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Dysfunctional patchwork of solutions needs to be replaced.
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What the Government's health shake-up could mean for Whanganui
Mixed views from MPs to major health overhaul
Health shake-up: Wellington health bosses ready to work with Govt
New Zealand's 20 DHBs will be replaced by one national body from July next year.
Richard Prebble: Andrew Little's health reforms will achieve little
Here's a bold idea for change: Make it legal for Māori to use cannabis.
Report: Māori youth more likely to die than non-Māori following major trauma
DHBs urged to review whether institutional racism and unconscious bias isn't the cause.
Woman dies from sepsis following poor care by rest home
Rest home's incompetence meant the woman suffered in her final days.
Maternity shake-up: Pregnant women may have to pay for urgent doctor visits
GPs say the plan would have "serious unintended consequences" for women and babies.
Hospital overload: Patients forced to wait in the back of ambulance at EDs
The waits are occurring at Auckland, Middlemore and Christchurch hospitals.
Exclusive: Gross understaffing, bullying and dysfunction at major hospital
Waikato DHB tried to keep expert panel's extraordinary findings from the public.
St John failing to meet response time targets: 90yo waits three hours after cat attack
"The whole kitchen floor was awash with blood. I thought, 'am I bleeding to death?'"
'Tsunami of patients': NZ hospitals in crisis after biggest January, February on record
One hospital declared a code black yesterday after reaching capacity.
Middlemore Hospital's emergency department 'cannot cope' with demand, worker says
Serious staffing shortages are now impacting on the treatment of patients, a worker says.
Code black at Dunedin Hospital: 'Avoid ED if possible'
SDHB chief executive said the hospital was doing its best to deal with heavy demand.
Guns, gangs, and hospitals: Nearly 40 people admitted in five years
Most people were shot in the abdomen but fingers and toes also came into the crosshairs.
Exclusive: How 'vulnerable' hospital services will change
Services have been flagged as vulnerable: what that means, and how they could change.
How maternity services could change at Auckland Hospital after four mothers died
Radical changes could be on the way for maternity services at Auckland City Hospital.
Exclusive: Auckland DHB set to overhaul maternity services; investigations into deaths of mothers find problems
"Lack of access or co-ordination of care" was a notable finding in three of the deaths.
Orderly fashion: From All Black captain to pushing hospital beds
Stu Wilson can now add another name to the list of teams he has represented.
Study shock: Private health patients costing public system millions every year
Millions of public dollars spent on follow-up care for private patients.
'Fatigue, burnout' as DHBs stretched to limit - union
Short staffing and underfunding have left District Health Boards at tipping point.
Covid vaccinations at Eden Park? Hipkins opens up on jab options
Where you could be offered a vaccine, and how that information will be recorded.
Expiration dates and 'inevitable' computer glitches: What challenges our historic vaccine roll out
"There will be glitches along the way, but I think the key building blocks are there."
Lockdown mums left frightened, alone in hospital with calls for help unanswered
Medication wasn't given on time or was left out of reach, the women say.
Women who gave birth in lockdown felt 'abandoned, alone and devastated'
"I cried the whole night," one new mother said of her hospital stay.
Maternity tragedy: Health board 'deeply sorry' over mum's death
Review of death of Auckland mum and newborn leads to raft of changes to maternity care.
Police apology: Cyclist alive after collision with car in Taupō
The crash happened on Friday morning and police said the cyclist has been hospitalised.
Hospitals stretched for beds, spike in demand over holiday period
Middlemore is blaming the surge on post-holiday injuries and health checks.
Covid deniers 'don't care who's dying'
A British doctor has revealed some of the callous comments from coronavirus deniers.
Covid-19 coronavirus: China builds hospital in five days after surge in virus cases
A similar programme of rapid hospital construction was launched a year ago in Wuhan.
Covid-19 coronavirus: Oxygen supplies dwindle in the Amazon rainforest
Patients in overloaded hospitals waited as oxygen arrived to save some, but not all.
Hokitika councillor's brush with death after freak lawnmower accident
A small stone, flicked off a blade, nearly killed Hokitika councillor Latham Martin.
Kiwi nurse in UK concerned about NZ response to Covid strain
"They don't understand the stress of it, the urgency. Life seems to go on in New Zealand."
'Tragic': Mental health disorders linked to deadly physical illness
Researchers examined 3.2 million New Zealander's hospital records.
Revealed: Costly car parking - how your hospital compares
How does the cost of car parking at your hospital compare?