Ailing workers might find it tougher to get a medical certificate from their doctor after a review into how the certificates are issued.

A doctor suffering from bipolar disorder who was suspended from practising in New South Wales after a catalogue of errors has returned to work as a GP in New Zealand.

A Tauranga emergency department doctor convicted for healthcare fraud in the US says he was coerced into pleading guilty.

A well-paid doctor has been sentenced in court for attempting to squeeze a little more money out of ACC.

A Wellington doctor has been suspended after he admitted having 50,000 pornographic pictures of young girls on his computer.

A medical recruitment company claims to have seen a 300 per cent rise in New Zealand doctors leaving to find better pay in Australia in the last year.

A Nigerian drug smuggler who duped authorities to get a job in NZ as a hospital psychiatrist came across as friendly but secretive, acquaintances say.

A Nigerian drug smuggler who fooled immigration officials to get a job as a hospital psychiatrist was yesterday jailed for 16 months.

Health authorities have tightened rules around the monitoring of overseas-trained doctors, following concerns being expressed for several years over supervision.