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Health watchdog taking years to investigate complaints - amid ‘significant pressure’
Covid backlog, ancient IT system part of problem, but upgrade request for latter rejected.
Covid backlog, ancient IT system part of problem, but upgrade request for latter rejected.
Chief executive Margie Apa said filling vacancies had caused an overspend.
OPINION: 'The Government would be wise to stop prioritising potholes.'
OPINION: Medical centres around NZ are on the verge of collapse - so what can we do?
OPINION: The Pharmac model has done irreparable damage.
Budget 2024 did not deliver the much-promised funding for 13 new cancer drugs.
OPINION: A double-whammy of illnesses may deliver New Zealand its sickest winter yet.
This Christchurch mum relies on $5500-a-month drugs to stay alive.
DNA testing websites are muddying the sensitive process of matching donors with families.
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.
There were reports of long waits for a bed and patients in corridors.
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.
Nearly half of the doctors who committed misconduct have name suppression.
Mike Fletcher needed his stitches removed, but was left stranded.
Experts explain how osteoarthritis affects the body, and why it’s so hard to diagnose.
The agency's bosses said changes will not impact frontline services like rehabilitation.
Govt will lower the bowel cancer screening age to 55.
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.
Higher prescription rates reflected greater recognition of ADHD, the study's author said.
The Government is expected to confirm a review of Whaikaha today.
The university is now involved in a new employment dispute.
Union members rejected the offers and voted to strike for 25 hours from May 7.
Up to 18,000 people with diabetes will soon get free access to life-saving technology.
One family said they hand-delivered a sample to the post office and it still arrived late.
OPINION: Medsafe must first approve off-label medicines, insurers say.
Rapid growth of corporate GP ownership has upsides - but also some new pressures.