This review identifies factors that influence policy change, explores international policy developments, and calls out potential opportunities for further reform of access to cancer treatments.

The 2017 edition of the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s Window on the Quality of New Zealand’s Health Care brings measures up to date and draws out key messages about the quality of New Zealand’s health system.

The latest Australian Child Health Poll has revealed a worrying pattern of practice in Australian health care, in which some unvaccinated children are being refused care by health care providers. The poll found that one in six Australian children who are not up-to-date with their vaccines have been refused care by a health care provider...

Executive summary The New Zealand Health Research Strategy 2017–2027 will set a 10-year strategic direction for the health research system. Its aim is to ensure that investments in health research make the greatest contribution to the lives of New Zealanders – to their health and their economic and social wellbeing. In May 2016 the Government...

Victoria's first legal crop of cannabis has just been harvested for medicinal use. The state has been manufacturing the drug at a secret location and is still putting it through the testing phase. While patients in Victoria wait for access, NSW parliamentarians have been debating their own cannabis bill.