'Code red' warning: Little says health system is 'managing'
Little says 'staff absenteeism' exacerbating pressures of Covid, flu and winter.
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Six Covid-related deaths and 4429 new cases today
There were 8638 new community cases & 24 deaths reported yesterday for the past two days.
Medical students describe power imbalances in practise
Medical students are finding it hard to speak up when rules are broken by superiors.
Wellington hospital wrestles with staff absences, vacancies and high turnover
The cardiac surgery waiting list is full, nurses are burnt out, some care has been paused.
Analysis: Hutt Hospital's improved earthquake status no saving grace
New documents reveal why district health board bosses are hardly jumping for joy.
'Unprecedented stress, chaotic': Emergency departments overcrowded
An emergency specialist says the situation is psychologically and physically exhausting.
Hutt mayor slams DHB for hasty communication over hospital quake risk
The DHB says patients and services will still have to be moved out of the building.
Nearly all NZ hospitals failing to meet Govt's ED wait time targets
18 out of 20 DHBs didn't reach the 95 per cent of ED patients seen within six hour target.
Focus: Hospitals under 'extreme pressure' as winter ills mount
As hospitals experience "extreme pressure" with "abnormally high" patient presentations, NZ Nurses Organisation co-president Kerri Nuku calls on the Government to act. Video / NZ Herald
'Healthy' 50yo woman dies with brain bleed. Delays at Middlemore Hospital's ED investigated
Delays lead to 'healthy' 50-year-old woman dying with brain aneurysm.
Hospitals at 'level of panic': 71 patients waiting for beds at Middlemore
The South Auckland ED saw more than 420 patients for the second night in a row this week.
Woman claims she sat in urine-soaked clothes for six hours in Wellington ED
Her catheter broke and she was told no one had the time to change her.
'He always chose to live, and to live fully': Man believed to be NZ's oldest dies aged 107
Pioneering heart doctor escaped death aged 28 in Karachi military hospital during WWII.
11 Covid deaths and 6291 new cases as NZ braces for subvariant spread
New case numbers remain steady at the start of the long weekend.
Memo to Health Minister: People get sick in winter
Christchurch Hospital is overrun with surgeries deferred.
Covid 19: Hospital defers surgery as occupancy tops 112%
Situation made worse by high levels of staff sickness.
'Made my week': Cystic fibrosis sufferer gifted money by stranger
The donor wanted Troy Watson to 'go and have fun' with his friends or family.
Auckland hospital 'imploding': Patient with typhoid fever slept in car due to lack of beds
Hospitals around NZ are being hit by a perfect storm of issues.
6369 new Covid cases in the community, 13 deaths
The seven-day average of new community cases is about 1000 down on a week ago.
Two hurt - one seriously - in Parnell apartment fire
Fire and Emergency received "multiple calls" about a fire in the three-storey building.
Targeted funding to improving Māori health outcomes announced
Ministers have outlined a range of funding to assist Māori health and economic wellbeing.
Hit-and-run survivor returns to finish race across US - with surgeons who saved him
Five years on from the hit and run, Nick Ashill is returning to finish his ultra marathon.
Thomas Coughlan: Is the health budget really failing Māori?
Does the health budget hurt Māori or is it the biggest win in a generation?
Sick baby may have lived if he wasn't sent home from emergency department
The baby died two days after being sent home from a half-hour ED visit.
Gang house drive-by shooting: Police reportedly find 44 bullet casings in driveway
It comes after rising fears over gun violence and gang turf wars.
Mum 'trying to be Wonder Woman' repressed memory of injuring her son
Despite hazy memory, mum accepted responsibility, was sentenced to 9 months' supervision.
Budget 2022: 10 key things - Where the money's gone
Here are the highlights as Grant Robertson announces the Government's plans.
Budget 2022: Health gets $13.2b boost to address inequities, sector reforms
It includes a boost to cover DHB deficits before the new health reforms.
Analysis: Government moves quickly to commit to Hutt Hospital's future
Health Minister to meet with local leaders tonight after building deemed earthquake-prone.
Multimillion-dollar maternity upgrade paused after building deemed quake-prone
The second phase of a $9.47m project to improve maternity care is located in the building.
Surgeries, clinics on hold as thousands of health workers prepare to strike
10,000 Allied Health workers are walking off the job for 24 hours tomorrow.
Woman, 62, hits health worker after 21-hour wait in ED
Emails reveal concerns in NZ's busiest emergency departments.
'The system is so stretched': Nurses, doctors say border changes not enough
"Right now, the whole health system just needs more nurses."