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Cancer patients dubious Govt will deliver on promise to fund new drugs
The promise of 'soon' is 'not good enough for people who are dying', a patient says.
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.
Earlier this month, the uni began demolishing the old and vacant B Block for the school.
'Junior doctors work 32 hours in a 48-hour period over the weekend.'
The woman screamed as she felt the electrically surging wire “cut through her cervix”.
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.
OPINION: Not every sniffle requires a visit to the doctor.
Undeclared allergens in food were the leading cause for safety recalls last year.
The family claimed Jaydyn Barnett was ready to go home but died suddenly after a fall.
The wife of a man injured on a council bridge says their lives have been dreadful since.
Labour says the proposed cost signals the expense required to reduce treatment delays.
Maori and Pacific people live seven years fewer than those of European heritage.
The electric ambulance can go from 0-100km/h in nine seconds.
OPINION: We must do more than just remember them.
Family: 'We have suffered a lot over the past four and a half years, blaming ourselves'.
'All of a sudden I can’t [play with him] and he doesn’t understand why.'
Health NZ has put limits on double shifts and replacing sick staff to save costs.
OPINION: Medsafe must first approve off-label medicines, insurers say.
Some 'high priority' residents waiting nearly six months to enter rest care facilities.
OPINION: True leaders stand up for the rights and dignity of all individuals.
Clinical director and GP Vicky Jones discusses NZ’s doctor shortage.
Surgery wait times, student achievement, crime and welfare are part of the plan.
The Government announces a suite of policy as Parliament returns for another sitting week.
One nurse isn't afraid of dying - she says the body makes sure death is 'peaceful'.
The ministry is proposing job cuts to meet its savings targets.
Shane Reti says preferential entry schemes address his priority - doctor shortages,
Studies have shown little evidence for performing surgery on people with chronic pain.
Girl forced into potentially damaging treatment against wishes of parents and doctor.