Usual winter increase in cases continues into spring, with no signs of slowdown.

A mentally ill patient restrained in solitary confinement for almost six years is one of several disturbing cases the Ombudsmen have uncovered.

NHS whistleblowers are routinely gagged in order to cover up dangerous and even dishonest practices that could attract bad publicity and damage a hospital's reputation.

A teenager was clinging to life last night as six crashes in 20 hours left one person dead and 15 needing hospital treatment.

Investors in a $286.2 million listed medical property business demanded information yesterday about a takeover by ANZ.

Patients needing urgent medical care are being turned away from Waitakere Hospital as the hospital struggles with staff shortages.

A large water rat attacked a woman as she lay in her bed, after she had mistaken the animal for her three-legged cat.

Auckland District Health Board and the Coroner are investigating the death of a 68-year-old woman's hospital death which has left her family mystified.