Health chiefs are demanding faster action on improved access to state immigration records, so they can tell if patients are entitled to care.

An Auckland mother is outraged that her daughter was 'ripped off' by an accident and medical clinic.

The Cancer Society is concerned for the safety of patients who are being denied chemotherapy because of a shortage of doctors.

NZ's troubled computer system for identifying patients is unable to show if they are eligible for state funding.

The Chief Human Rights Commissioner is 'deeply disappointed' the Crown is to appeal a High Court ruling on caregivers' rights.

The Ministry of Health is to appeal a court ruling that parents caring for disabled adult children are eligible for financial support.

Drug companies tried to get rid of Helen Clark when she was health minister, leaked US Embassy cables claim.

A 21-year-old has suffered a brain haemorrhage after taking two tablets of a legal party pill.

Children's toys and lipsticks are at the centre of an investigation which has found a toy that contains lead 314 times over the allowable limit.

Buyer beware: That's the expert advice for beachgoers wanting a quick fix to brighten their pearly whites for summer.

After two of her children developed rheumatic fever, Te Aroha Teriaki is warning parents to always err on the side of caution.

The husband of Maori Party MP Rahui Katene says he resigned as the head of the Mental Health Commission in 2008 after using commission money for personal spending.

A watchdog has slammed three organisations over the locking up of a alcoholic, 43, in a resthome for more than a year without proper legal authority.

A $5 million a year study has found that 40 per cent of the babies born in Auckland and the Waikato in the past year were "accidents".