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![Herald podcast host wins media award for weight loss surgery investigation](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=790)
Herald podcast host wins media award for weight loss surgery investigation
Chewing the Facts explored the myths around obesity, fatness and weight loss.
![Pharmac Minister won't guarantee National’s 13 cancer drugs will be funded](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=790)
Pharmac Minister won't guarantee National’s 13 cancer drugs will be funded
David Seymour's comments put him at odds with the Health Minister.
![Health watchdog taking years to investigate complaints - amid ‘significant pressure’](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=790)
Health watchdog taking years to investigate complaints - amid ‘significant pressure’
Covid backlog, ancient IT system part of problem, but upgrade request for latter rejected.
![Health Ministry staff fire back at pay freeze; changes to Suicide Prevention Office revealed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=790)
Health Ministry staff fire back at pay freeze; changes to Suicide Prevention Office revealed
A lump-sum payment is instead being delivered, based on staff performance.
![Ministry of Health confirms final job cut tally](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=790)
Ministry of Health confirms final job cut tally
The Ministry of Health held an all-staff meeting on the plan this morning.
![‘I won’t be able to make it to Germany’: Young law student’s plea for surgery in NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=790)
‘I won’t be able to make it to Germany’: Young law student’s plea for surgery in NZ
Not everyone has the means to raise $180,000 to travel overseas for surgery, student says.
![Govt invests $30m to improve access to X-rays, CT scans and ultrasounds](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=790)
Govt invests $30m to improve access to X-rays, CT scans and ultrasounds
The Government is putting $30m towards free and timely access to radiology services.
![Luxon calls Te Pāti Māori claims 'pretty concerning', Stats NZ launches probe](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=790)
Luxon calls Te Pāti Māori claims 'pretty concerning', Stats NZ launches probe
Stats NZ is investigating allegations of misuse of Census data.
![GP sounds alarm over hospital delays: ‘We don’t know what the real wait time is’](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=790)
GP sounds alarm over hospital delays: ‘We don’t know what the real wait time is’
Patients are told they'll be seen in six weeks, but wait months.
![Pseudoephedrine cold and flu medicines back on shelves](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=790)
Pseudoephedrine cold and flu medicines back on shelves
Associate Minister David Seymour said there would be safeguards in place.
![Psychotic Mt Albert killer detained as special patient as family remember student victim](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=790)
Psychotic Mt Albert killer detained as special patient as family remember student victim
Friends and family of Tom Coombes told the killer of their anguish at a hearing today.
!['Reducing by stealth': Patients months overdue to see medical specialists](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=790)
'Reducing by stealth': Patients months overdue to see medical specialists
A GP worries the initiative is 'reducing the waitlist by stealth'.
![Pharmacies investigated for allegedly giving unnecessary immunisations](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=790)
Pharmacies investigated for allegedly giving unnecessary immunisations
At one pharmacy, elderly patients getting a flu shot were also given child vaccinations.
![Northland nurses 'drowning' in work call for safer staffing levels](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=790)
Northland nurses 'drowning' in work call for safer staffing levels
One Whangārei nurse says the mental health of her over-worked colleagues is a concern.
![Bowel cancer rates rise in under-50s, calls for lower screening age](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=790)
Bowel cancer rates rise in under-50s, calls for lower screening age
Govt will lower the bowel cancer screening age to 55.
![Disability ministry didn't warn of funding changes because of concern about last-minute spend-up](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=790)
Disability ministry didn't warn of funding changes because of concern about last-minute spend-up
Newly released documents shed light on the leadup to the shock funding changes in March.
![Family lays complaint after 22-year-old dies suddenly in Middlemore Hospital](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=790)
Family lays complaint after 22-year-old dies suddenly in Middlemore Hospital
The family claimed Jaydyn Barnett was ready to go home but died suddenly after a fall.
![‘My life denied’: The cost of cancer treatment delays - a special investigation](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=790)
‘My life denied’: The cost of cancer treatment delays - a special investigation
Big read: How one woman was caught in a scandal of overwhelmed cancer services.
![Disability ministry’s problems revealed in confidential memo](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=790)
Disability ministry’s problems revealed in confidential memo
The Government is expected to confirm a review of Whaikaha today.
![Targets proposed to shrink healthcare wait times to cost $723m](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=790)
Targets proposed to shrink healthcare wait times to cost $723m
Labour says the proposed cost signals the expense required to reduce treatment delays.
![‘I feel the bones grating’: Man left in agony as surgeries delayed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=790)
‘I feel the bones grating’: Man left in agony as surgeries delayed
Bob Menzies has been waiting for a knee replacement for more than four years.