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Dame Val puts in huge support for the Middlemore Hospital Foundation.
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Study finds 'notably higher' amputations for people living in most deprived areas in region
Audit of five major hospitals show amputations were common for Māori and Pasifika.
Cardiac 'crisis' in hospitals, plea for Pharmac to cover heart failure drugs
Heart drugs that add more than eight years of additional life aren't funded.
Kiwi doctor swaps medicine for truck driving
The stress of being a doctor is so bad 'nobody wants to do it' Jeff Kai Fong says.
Builders want government help to smooth troughs of construction industry
While consents are down 29%, more trained builders will be needed soon in Northland.
'A void in our house': Father of four dies before Pharmac funding breakthrough
Clark's family collected aluminium cans to sell as scrap for his medicine.
Auckland Hospital's elsewhere invitation to pregnant women: ‘Disturbing’ or ‘long-overdue’?
'I think it is really inappropriate … I find the letter disturbing,' says expert.
Building fire ‘not suspicious’
The cause of the fire was undetermined but "likely to have been electrical".
Hiring freeze: Doctor jobs unfilled as Health NZ cost-cutting bites
Doctors had job applications paused at the reference-checking stage, or delayed for weeks.
Hospital knife attack leaves guards slashed, nurses injured
Man at Sydney hospital allegedly slashed and assaulted several staff.
Auckland Hospital tells women to expect to be discharged 3-4 hours after giving birth
A maternity advocate says the letter sent to expectant mums is 'manipulative'.
Thomas Coughlan: Think the Budget is over? $85 billion says you’re wrong
OPINION: Details of the biggest health spend-up in NZ's history are imminent.
Illegally brewed liquor kills at least 34 in India
More than 100 drinkers are hospitalised, with some in critical condition.
Person critically injured after 'incident' on Auckland's North Shore
Emergency services went to a recreational facility on Shea Terrace.
Nursing graduates 'at a loss' after alleged hospital hiring 'freeze'
Health NZ denies it has stopped hiring following outrage from nursing unions.
Delayed 150-bed Auckland hospital wing will lead to no extra surgeries, staff furious
North Shore Hospital's Tōtara Haumaru building has been sitting empty for months.
Health watchdog taking years to investigate complaints - amid ‘significant pressure’
Covid backlog, ancient IT system part of problem, but upgrade request for latter rejected.
Ministry of Health confirms final job cut tally
The Ministry of Health held an all-staff meeting on the plan this morning.
'It was truly awful': Witness rushed to help child hit by vehicle
The incident happened just after 3pm on Tuesday.
Man suffering heart attack told he had chest infection, 2hr wait for ambulance
A St John call operator told the man he had a chest infection.
Child critically injured after being struck by vehicle in Canterbury
The child was transported to Christchurch Hospital in a critical condition.
Rescuer runs into Lake Taupō to save driver, then performs CPR
An arborist trained in CPR says he and others went into 'reactive mode' to save the man.
Woman dies from stage four cancer after DHB's systemic failures
The post-menopausal woman had been bleeding on and off for five years.
'Jump the queue': C-section private surgery quota at Auckland Hospital ongoing dispute
The proposed rules come after years of tension centred on high c-section rates.
Homicide investigation launched after 10-month-old baby dies
'We believe these injuries were not accidental.'
‘Last option before they switch him to palliative care’: Brave little boy's three-year cancer fight
Family putting hope in CAR T-cell therapy, but need funds to get them to Melbourne.
Who owns Smith & Caughey’s? What now for $120m fortune?
Names behind one of New Zealand's oldest retail dynasties: what next for them?
When Covid and the flu collide – is our healthcare system ready?
OPINION: A double-whammy of illnesses may deliver New Zealand its sickest winter yet.
‘I won’t be able to make it to Germany’: Young law student’s plea for surgery in NZ
Not everyone has the means to raise $180,000 to travel overseas for surgery, student says.
Boy with chronic lung issues scales Tongariro Alpine Crossing
Priests were called to Aiden's bedside. Now he wants to give back to those who helped him.
‘Outrageous’ difference in fees charged to cancer patients by private clinics
Some patients regularly travel long distances to access cheaper private care.
GP sounds alarm over hospital delays: ‘We don’t know what the real wait time is’
Patients are told they'll be seen in six weeks, but wait months.
Whanganui doctors strike for third time in a month
'Junior doctors work 32 hours in a 48-hour period over the weekend.'
Blood service strike: urgent hospital surgeries postponed; surgeons to warn ‘no guarantee of blood transfusion’
Patients told: "I cannot guarantee you will be able to receive a blood transfusion".