New ZealandSpecialists to help in hospital strikeDHBs planning for life-preserving services during resident doctor strike04 Oct 07:24 AM
New ZealandResident doctors to strikeUnion says resident doctors' working hours are unsafe.03 Oct 03:19 AM
New ZealandHealth cuts cause long-term concernGabrielle Stuart looked at what five years of belt-tightening for the CDHB could look like for the community.02 Oct 09:36 PM
New ZealandMeningococcal cases 'probably linked'Hundreds of people in Auckland and Otago are being given preventive antibiotics15 Sep 03:50 AM
WorldMum forced kids to have unnecessary surgeryA mother who forced her children to undergo unnecessary surgery in order to orchestrate England's biggest ever benefit fraud, has been jailed.15 Aug 08:37 PM
New ZealandTwelve Questions with Dr David GallerIn his new book Things That Matter, Middlemore Hospital intensive care specialist Dr David Galler discusses stories of life and death including his mother.08 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandBaby boy burned by coffeeA 1-year-old baby boy was this morning burned after pouring a cup of hot coffee over himself. The incident happened at Gulf Harbour28 Jul 09:58 PM
New ZealandInjured toddler taken to hospitalA 20-month-old boy was taken to hospital suffering moderate injuries in Auckland this afternoon.28 Jul 03:09 AM
New ZealandMaternity mayhem brings call for limitsBehaviour by supporters of women in labour have prompted calls at one hospital delivery suite to limit the number of family members attending a birth.20 Jul 05:00 PM
New Zealand90 minute delay for ambulance in WestportA Westport family had to take their elderly relative to Buller Hospital on Tuesday night because a St John ambulance couldn't come for 90 minutes.15 Jul 05:30 PM
SportRugby player battling rare form of cancerUto Enosi Tuipulotu came to Akaroa to support his family back in Tonga, but now is in Christchurch Hospital battling a rare form of cancer.06 Jul 08:00 PM
SportWatch NZ Herald Focus: 180 die in flooding in China More than 180 people have died in flooding along the Yangtze River in China after torrential rain. Eleven million dollars is going being pumped into Dunedin Hospital, for a new critical care unit. Watch04 Jul 06:28 PM
New ZealandMan in serious condition after electrical accidentA man in his 60s who was injured in an electrical accident at a Christchurch fertiliser plant remains in intensive care at Middlemore Hospital.20 Jun 08:17 PM
New ZealandFire crews battle blaze at Ascot in AucklandSeven fire crews are battling a fire at a women's clinic in Auckland.17 Jun 03:59 AM
New ZealandCinderella visit for brave little princessFive-year-old Saoirse Gaffney went to the doctor with a sore tummy last month, only to be told she had an extremely rare cancer.08 Jun 05:36 AM
New ZealandPatient transfers skyrocket on West CoastThe number of West Coast orthopaedic patients transferred to Christchurch has skyrocketed despite assurances "less than a dozen" would occur each year.03 Jun 05:30 PM
New Zealand'We're not free for everyone'Waitakere Hospital has hit back at an urban Maori authority which urged sick people to avoid expensive after-hours clinics by going straight to the free ED.01 Jun 05:30 PM
New ZealandGovt puts $9.7m into Greymouth HospitalThe Government today top-up after subcontractor prices came back higher than expected.27 May 05:30 PM
New ZealandHope for spinal patientsMiddlemore Hospital has been designated a National Spinal Cord Impairment Centre, and has bought a new O-Arm and Navigation machine.09 Apr 05:00 PM
New ZealandDr argues for booze 'lock-out' laws"Terrible" alcohol-fuelled violence that requires police dogs and Tasers to deal with is an example of why stricter booze controls are needed.07 Mar 12:15 AM
New ZealandThousands missing out on surgeryUnder a new measurement system, it is estimated that between 60,000 and 80,000 patients are being sent back to their GP for care each year.06 Mar 10:00 PM
New ZealandDHB funds short for nurses' pay riseDocuments released to the Labour Party showed the funding gap at these DHBs ranged between $500,000 and nearly $2 million.29 Feb 04:00 PM
EditorialEditorial: Health savings good idea but brave politicsTo demand "savings" from the country's district health boards is good economics but brave politics.16 Feb 04:00 PM
New ZealandHealth staff owed $450m in holidaysMinister Coleman labelled 'cowardly' over refusal to comment on DHB leave blowout.16 Feb 10:39 AM
New ZealandNew outpatient facility gets green lightA new outpatient facility will be completed in 2018 and is to be located directly opposite Christchurch Hospital.01 Feb 12:55 AM
New Zealand'Discriminated' for being Maori, skaterA mother says a hospital discriminated against her injured son by sending him home with fractured facial bones, saying they would probably heal by themselves.15 Jan 03:21 AM
New ZealandPatients unaware staff prying in filesMore than 70 upper North Island health workers have been disciplined for snooping into patients' records in the past three years.01 Jan 04:00 PM
New ZealandSanta nets a helper at StarshipChristmas has come early for sick kids at Starship as Maria Tutaia delivered a special supply of New World's "Little Christmas" collectibles.28 Nov 04:00 PM
New ZealandDrunk patients 'health emergency'Results from a ground-breaking study into the rate of alcohol-related harm in NZ and Australian emergency departments point to a "public health emergency".23 Nov 04:00 PM
LifestyleToddler's life saved as aunt donates liverFamily and doctors at Sydney's Westmead Children's Hospital feared the precious 2yo was hours from death after suffering liver failure 2 weeks ago.21 Nov 04:00 PM
New ZealandExhaustion woes at hospitalsFrontline workers at Auckland District Health Board are complaining of under-staffing, exhaustion and unpaid overtime.07 Nov 04:00 PM
New ZealandFatal motorcycle crash in Upper HuttA motorcyclist who crashed into a power pole in Upper Hutt today has died. The crash happened on Fergusson Drive, near St Patrick's College, about 2.20pm.07 Oct 04:30 PM
New ZealandStarship in norovirus crisisAn outbreak of a highly contagious bug at Starship Hospital has forced sick children into isolation meaning families have been ordered to stay away.26 Sep 11:49 PM
New ZealandProvincial hospitals face scrutinyThree provincial North Island hospitals have unexpectedly high death rates, according to data released to the Herald after a two-year wait.23 Sep 05:00 PM
