2020 stocktake found health IT systems vulnerable
The DHBs also lacked skilled IT staff to focus on security, a report found.
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'Patients will die': Fears over colonoscopy delays
Bowel Cancer NZ says Covid's return will worsen already dangerous backlogs.
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.
'They just had no respect for us': Police admit trying to take dead child's body
"I don't know how I'm coping but our son's home now."
Hospitals stocktake paints dire picture
Many areas of NZs hospitals are in "poor or very poor" shape - report.
'I felt like I was killing him': Dying dad left alone for 10 days
"It was absolutely disgusting my dad was left alone in hospital," daughter says.
Man with terminal cancer loses 'precious days' in hospital wait
Delays at Palmerston North Hospital have proved painful for cancer sufferer.
Family tragedy: Their dad is dying, but sisters aren't allowed to visit
Dying Dad goes home just in time to be with his loved ones but daughters want changes.
Coronavirus: No isolation facilities in some areas in NZ
"If needed patients could be transferred to other centres able to provide complex care."
'Major risk': Rundown hospitals need $14 billion fix
Most DHBs have listed major infrastructure problems as a risk to patients and staff.
Letters: Thoughts on Majestic Square
Relocate the Peter Snell statue to Majestic Square. It's too far from the madding crowd.
Rest-home shame: Resident breaks wrist in rough handling
New details about complaints made to DHBs show list of failings.
Junior doctors' strike starts today: What you need to know
From 7am tomorrow hospitals nationwide are without 3300 junior doctors for 48 hours.
Child with meningococcal disease admitted to Palmerston North Hospital
Health authorities following up on others who might have been in contact with patient.
Doctors' horror: Kids with maggots in scalps and rotting teeth
"In a developed country like New Zealand, we can make choices...," paediatrician tells.
Nurse strikes: DHBs offer three 3% pay rises over 18 months
DHBs say they have doubled their offer to nurses to settle pay negotiations.
WDHB appoints two ophthalmologists
They have secured their services despite huge demand worldwide and across New Zealand.
Rest home access by postcode: report
"This can have serious consequences for their health."
Premature baby's care: MidCentral DHB slammed
The MidCentral DHB has been ordered to apologise to a family over a baby's care.
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
DHB chiefs spend $1.2m public money
District health board chief executives spend $1.2 million in three years on the taxpayer.
Cancer patients face Christmas wait
Cancer patients are having to wait months for treatment as hospitals struggle to keep up.
MidCentral DHB in breach of health code
Care of diabetic woman which ended in stillbirth of her baby prompts review of DHB.
Almost 10,000 patients harmed by hospitals
International research suggests half could have been avoided or minimised.
Watch NZH Local Focus: Edna Pei - why my brother shot at police stations
Edna Pei reveals in an exclusive interview, why her brother shot at police stations in Palmerston North in 2015. She says the MidCentral District Health Board pushed him over the edge. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Watch NZH Local Focus: Edna Pei - why my brother shot at police stations
Edna Pei reveals in an exclusive interview, why her brother shot at police stations in Palmerston North in 2015. She says the MidCentral District Health Board pushed him over the edge. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
DHB, GP and anaesthetist 'breached code'
A general practitioner, an anaesthetist and the MidCentral DHB have breached the health code after a man with cancer died when a referral for further scans was misplaced.
Girl hit by truck transferred to Starship
A young girl hit by a truck in Palmerston North yesterday morning has been transferred to Starship Hospital.
Widow, 96, faces losing home care
A 96-year-old woman may be left to vacuum, change her sheets and do her own washing if her home support is ripped away from her.
Urology patient concerned by constant travel
A Whanganui cancer patient has had to make five return trips to Palmerston North in a month for treatment that he said was previously
'He doesn't even know he's in prison'
Foisting a young man who has serious challenges on the criminal justice system was not appropriate, a judge said today.
Environmentalists' election tactics questioned
Across the region returned regional councillors weren't impressed with some of the tactics employed by environmentalists, Dannevirke's
Syphilis spike in Manawatu
New Zealand has had an increase in the number of syphilis cases, with a spike in the Midcentral region over the last few weeks. Syphilis
Gastro outbreak: 'DHB coping well'
The Hawke's Bay District Health Board is operating well despite increasing demands caused by the gastro outbreak, the Ministry of Health says.