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DHBs miss five of six ministry targets
The latest Ministry of Health targets are a mixed bag this quarter.
The latest Ministry of Health targets are a mixed bag this quarter.
Breast Screen New Zealand's 0800 line has been inundated since it sent out a text in error
Health needs $1.1billion in extra funding just to maintain current care.
If Philip Morris wanted to reduce harm they would stop selling cigarettes, expert says.
The source of E. coli contamination at two Waiheke schools is still unknown.
A $59.2 million boost will be delivered over four years to eliminate single crewing.
COMMENT: Worse still it meant for many with a smart phone they became more isolated.
Thousands of lives may have been saved by a six-hour wait time target for hospital EDs.
Infants will have to be enrolled with a GP within six weeks under a proposed law change.
An Australian legal victory could pave the way for plain packaging in other countries.
Pharmac could soon fund new treatments for insomnia, HIV, Hep C and others.
A tobacco company claims its rival is selling a product illegally.
NZ's consumer watchdog found many products weren't backed with scientific evidence.
Tauranga company DLish Hangi has been fined $30,000 for possessing black market seafood
Dawn Picken talks to patients and doctors about the process of treating the Big C.
Calls for tighter regulations on E-cigarettes - including a minimum purchasing age of 21.
Family of teen who brought traffic to a standstill on Friday have spoken of their pain.
Concerns about bacteria in Havelock water supply raised two months before E. coli outbreak
"To get any help you need to have your child harm themselves or harm other children."
About 1.25 million does of the flu vaccine were distributed in New Zealand last year.
IHC has signalled it will stop providing home support, contract board and foster care.
A lack of funding has forced a charity to end it's autism education programmes.
COMMENT: The public can't protect itself if it's left completely in the dark.
Govt will not introduce a formal policy to protect medical cannabis users.
Health authorities took a week to report a typhoid victim has died.
Two people have been charged over alleged kickbacks at two Manukau Maori organisations.
Disease spread by a common source, but this is yet to be confirmed, officials said.
Pharmac has funded two new drugs targeting advanced melanoma.
Ten people have been hospitalised with typhoid in Auckland.
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