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Private hospital funding risky: Labour
Plans by the Northland DHB to privately fund an extension to Whangarei Hospital will only lead to taxpayers footing the bill if the deal sours, says Labour.
Disparity in hospital waiting lists
The number of patients waiting for skin cancer surgery at Dunedin Hospital increased 64 per cent in the past year, while Southland Hospital halved its waiting list.
Baby kidnapper had 'no evil intent'
A woman who kidnapped a newborn baby from hospital to convince her partner she had given birth has been banned from having unsupervised access to babies.
Stabbing victim charged with assault
A man stabbed in the chest during a midnight incident in a central Auckland park has been released from hospital and charged with assault.
Two men in hospital after knife attack
One man was stabbed in the chest and another cut on his face during a midnight attack in a central Auckland park.
Brave burns girl breathes again
Arna Hopkins still has a long road ahead to recovery, but her family are celebrating the fact the three-year-old is finally able to breathe on her own.
Eel-up-bum patient's privacy breached
Hospital bosses have launched an investigation into a breach of patient privacy after details of an eel getting stuck up a man's bottom were made public.
Hospital staff fall ill with norovirus
Nine Tauranga hospital staff have caught a highly contagious stomach bug, with an outbreak of norovirus at the hospital.
Communication helps save lives
In NZ, as in many other nations, more than half of adults have difficulty navigating the health system, writes Susan Reid
Bernard Hickey: Sickly storm brews over healthcare, pension costs
What will our health system look like in 2060 if we change none of the entitlements or the way they're paid for?
Reducing the hospital death rate
Waikato District Health Board leaders do not hide from their hospitals' unenviable status as having one of the highest death rates in the country.
‘I can’t forgive her’: Mum
The mother of a newborn baby kidnapped from her hospital crib has described her terror at thinking the child was gone forever.
Mother died despite clot scan
Natalie Rae died from a blood clot the day after being discharged from a Counties Manukau DHB hospital following a series of scans that were negative for clots.
Our hospital death-rates
A Herald investigation has found hundreds of lives each year would be saved if some of NZ's highest public hospital death rates were lowered to those of better-performing health boards.