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Opinion: The case for combining doctors and paramedics on air ambulances
OPINION: In a rescue helicopter, seconds count, and you want the best team possible.
South Auckland set for major new hospital project
Middlemore Hospital has been under intense pressure for years.
Health Minister Simeon Brown: Getting healthcare patient-centric and back to basics
OPINION: For the first time in years, the focus is back on patients, not bureaucracy.
Queensland surgeon fined over Nazi penis photo
The doctor has been fined for sharing photo of patient’s swastika-tattooed penis.
Can NZ’s maternity system handle new three-day-stay bill?
Mums across the country could get a minimum three-day hospital stay if a new bill passes.
Popular day hike deceptively dangerous
Easter visitors are warned not to be complacent about the Tongariro Crossing.
No backing down for Napier health services protest
A Napier health services protest rally will start on Sunday at 1pm, at the Sound Shell.
Napier urgent care to stay and be enhanced after community pushback, won't include a doctor
Health Minister announces enhanced service, including nurse prescribers and telehealth.
The bottom line: ACC reveals the cost of foreign object insertions
NZ's 'capital of curiosity gone wrong' has been revealed.
Woman dies after three-day delay for surgery to fix her broken leg
The 74-year-old's leg was broken after she was knocked over in a park by a dog.
Opinion: 'Serious financial pressure' – hospices need a financial lifeline
OPINION: Under the current system, hospices won’t be able to meet this demand.
‘I am dependent on her’: Man says deportation of his wife will kill him
Piliki Talanoa, 65, is in poor health and relies on his wife to do even basic tasks.
Mayor encourages public protest at Napier Health Centre over overnight health care
Over 100 signed a health services 'Buller Declaration', and the mayor urged them to rally.
Cancer patients left with no hot water in Auckland hospital ward
Transplant patient struggled to wash using kettle-boiled water and disposable bowl.
Man dies from sepsis in Auckland hospital despite daughter being told ‘he would come right’
Health NZ says it has apologised 'unreservedly' to the man's family.
Opinion: Kiwis deserve a national action plan for endometriosis
OPINION: Too often, those with endometriosis feel unheard or dismissed.
Surgeon who operates on NZ women with controversial syndrome charged with killing patient
The surgeon is considered a saviour by some NZ patients, who say he changed their lives.
Police arrest 22-year-old man after a baby was hospitalised with serious head injuries
Police said the baby was now recovering well.
Surgeries, outpatient appointments off at hospital after water leak trips power
A mother of a boy with surgery planned today faced the stress of the sudden change.
Opinion: Making sure the health sector doesn’t mark its own homework
OPINION: Safety and quality will always be a priority for everyone working in health.
Health NZ pays close to $900k for voluntary redundancies in one region
The PSA argues health cuts are risking patients' lives and should be stopped.
Opinion: Why new health funding misses the mark on equity
Expanded GP funding will be performance-based, raising complexity concerns.
Nurses, social workers working as receptionists as ‘back office’ public sector cuts bite
Government assurances cuts would not affect the front line were false, the PSA said.
Hospital sends info about sex abuse victim in hiding from gang-linked offender to stranger
The woman went to hospital but her discharge papers were sent to a stranger by mistake.
Hawke’s Bay Hospital receives $28.3m for new 28-bed unit
The new unit aims to improve patient flow and reduce ED wait times.
Summerset may ban non-residents receiving care in its hospitals
Summerset has 28 villages with hospital and resthome-level care.
Firefighters with wrong gear burned by sulphuric acid - report
Two firefighters wearing incorrect safety gear suffered burns.
