Mental health report shows rate of psychological distress up, system not working for Māori
The five-year report shows there is more to be done to fill gaps in treatment and support.
The five-year report shows there is more to be done to fill gaps in treatment and support.
The promise of 'soon' is 'not good enough for people who are dying', a patient says.
OPINION: Patients – and families, friends and carers – are unlikely to forget the slight.
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.
An X-ray found nodules in lungs, but the woman, GP were not told. She died months later.
OPINION: Ditching free flu vaccines will likely wipe out the recent gains in uptake.
HDC finds failing to provide information was a prima facie breach of the health code.
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.
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.
The Government is expected to confirm a review of Whaikaha today.
NZ’s 2019 measles outbreak spread to Samoa, resulting in 83 measles-related deaths.
Demolition of the old ward had already been carried out.
Labour says the proposed cost signals the expense required to reduce treatment delays.
Bob Menzies has been waiting for a knee replacement for more than four years.
It says several districts have gone over budget in the past three months.
The new extension is the beginni of creating a parent, tamariki and pēpi health hub.
An expert says an anti-fluoride campaigner's use of Health NZ stats is 'misleading'.