Letters: Health NZ v nurses – what's really up with staffing levels?
OPINION: Also in today's letters – climate policy, speed limits and sentencing reforms.
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Latest from Health NZ Te Whatu Ora
Health NZ cut nursing costs, staff not back-filled as patients wait to be seen
Health New Zealand insists recruitment has continued in the nursing sector.
GPs say specialist shortages at Whanganui Hospital adding to strain
"These shortages are having a tangible impact on patient care."
Woman dies from aorta tear after being sent home from ED with indigestion medication
A doctor ruled out her shortness of breath and chest pain as being cardiac-related.
Catheter unchanged for four months: Patient suffers life-threatening complications
The home care company, Nurse Maude, has been told to apologise and make changes.
'Significant' increase in serious lung disease around NZ
The number of NZers impacted by asthma or serious lung disease has increased 40%.
'Where's my baby?': Woman who had miscarriage in ED toilet never got to meet her son
Kiwi mums share their stories of how the current system only made things worse.
Claims alcohol-harm boss told conference he's 'like a battered wife'
A person who attended told the Herald they were "horrified" by the comment.
Kiwi parents of babies with heart defects interviewed in ground-breaking research
What's it like to discover your unborn baby has a major heart condition?
'Targets save lives': Health Minister details plan to improve healthcare system
Shane Reti reveals the plan to meet his health targets, which were announced in March.
Health NZ scraps Code Black alert for emergency departments
Crowded EDs had been hitting Code Black when they reached more than 145% capacity.
Non-acute patients choose urgent service as GPs juggle wait times
'People will fall through the gaps and end up being sicker.'
Service cuts ‘would make a broken system very much worse’: Alzheimers NZ
How will New Zealand handle the growing numbers of dementia cases?
Waiheke residents fear what could happen with no after-hours care
'It's so crap what's provided for 9000 people,' one resident says.
PM defends Govt’s approach to health system in light of ED waiting room death
The woman's death reportedly came after staff had expressed concern about long wait times.
Patient dies in ED waiting room at Rotorua Hospital
The woman collapsed in the packed waiting room and could not be revived.
Surge in non-disclosure agreements at Health NZ sparks Labour complaint
Nearly 70 Health NZ staff have signed non-disclosure agreements since the end of November.
Family 'robbed' of chance to help suicidal father
The DHB failed to tell Allan Peeperkoorn’s family about his deteriorating mental health.
Warning of mpox outbreak for Queenstown Winter Pride attendees
Anyone who attended Winter Pride is being warned to watch out for symptoms of mpox.
Free visits to the doctor tightened for Hawke's Bay youth amid funding concerns
The programme had the potential to exacerbate the 'postcode lottery' of health care: GP.
'Tragic': Gap in system causing suffering for Northland's dermatology patients
There is currently no dermatologist in the Northland region.
Healthline advised man to self-care, hours later he was dead
The man, who had an aortic dissection, was wrongly advised to care for himself at home.
Vote for your favourite Healing Art at Pihanga Health in Tūrangi
Community votes on art to enhance Pihanga Health's rooms, promoting healing, positivity.
Editorial: The GP crisis and the patients left out in the cold
OPINION: 'The drip is turning to a trickle, which threatens to become a torrent.'
What $1.4 billion worth of cuts mean for the future of healthcare in NZ
Health NZ's commissioner asked people to pray for him as he tackles the troubled system.
'Concept of family doctors in NZ is dead': GPs warn of primary care collapse
Doctors liken Herald footage of people queuing for care as 'Third World'.
Community in shock as Waiheke's only after-hours medical clinic shuts down
Locals have been blindsided by the closure, with no clear explanation provided.
Hospital U-turns, toast to stay on the menu for mums after birth
Health Minister says women can make their own choices and toast is an easy comfort food.
Health crisis: GPs set to increase patient fees
GP clinics have raised fees to meet demand and it's putting pressure on those in need.
Revealed: Why elective surgeries are cancelled at late notice
Health Minister Shane Reti asked top-level officials to provide a briefing on the issue.
'Heartbreaking': Patients queue in cold from 6am to see doctor
Patients said they sometimes waited five hours to see a doctor.
Former Health Minister calls for ‘honest’ debate about health spending
Andrew Little said the country needs to be realistic about the system's limitations.
Nutritionally sub-optimal or cost cutting?: Hospital ditching toast for new mums
Health NZ acknowledges some women may not have been offered food post-birth.
'Scary': Hospital operating shifts without doctors faces strike action
Dargaville Hospital nurses stopped work for an hour to protest against a lack of doctors.