Nurse guilty of falsifying patient notes
A nurse has been struck off the register for faking patient notes to cover up poor care.
A nurse has been struck off the register for faking patient notes to cover up poor care.
The MidCentral DHB has been ordered to apologise to a family over a baby's care.
The boy lost all sight in one eye after a brain tumour went undiagnosed.
Briefings: Treatment waiting times key for new Health Minister, a commissioner has said.
Mother whose son died at birth urges others to trust instincts if something feels wrong.
A woman was given a drug to assist miscarriage - but radiologist erred and baby was alive.
Board officials refuse to discuss care of ill woman.
Treatment provider advised to apologise to patient's family for breach of consumer rights
Westport woman Linda Fenn is locked in a battle with doctors over pain medication.
Activist's bucket list focused on her campaigns in health care, not tourism and adventure
Two nurses failed to notice that a 15-month-old boy was being given the wrong vaccine.
Mental health patients' stories will give most people sleepless nights, one mother says.
Care of diabetic woman which ended in stillbirth of her baby prompts review of DHB.
A private hospital "woefully" failed a dying elderly man who was in intolerable pain.
A woman who sought hospital help for a cough and had an X-ray whose suspicious findings were overlooked, died from cancer nearly two years later.
A 46-year-old was not told of results which found she had a tumour that eventually killed her.
A patient is upset a doctor inserted an IUD without her consent during surgery.
A New Zealand doctor's improper care left a patient with arthritis and limited function in one of her fingers.
Doctor's failings included not putting the man in a mental health unit, an investigation found.
Some 700 lives a year are being saved in hospital emergency departments by the controversial six-hour target, new research indicates.
Vulnerable woman tells of feeling 'yuck' after motel encounters with mental health nurse who exploited her problem with alcohol, prosecutors say.
A Kiwi man saw his GP five times for a worsening cough. The day after his fifth appointment, he died.
Dentist's failings included not taking enough x-rays.
Radiology service makes changes because of case.
Overseas-trained practitioner found in breach of patient's rights.
Bacterial infection cause of death, post-mortem finds.
The mother of a disabled teen who died after drowning in a bath says carers failed to use common sense and that ultimately led to
A caregiver has been found to be in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights.
A doctor has been found to have failed a patient who later became a tetraplegic after he forgot to contact the man about his abnormal blood results.
A young disabled man died in a residential care home after instructions for his care were ignored and he was left alone in bed.