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Ban on P ingredient at least a year away
A promised Government crackdown on the main ingredient in the drug P is likely to be at least a year away.
A promised Government crackdown on the main ingredient in the drug P is likely to be at least a year away.
A doctor who severed an artery in a boy's penis during circumcision may face disciplinary action.
Eight families who say they need help to look after their disabled children have been left waiting almost a year for a decision by the Human Rights Review Tribunal.
Nearly 100 patients died after "serious" incidents in public hospitals during the year to June 30, according to a report out today.
Drinking water flowing to almost one in six New Zealanders either failed to reach health standards or escaped testing during 2007/08.
Angelina Jolie's dad, actor Jon Voight, has denounced our health system as causing "many deaths"
DHB chiefs are bracing themselves to make deep cuts to their services next year after receiving Government indications their funding will slip.
Labtests failed to diagnose cancer in tissue taken from a patient with a history of malignant melanoma.
A report for the Cancer Society says treatment of the preventable disease costs the health system more than $57m.
A mentally ill patient restrained in solitary confinement for almost six years is one of several disturbing cases the Ombudsmen have uncovered.