Zealand has granted PATHA’s application for interim relief, declaring that the Crown should not take any steps to enforce the incoming ban on new prescriptions of puberty blockers to transgender children and young people. More to come:

As we continue to normalise inadequate and frankly unacceptable policy across the board, it should be noted that those speaking up are experts, frontline staff, lived experience voices and the public. Leaders are permitting this through silence and inaction - actively normalising bad governance.

I personally think this is hilarious but also predictable - with the government's decision to move ADHD assessment and diagnosis into primary care without consultation with or funding of the primary care system, for profit ADHD clinics are popping up www.seek.co.nz/job/89077460...

My phone fell out of my pocket on Karangahape Road and every nearby driver and pedestrian yelled out to me to let me know I'd dropped it. I love my neighbourhood.

Over the years I've spoken on behalf of the nurses union, or as a nurse at countless protests. Today I spoke at the #BlockTheBan protest in Tamaki in response to our government banning puberty blockers for trans kids. Unlike any other protest I've spoken at, this time I was immediately in tears.

Even after this coalition government cut new graduate nursing hours from 32 to 24 hours per week in a very strange effort to provide new grad nursing jobs, STILL less than 50% of new grad nurses in New Zealand have been offered jobs.

The Cass Review is the worst kind of pseudoscience & has at least 13 peer-reviewed critiques of it (all ignored by mainstream media). Streeting now wants a Cass Review for Autism, ADHD, etc. I have characterised these as “contrived authority” strategies (referring to the work of Max Weber) 1/2

Absolutely hilarious that the government had ALREADY had to rewrite their regulation banning puberty blockers because they were so incompetent, and the initial regulation was ambiguous and illogical. Even now the current wording allows side stepping of the regulation.

Did the New York Times know that today is Ikea Day in Aotearoa?

Specifically, he claims to be "restoring accountability", while actually removing independent oversight in favour of a powerless committee he appoints himself.

The Paediatric Society of NZ - representing the clinical field most relevant here - have released maybe the strongest statement of all the medical bodies: “puberty blockers are an established, safe, reversible, and life-saving treatment option”

Honestly, Labour's policy around primary care, which they have erronously described only in relation to GPs, appears to completely misunderstand the actual issues facing Primary Health Care in this country - www.labour.org.nz/familydoctor...

This flag has been up for possibly a couple months judging by a reddit thread about it. It's still up now, unfortunately on a building overseen by the Auckland City Mission at the moment.

Just to highlight how stupid this wording is - this legislation change appears to suggest that GnRHa can NEVER be prescribed to a transgender person for any clinic reason based on the wording of this puberty blocker ban legislation change.

Look at the wording this transphobic government is adding into legislation - this level of interference with healthcare provision is wildly unprecented. www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/p...

Can you imagine any other situation where a government bans a widely used medication without any identified examples of harm occuring while ALSO not providing any meaningful alternative treatment options? I guess this is what happens when hateful anti trans folk become minister of health.

Another health professional body adding to their voices to the outrage at our transphobic government's ban on puberty blockers - www.tekahuikorowairangatahi.co.nz/knowledge-hu...

The overwhelmingly positive experiences of trans youth on puberty blockers

Lolol imagine referencing an anti trans lobby group without explicitly pointing out that the groups sole purpose for existing is to make the lives of trans people harder www.chrislynchmedia.com/news-items/s...

I really wish the left wing parties talking about "free GP appointments" would at least get in touch with the College of Primary Health Care Nurses, because they're really missing a huge part of the problem by only centring GPs in their discussions, policies, and rhetoric.

Not to undermine how transphobic Simeon Brown is, but with NZ First's announcement today to repeal the Regulatory Standards Act that they literally voted to pass just days ago, I can't help but think the puberty blocker ban was a negotiation tactic to buy the votes of the very transphobic NZ First.

Here's another nursing led response to the puberty blocker ban by this transphobic government. Is there a thread showing all the professional bodies pushing back against this decision? kaitiaki.org.nz/article/nzno...

Very proud to have been able to contribute to this response from the NZNO College of Child and Youth Nurses to the puberty blocker ban. I'm glad our union and college have our back and are willing to stand up to this transphobic government. www.nzno.org.nz/about_us/med...

If they can ban access to healthcare like puberty blockers for one group of people, they can do this with any healthcare for their next target. They will ban abortion again given the chance and they will come after contraception after that. The anti-choice movement is our govt right now. #nzpol

There is a reason our fundy PM appointed another fundy as the Minister of Health and it is because they share the same beliefs on many issues, including abortion #nzpol

Trying to write a press release for the College of Child and Youth Nurses in response to this transphobic puberty blocker ban but I'm not sure I can express how I feel about this without swear words.

PATHA's statement has been published: patha.nz/news

email and/or call Brown and your local MP now, because its always how this attempt at eliminating trans people starts #nzpol #ProtectTransKids

Zero surprises that the brainless transphobic health minister in NZ ignored all expert advice and evidence and banned puberty blockers for trans youth. Literal blood on his hands. www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-...

People are often surprised when I tell them that nurse practitioners leave the union once they qualify because they see themselves as future owners/bosses. But here's a shining example.

I always chat with my pharmacist when I pick up my own medication, he knows I'm an NP because my clients also use his pharmacy. We had a good chat about his major concerns about this government's changes to prescriptions, with twelve month scripts becoming available.

Are there actually people who like "long as walks on the beach"? Like, maybe it's because I'm disabled but walking on sand sucks so much I can't comprehend enjoying walking on sand for a long period of time.

Talking to school based healthcare services colleagues about the attempt to privatize public schools, it's surprises me how few people are aware that Act is a dogmatic libertarian party that aims to privatize all public services. #nzpol

The attempted bid to turn Kelston Boys College into a charter school should send shivers up everyone's spine. Libertarian dogma attempting to undermine the school with a nearly 100% Māori and Pacific Island roll is classic Act party racism in action. #nzpol

This nurse practitioner here, who's constantly advocating for expanding the role of registered nurses in Primary Health Care, is gonna have a stroke if every political party including the Greens keeps talking about "free GP visits" #nzpol

Free primary care visits (fuck this GP centric discussion) would be great IF our primary health care system wasn't an example of neoliberalism failing the people. Especially in a context where primary care clinics are rapidly being bought out by conglomerates of profiteers.

While our minister of health continues to indicate he's contemplating a ban on puberty blockers in Aotearoa New Zealand, across the ditch the Supreme Court overturned an attempt to block blockers in Queensland. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Cops are THE LAST people you want present in a medical emergency. Today walking to the supermarket we passed two cops attending to a minor traffic stop, as we carried on we noticed to people approach and kneel down to check on a man who was unconscious on the ground.

The government’s political interference in the healthcare of trans kids is holding up the publication of sorely needed guidance for clinicians supporting *all* trans people. We’ve been told they will not be published until Simeon Brown deigns to decide the fate of trans youth.