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Inspection following psychiatrist's alleged fraud
An inspection of Waikato District Health Board's mental health service has been announced following the arrest of a man working as a psychiatrist.
An inspection of Waikato District Health Board's mental health service has been announced following the arrest of a man working as a psychiatrist.
A report proposing that control of district health boards be removed from elected representatives has been down-played by Prime Minister John Key.
The Minister for Health says he has serious concerns after a health board staffer working as a psychiatrist was fired and arrested for possible identity fraud.
New Zealand ranks well down on the OECD's list of countries with the most hospital beds, but health officials say it's nothing to be concerned about.
Dr Judith Heather Gill, 58, appeared in Auckland District Court this week facing 157 charges of obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception.
An active ingredient in a cream used to treat head lice and scabies has been linked to causing cancer and will be withdrawn from sale in New Zealand.
Nurses will now be stationed at 111 emergency call centres to answer "non-urgent" calls as part of a wide-ranging shakeup which may also give nurses operating national helplines access to patient records.
The Health Minister has dismissed all members of the Southern District Health Board and replaced them with a commissioner.
A mistake by a surgeon during a brain operation caused a "catastrophic bleed", which led to a woman's death, a coroner has ruled.
Year-on-year figures show the number of people hospitalised with pneumonia has consistently increased each year since 2005.
A national programme to address rural depression will be developed in recognition of challenging times for farmers including volatility in milk prices.
A teenager in an induced coma in Wellington will be administered medicinal cannabis after Government approval on compassionate grounds.
Immediate changes to victim notification processes have been made after a man shopping at the supermarket ran into the man who stabbed him.
Undercover surveillance of tanning salons has found nearly half failed to implement key safety checks, a new study shows.
South Auckland is to have a new facility built for patients suffering acute mental illness, at a cost of $53.6 million.
New study suggests Kiwi men diagnosed with prostate cancer die sooner than those in Britain, and part of the reason may be poorly organised treatment.
A second healthcare worker who recently returned from Sierra Leone has tested negative for the Ebola virus.
A second New Zealand healthcare worker is being tested for the Ebola virus after returning from West Africa.
The Asian rate reached 62 per 1000 women aged 15 to 44 in 2012, ahead of the European and other group on 57.
Police say an Auckland Council response to a new law for selling legal highs does not go far enough to protect vulnerable people in the central city.
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The Kiwi nurse who sparked New Zealand's first Ebola scare is relieved to be home.
With more children coming to school hungry, a scientific study will for the first time guage the impact nutrition — or lack of it — has on learning.
Over 70 per cent of elite college rugby players regularly use sports supplements, making them more likely to intentionally dope in the future, a survey finds.