A Kiwi man has been awarded more than $6 million in compensation after being left brain damaged due to inadequate hospital care in Britain.

Hospital staff are being punched, kicked, spat on, bitten and verbally abused daily on the job - and the problem is getting worse.

Audiologist Julie Hill said hearing aids are not “valuables”, they are essential tools that people need to hear.

The family of a 101-year-old woman say her $2000 hearing aid was stolen from her ear as she slept in a hospital bed, but the hospital says it was lost.

An estimated 2500 people showed up to protest proposed funding cuts to Oamaru hospital today.

One of the country's largest training centres for intensive care specialists has lost its accreditation amid reports of bullying and harassment.

William Longbottom jokes that his new thumb looks "a bit Frankensteinish" because, after all, it is really a toe.

Nurses will now be stationed at 111 emergency call centres to answer "non-urgent" calls as part of a wide-ranging shakeup which may also give nurses operating national helplines access to patient records.

A little boy who died after suffering head injuries has given the gift of life to three people.

Kiwi inventor Sir Ray Avery is getting help from dozens of artists around the world to raise money for lifesaving baby incubators.

Three eateries with tables on the footpath of Park Rd opposite Auckland City Hospital are going smokefree outdoors from tomorrow, World Smokefree Day.

The death of a woman who was part of a Middlemore Hospital study will be analysed afresh by a coroner, 11 years after her death.

For Maori and other ethnicities, the rates have declined, producing a widening gap in health-care inequalities which is of concern, say researchers.

Tech company Orion Health says its latest $61m loss is in line with its strategy to grow revenue before profits.

More than a quarter of ear, nose and throat patients who need surgery are being turned away from the overloaded Dunedin Hospital department, a letter released under the Official Information Act shows.

Dunedin police are investigating after a Palmerston baby was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

A quirky fundraising campaign involving giant decorative eggs has raised more than $200,000 for the Starship Foundation.

Fish and chips and ham sandwiches may be off the menu for visitors and staff at Wairarapa Hospital.

A midwife has admitted failings that contributed to the death of a newborn baby during a birth that almost claimed the life of his mother too.

District health boards that do heart surgery cannot produce reliable comparisons of individual surgeons' patient complication and death rates.

The father of a man who was found dead in the Waikato River has lashed out at a mental health facility following the escape of two more men.

Been bitten by a venomous snake, nipped by a deadly spider or are suffering the unpleasant symptoms of cyanide poisoning?

Dr Sue Fleming is director of women’s health at Auckland District Health Board. She has been a trailblazing leader in the traditionally male domain of obstetrics and gynaecology.

The family of a man whose body was found in the Waikato River have made a precedent-setting plea for legal funding to investigate his death.

An ointment used to treat common childhood skin infections is driving the rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

Warning: Graphic images. Victim's right ear was almost severed during fight with another woman at bar in Auckland.

Guests at Robert Mugabe's million-dollar birthday party were fed a young elephant, while a lion and a crocodile were also sacrificed as gifts to be stuffed.