Ministry of Health confirms final job cut tally
The Ministry of Health held an all-staff meeting on the plan this morning.
The Ministry of Health held an all-staff meeting on the plan this morning.
In 2020, 472 people made claims for rongoā healing. In 2023, 6103 did.
OPINION: 'The Government would be wise to stop prioritising potholes.'
OPINION: 'If we mine the land, it will heal, just as it has in the past.'
The post-menopausal woman had been bleeding on and off for five years.
OPINION: The Pharmac model has done irreparable damage.
Budget 2024 did not deliver the much-promised funding for 13 new cancer drugs.
The proposed rules come after years of tension centred on high c-section rates.
The woman feared a harmful person from her past could have accessed her information.
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.
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.
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.
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.