'Patients will die': Fears over colonoscopy delays
Bowel Cancer NZ says Covid's return will worsen already dangerous backlogs.
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Cafe praised for honesty after being visited by family with Covid
Two people with Covid-19 visited several businesses in Rotorua at the weekend.
Editorial: A health system we can depend on and be proud of
Editorial: We deserve much better than the public health service we've been lumped with.
Hospitals stocktake paints dire picture
Many areas of NZs hospitals are in "poor or very poor" shape - report.
'$5 too much to be affordable': Calls for removal of prescription 'tax'
Prescription fee's are not bettering health outcomes, professionals believe.
'Life is tough': When home carer 'lifeline' fails
"The mismanagement in the system is absolutely horrendous," Grey Power says.
Coronavirus sparks racism: 'Send all the Chinese back to where they came from'
'Everyone's bound to be a bit frightened but that's no excuse to be racist.'
Coronavirus: Student in isolation at Auckland Hospital, Govt plans evacuation
A student is in isolation at Auckland Hospital awaiting coronavirus test results.
Fourth person tested for coronavirus in Rotorua
The coronavirus has claimed lives overseas.
Plan to avoid suicide clusters in Rotorua
Twenty-three people died by suicide in the Lakes DHB in the year to June 2019.
Healthy land, healthy people: What the Lakes DHB is doing to be environmentally-friendly
Rotorua Hospital alone produces 360,000kg of waste each year.
Hand-wash hell: Patients at risk because of grubby hospital hygiene
Hand-washing failures spark "huge concern" it's accelerating the spread of deadly bugs.
'Money down the drain': Medication failures costing $280 million
Each year hundreds turn up to ED after being wrongly prescribed medication by a doctor.
Simple, cheap test saves 4 newborns' lives
A cheap, simple test is picking up critical defects in NZ newborns. So what's the catch?
Unhealthy homes: Mould, leaks, disease making people dangerously sick
Since Healthy Homes began in Rotorua in 2014 it has responded to more than 830 referrals.
Auckland surgeons snare $1m pay packets
Four Auckland surgeons with packages topping $1 million.
Junior doctors' strike starts today: What you need to know
From 7am tomorrow hospitals nationwide are without 3300 junior doctors for 48 hours.
Rotorua group working to reinstate rescue helicopter
Rescue helicopters in Taupō, Tauranga and Hamilton, began servicing Rotorua six weeks ago.
Figures reveal rising number of teen drug overdoses
The figures show just how many drug overdose patients were 18 and under.
Paul Little: Our health system shames us all
COMMENT: Hospitals are run down, understaffed and inadequate.
'Nobody cared at all': Woman forced to give birth alone to stillborn child speaks
The woman, who had no medical help, is still suffering from PTSD six months on.
Nurse strikes: DHBs offer three 3% pay rises over 18 months
DHBs say they have doubled their offer to nurses to settle pay negotiations.
Rotorua locals rally for their rescue chopper
Rotorua came together for a meeting about proposed changes to the air ambulance service.
Rest home access by postcode: report
"This can have serious consequences for their health."
Man in isolation for 115 days in hospital
More than 10,000 Kiwis end up in isolation each year with the longest a 115-day spell
Cancer patients face Christmas wait
Cancer patients are having to wait months for treatment as hospitals struggle to keep up.
Volunteers needed for smoking cessation trial
Smokers who are Maori or whanau of Maori can be part of the free trial to quit the habit.
DHB computer system down after fire
It could be at least three days before the DHB's computer system is back up and running.
Protesters march on hospital over cuts
Ngati Whakaue hikoi to Rotorua Hospital protesting the end of Hunga Manaaki service.
Maori nursing graduates living their dream
100 per cent of Toi Ohomai nurses who graduated last month are fully employed.
Almost 10,000 patients harmed by hospitals
International research suggests half could have been avoided or minimised.
Waikato: Waits to see specialists too long
Waikato DHB breached national targets in October and November for the number of patients waiting too long to see a specialist.
Mental health help wait times 'appalling'
New data showing an increase in long wait times for youth patients needing mental health help has been labelled "appalling" by a local
Coroner: Cause of man's death unknown
A coroner has been unable to determine the cause of death of a Rotorua mental health patient - a man his mother believes "slipped