
Doctor in breach after 67-year-old's terminal cancer missed
This man had a family history of bowel cancer and decided to get tested as a precaution.
This man had a family history of bowel cancer and decided to get tested as a precaution.
Counsellor was "highly inappropriate" to present the boy with a pair of scissors.
A mother worries her son has a drug-induced liver injury but can't get his dose lowered.
Neurosurgeon asked to apologise after cutting into the wrong part of a patient's skull.
A young girl thought she was losing her tongue after waking up with profuse bleeding.
"I'm German. I hate being late. That's my major problem," councillor Siggi Henry said.
"This case demonstrates the significance of the patient's voice," commissioner tells.
Woman forced to have an emergency c-section after a doctor missed abnormalities.
She went to be treated for an arm and wrist injury, but left with two punctured lungs.
Waikato DHB has admitted to failings over 81-year-old woman's death.
Parents of disabled teenager fighting David and Goliath battle for highest level change.
The HDC interfered with the privacy of a severely disabled boy. His parents want change.
Each year hundreds turn up to ED after being wrongly prescribed medication by a doctor.
A doctor's clinical records are now being audited.
The dentist diagnosed tooth 41 but performed the root canal treatment on tooth 31.
A nurse was found to have breached the 85-year-old's right to reasonable care.
The woman showed up to hospital twice with symptoms and was discharged.
Lakes District Health Board must make number of changes after 75-year-old woman's death.
Waitematā DHB missed several opportunities causing delays to critical surgery.
Man on breathing device should have been monitored far more frequently, says HDC.
EDITORIAL: It's about time such vital work by family carers is acknowledged and enabled.
Audrey Young outlines the assisted dying bill ahead of the second reading debate tomorrow
John Downing's GP thought his bleeding was from haemorrhoids, not bowel cancer.
'Serious issues' with the care provided at the village by staff, report states.
Surely coach travellers are worthy of a better facility, not some throwback to the 1940s.
Instead of giving the woman pain relief, the midwife gave her intravenous saline.
Prison inmate Vicki Letele was not given adequate care and later died, report finds.
Kiwis with disabilities earned half the average income of other NZers, study finds.
"There were huge red flags that should have signalled that I needed help."
There are big hopes for the Government's mental health inquiry response and the Budget.