Officials under fire for "not actually taking a stand" on suicide. Warning: Distressing

Govt will leave the response to seven drug deaths to police, PM Bill English says.

A district health board is to launch an investigation into its CEO's spending.

The child and adolescent mental health crisis demands urgency.

Doctors warn a crisis is looming with the dwindling numbers of GPs around the country.

GPs say the Government is pushing too hard, and it's threatening to break them.

EDITORIAL: Study raises questions whether national bowel screening programme is adequate.

The hospital is to be funded by local property developer Mark Dunajtschik.

Mental health managers say the care of intellectually disabled has reached "crisis point".

Around 1 in 10 people with rheumatic fever have stopped getting treatment.

Ana-Carolina, 4, has been living most of her short life in hospital.

Drink distributors have agreed to sell only water in NZ primary and intermediate schools.

A perinatal and maternal mortality report reveals the best results in history.

Government wants to cut the number of sudden infant deaths by nearly 90 per cent.

A man who purported to be a qualified psychologist has withdrawn his guilty pleas.

Officials look at link between digital technologies and demand for mental health services.

The Government's treatment of Hawke's Bay has been miserable says Anna Lorck.

Care and support workers will be paid more than their managers, say employers.

Funding to reduce rheumatic fever in NZ has been halved in this week's Budget.

Tailored support in the Budget for family violence victims and struggling Cantabrians.

Mental health is at the centre of Government's $321 million social investment programme.

Leaked document shows mental health improvement programme proposed last July.

Mental health patients' stories will give most people sleepless nights, one mother says.

Opposition parties reveal what they want to see in the health budget on Thursday.

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.