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<i>Geoff Harper:</i> Country's rest home industry leaves a lot to be desired
Geoff Harper asks whether we are warehousing our elderly for profit.
Cough medicine sales to be restricted
Sales restrictions on some cough and cold medicines for children will come into force on May 1 next year.
Patient spikes swamp North Shore Hospital
Patients are being treated in the corridors of North Shore Hospital's A&E because of overcrowding due to winter illnesses.
<i>Gareth Morgan:</i> It's time for medical leaders to step up
Despite our best efforts, the public health system delivers services in an unfair and arbitrary fashion.
First NZ swine flu death this year
A Bay of Plenty woman is believed to be the country's first death from swine flu this year.
<i>Gareth Morgan:</i> Best treatment goes to the loudest
The way the limited resources of our public health system are allocated across those in need is increasingly ad hoc and unfair.
NZers descend on Tuvalu for aid exercise
A double-pronged aid effort is getting up a head of steam in Tuvalu this week, as more than 300 New Zealand Defence Force staff descend on the tiny nation north of Fiji and nearly 4000km from New Zealand.
MP's bill aims for abortion on demand
An MP has taken the controversial step of proposing a new law to legalise abortion on request for women up to 24 weeks pregnant.
Cash injection for Hutt Valley DHB
The Hutt Valley District Health Board is getting a cash injection of $8.6 million.
Prison smoking ban to kick in next July
Corrections Minister Judith Collins today announced prisoners have 12 months to kick the smoking habit before a total ban comes in.