Middlemore Hospital full: Patients told 'go elsewhere'
Middlemore Hospital puts up sign to say it is too busy for new patients.
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Rheumatic fever failure in spotlight
Around 1 in 10 people with rheumatic fever have stopped getting treatment.
Explosion: 'I think they were sniffing petrol'
A horrific explosion burning two teens was caused by a cigarette and petrol fumes.
ABs' relative collapses at Masters Games
Player who collapsed at World Masters Games is a relative of Rieko and Akira Ioane.
Woman's horror wait for ankle surgery
People with broken bones are facing agonising delays to have surgery because of an unprecedented number of patients.
Cannabis products head to Middlemore
Middlemore Hospital will receive cannabis products from medical marijuana company Tilray, it was revealed today.
Ministry silent on penalties for DHBs
Ministry to "review its position" on financial penalties to DHBs for strike-induced surgery delays.
Hospitals coping without striking doctors
Unionised resident doctors are reported to be working through the strike at some hospitals.
Hospitals full on eve of doctors' strike
Doctors' strike at 18 DHBs to disrupt care for thousands of patients
Drug nation: Kiwis' antibiotic use soars
Kiwis' use of antibiotics has soared, indicating widespread inappropriate use for viral coughs and colds, experts say.
Patient dies after nosebleed
District health boards report bad stuff that happens to patients
Rheumatic fever programme misses targets
Government reshuffles fever programme money to boost awareness in Auckland
Missing for 6 weeks: Patient found dead
Two investigations are under way into the suspected suicide of a mental health patient who had fled a psychiatric hospital and was missing for weeks.
Auckland region's DHB results released
The preliminary list of members who will serve on the Auckland region's three DHBs has been released.
Are private obstetricians responsible?
Private obstetrician says elective caesarean a good option for many women
Ministry defends funding decision
The Ministry of Health has defended its stance on refusing to fund a Maori safe-sleeping device.
Concern over Kiwi death rate of babies - report
Rates significantly higher in two health districts: Counties Manukau and Northland.
Health workers walk off the job
Some 500 DHB staff have walked off the job today in protest of what they've described as an "over-stretched workforce" that's putting patients at risk.
Public health workers set to strike
Health professionals are walking off the job in Auckland this week in protest against "an over-stretched workforce unable to meet its patients' needs".
Warning after health files stolen
Private medical notes about 90 patients - including details of a woman suffering mental illness after childbirth - were stolen from a social worker's car.
New mental health unit for Middlemore Hospital
South Auckland is to have a new facility built for patients suffering acute mental illness, at a cost of $53.6 million.
Charity to plug health gaps
The KidsCan charity plans to use money from the child poverty plan announced this week to plug holes in health services.
Private clinic scans cut waiting lists
Hundreds more sick Aucklanders are being given fast access to scans at privately owned clinics under a taxpayer-financed scheme.
Action urged on South Auckland's high baby death rate
Newborns and unborn babies in later pregnancy have been dying in South Auckland at a higher rate than the national average for most of the past decade.
Threat of fatal superbug grows worse every year
The threat of a potentially fatal superbug is growing, and infection control officials cannot see any let-up.