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When Covid and the flu collide – is our healthcare system ready?
OPINION: A double-whammy of illnesses may deliver New Zealand its sickest winter yet.
OPINION: A double-whammy of illnesses may deliver New Zealand its sickest winter yet.
Not everyone has the means to raise $180,000 to travel overseas for surgery, student says.
This Christchurch mum relies on $5500-a-month drugs to stay alive.
Some patients regularly travel long distances to access cheaper private care.
New rules for vaping are now in place. A mystery shopper found widespread non-compliance.
Stats NZ is investigating allegations of misuse of Census data.
Patients are told they'll be seen in six weeks, but wait months.
OPINION: 'Cancer patients need action now, not lame excuses.'
The five-year report shows there is more to be done to fill gaps in treatment and support.
Willis was probed over why the Nats didn't campaign on how many families were worse off.
'Junior doctors work 32 hours in a 48-hour period over the weekend.'
Patients told: "I cannot guarantee you will be able to receive a blood transfusion".
The woman screamed as she felt the electrically surging wire “cut through her cervix”.
After she collapsed in their lounge, he was told help may take 'up to several hours'.
Health NZ is conducting its own review into aged care's funding and service models.
There were reports of long waits for a bed and patients in corridors.
Former nurse John Swiatczak is the new boss at Gisborne Hospital.
An X-ray found nodules in lungs, but the woman, GP were not told. She died months later.
Improved surveillance system to catch and control communicable diseases was due in June.
High school student had waited years for publicly funded gender-affirming surgery.
'I do know I was frantically busy all night', the doctor tells HDC.
Patient complained they received no contact or apology for two years.
A GP worries the initiative is 'reducing the waitlist by stealth'.
Mike Fletcher needed his stitches removed, but was left stranded.
At one pharmacy, elderly patients getting a flu shot were also given child vaccinations.
Newly released documents shed light on the leadup to the shock funding changes in March.
The family claimed Jaydyn Barnett was ready to go home but died suddenly after a fall.
Big read: How one woman was caught in a scandal of overwhelmed cancer services.
The Act leader rails against 'lazily looking at everyone through the lens of race'.
Decisions by the Health and Disability Commissioner cannot currently be appealed.