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![Racism a reason for poor health, warns health board](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Racism a reason for poor health, warns health board
"As an institution we fitted the definitions which described racism."
![Exclusive: DHB inquiry after unborn baby dies](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Exclusive: DHB inquiry after unborn baby dies
Two investigations into possible "serious adverse events" are ongoing.
![New Māngere birth centre half empty](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
New Māngere birth centre half empty
Counties Manukau DHB says many women need to give birth at hospital, not a birthing unit.
![Racism to blame for poor Māori, Pacific health, Auckland DHB says](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Racism to blame for poor Māori, Pacific health, Auckland DHB says
Auckland DHB has a plan to stamp out institutional racism.
![Sepsis warning for pregnant women: Hospital staffing 'inadequate'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Sepsis warning for pregnant women: Hospital staffing 'inadequate'
Sepsis not properly treated in half of all cases, Maternal Morbidity Working Group finds.
![Midwives leave Middlemore Hospital in droves](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Midwives leave Middlemore Hospital in droves
An internal review has outlined the challenges in finding and keeping experienced workers.
![Revealed: Cluster of baby deaths in top NZ hospital](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Revealed: Cluster of baby deaths in top NZ hospital
The DHB launched a review after the deaths, has hired more staff and expanded capacity.
![Mum whose bowel cancer was missed dies days before renewal of wedding vows](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Mum whose bowel cancer was missed dies days before renewal of wedding vows
The much-loved mum of two died after her bowel cancer symptoms were missed.
![Growing number of Kiwi babies dying of syphilis](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Growing number of Kiwi babies dying of syphilis
A weakness in the current testing regime meant infections weren't detected.
![Hospital waiting lists: Why can doctors compete against their employers?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hospital waiting lists: Why can doctors compete against their employers?
One man is so desperate for treatment he's considering moving back to the US.
![Specialists in public and private face conflict of interest](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Specialists in public and private face conflict of interest
Clinicians could abuse their power by pushing patients to private practise. So do they?
![Kathy Spencer: Eight months is too long to wait for surgery](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kathy Spencer: Eight months is too long to wait for surgery
Wait times for surgery can be fixed says a former Health Ministry deputy director-general.
![Public v private: Why are we waiting so long for surgery?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Public v private: Why are we waiting so long for surgery?
Kay Billman lived in pain for 18 months because she could not afford private surgery.
!['Postcode lottery' for weight loss treatment](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Postcode lottery' for weight loss treatment
Your chances of getting the surgery are influenced by where you live, expert tells.
![Optometrists' vision: Equal access to eye surgery](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Optometrists' vision: Equal access to eye surgery
Access to surgery has not kept pace with ageing population, specialists maintain.
![Cataract op denied when sight failing](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Cataract op denied when sight failing
Getting cataract surgery can depend on where you live.
!['Through the cracks': Teen loses sight waiting for help](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Through the cracks': Teen loses sight waiting for help
This summer we look back at the big stories of the year. This is from October.
![Unfair health care: What's going wrong?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Unfair health care: What's going wrong?
What's going wrong with our health system?
![EDS patients face discrimination - advocate](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
EDS patients face discrimination - advocate
EDS sufferers on destructive pathway with "it's all in your head" advice, advocate says.
![Bedridden and broken: Mental disorder labels reduce access to care](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Bedridden and broken: Mental disorder labels reduce access to care
Criminologist with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome offered behaviour therapy by psychiatrist.
![Georgie's story: 'I was so sick ... I was planning my funeral'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Georgie's story: 'I was so sick ... I was planning my funeral'
Georgie Ferris weighed 33kg and was slowly starving to death when she planned her funeral.