Broken promises and accusations of a government backtrack have fuelled a protest that is expected to draw thousands in defence of Dunedin’s new hospital project. Video / NZ Herald
Buller's after-hours clinic is closing, while only one ambulance services the West Coast.
The safety and reversibility of the medication is being reviewed by the Health Ministry.
Health professionals and scientists should reject the Government's directive, they said.
Nearly half of the doctors who committed misconduct have name suppression.
The Government has announced urgent changes to the recreational use of nitrous oxide.
Patients say Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome surgery is life-changing. Experts not so sure.
OPINION: Also in today's letters – climate policy, speed limits and sentencing reforms.
Health New Zealand insists recruitment has continued in the nursing sector.
The home care company, Nurse Maude, has been told to apologise and make changes.
Three-year-old Daisy Nicholl had the missing part of her skull replaced this week. Video / Supplied
A warning from nurses amid new health targets, youth vaping laws introduced to Parliament and how AI is being used to fight conspiracy theories.
Health Minister Dr Shane Reti announcing details of the plan to implement the Government’s five health targets. Video / Mark Mitchell
The General Practice Owners Association says underfunding primary care is bad for all New Zealanders.
'People will fall through the gaps and end up being sicker.'
How will New Zealand handle the growing numbers of dementia cases?
The woman's death reportedly came after staff had expressed concern about long wait times.
There is currently no dermatologist in the Northland region.
Doctors liken Herald footage of people queuing for care as 'Third World'.
A group representing GPs has issued a bleak assessment of the state of primary care in New Zealand. Video | Corey Fleming | Ben Dickens
OPINION: 'The drip is turning to a trickle, which threatens to become a torrent.'
Here's what you need to know if you're considering using coaching services.
GP clinics have raised fees to meet demand and it's putting pressure on those in need.
Health Minister Shane Reti asked top-level officials to provide a briefing on the issue.
Patients said they sometimes waited five hours to see a doctor.
Patients in Auckland's Ōtara are queuing in the cold from 6am to see a doctor. Video / Ben Dickens / Michael Morrah / Corey Fleming
The Government says it's a temporary measure and that there's capacity in the system.
A commissioner replaced the Health New Zealand board in July.
Boots and his owner Phillipa Mentor are Health New Zealand's newest pet therapy team.
The Government backs down from giving final sign-off on fast-track approvals bill projects and Blockhouse Bay homicide scene examination continues in today's NZ Herald headlines.
Casey Costello originally denied such a document existed.
OPINION: My focus is on making sure we get the best value for patients.
In today's headlines with Wilhelmina Shrimpton, Health NZ in the firing line, bowel cancer screening concern, and new Mpox variant spreads to Asia.
Researchers say underfunding - not just mismanagement - is to blame for Health NZ's woes.