Thousands of lives may have been saved by a six-hour wait time target for hospital EDs.

A baby who was not expected to live after open-heart surgeries has started school.

Super bug threat needs strong response, microbiologists say.

Waikato Hospital is on notice over its training accreditation in orthopaedics.

A scathing report has slammed New Zealand for its overuse of solitary confinement.

Fundraising page set up for family of man hit on pedestrian crossing.

The London High Court ruled this week that it was time to let baby Charlie Gard die.

Christine Brown has been bullied all her life. She's hoping to see that stop.

An Auckland woman has married her sweetheart while waiting for double organ transplant.

Australia has had an outbreak of tuberculosis after a doctor wrongly diagnosed a case.

COMMENT: Wilson Parking collected $98m from its New Zealand parking facilities last year.

A petition is calling for a change to how hospital parking is handled.

Microwave imaging could soon be available for breast screening to detect cancer.

Auckland may be in its worst water crisis for 23 years — but it seems someone forgot to tell the council's development arm, Panuku.

Three-year-old Lily-Grace is knocking off the milestones in spite of dark prognosis.

A couple disguised themselves as hospital staff and visitors to schools before going on a $50,000 spending spree with stolen credit cards.

Starship nurse recounts highs and lows, as part of hospital's 25th birthday.

The heartbroken mum of a baby who died of respiratory failure wants answers after she says only one of eight GP practices referred son to hospital.

Russian media denied that chemical attacks had taken place, depicting rescue workers as jihadist militants and doctors as propagandist purveyors of "fake news".

Extra beds will be allowed in treatment and family rooms from today at one of our major regional hospitals but it has been revealed some clinical leaders did not initially support the move.

The theft of the donated Playstation 4 left one of its youngest users - a boy with a brain tumour - in tears.

Ministry to "review its position" on financial penalties to DHBs for strike-induced surgery delays.

Northland DHB risks losing $1.5 million in elective surgery funding, chief doctor says

Unionised resident doctors are reported to be working through the strike at some hospitals.

Doctors' strike at 18 DHBs to disrupt care for thousands of patients

District health boards are making their final preparations for the three-day strike by unionised resident doctors that starts tomorrow morning.

Most of those injured in yesterday's Tongariro National Park bus crash have been discharged from hospital, tour boss says.

Pulse-oximetry is a quick, painless and safe test for oxygen levels in the blood

Waikato District Health Board is postponing around 500 patients' appointments because of the strike.

A jab for a pregnant woman can protect her baby