$15m dialysis and cardiac lab expansion approved for at Middlemore
The new lab would make a difference for more than 100 people each week
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The Government is making moves to reduce the cost pressures on DHBs.
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All Blacks back dying dad's final stand for change
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Blood cancer: Call for better access to new treatments
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Apology to dying man after huge tumour missed by GP
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13 Waikato hospital buildings without WOFs due to fire concerns
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$128m for inmates' mental health and addiction treatment
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A new book says we are failing to identify many girls with autism.
Baby uplift bid: QC questions DHB involvement
QC Russell Fairbrother congratulates outspoken board member for speaking up.
Measles outbreaks means MMR jab at 12 months for Auckland babies
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Letters: Cold comfort for bus travellers
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No delays to bowel screening programme - Ministry
A delay in rolling out the national bowel screening programme could affect thousands.
Cost of the Hawke's Bay junior doctor strikes revealed
Senior doctors were paid an average of $395 per hour to cover junior doctor shifts.
DHB funding 'hardly enough to keep the lights on'
DHBs have not been given enough to keep up with demand, experts say.
Wait-times of 8 hours for mental health help at A&E: Report
The number of people facing long waits for urgent mental health care has risen sharply.
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.
It's confirmed, uni students gain 4kg in first year
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EDITORIAL: Hopes a new commission will be first step in transformational change.
Budget 2019: $12m for rheumatic fever
The money will support Maori and Pacific communities to combat the preventable disease.
Mental health care battle: Stevens whānau seek solution from PM
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