Hospices struggling as costs skyrocket
Hospice sector calling for an increase in baseline funding for hospices from government.
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Health workers' industrial action starts tomorrow, DHB offer hopes to avoid strike
Disruption will vary around the country when health workers take industrial action.
'We live in a man's world': NZ lags behind other countries in women's health
"When we look at systems of all sorts around the world we see inequality for women."
Doctors told her she was just overweight - turns out, she had ovarian cancer
'Something needs to change, you can't just push it away as women's problems.'
'Women let down by system': ACC pays out $27m to women harmed by health treatment
'There are so many areas that could be improved to better [women's] outcomes," GP says.
'Just part of being a woman': How our health system ignores and neglects female patients - and what can be done about it
'I kept thinking maybe I'm just being weak, maybe I just need to harden up...'
Drug money used to fund anti-drug initiatives
New Zealand's criminals have helped pay for a range of community programmes this year.
Years of agony waiting for surgery
Some sufferers have spent years in pain while hoping for life-changing procedures.
Surgery backlog: 'Trucking people around the country'
There are 27,000 people waiting over four months for surgery, triple that before Covid-19.
'I don't want to live my life in pain': Why Aleisha had a hysterectomy at age 22
"I didn't feel believed and felt like doctors thought I was over-exaggerating."
'I can't even walk properly': Mum's $30K loan for hysterectomy to end pain
Her pain was so bad she would regularly faint at work.
'Pain is seen as a weakness so you push it aside': Ex Olympian's endometriosis battle
"I started to think I was being dramatic or crazy," cycling champ says.
'I felt like I'd failed as a parent': Mum speaks out about traumatic births
Monique Cross says she was repeatedly dismissed by health professionals.
'I was treated like a drug-seeker': Mum goes undiagnosed for a decade
Emma says she was repeatedly sent home from ED feeling like no one believed her suffering.
'I did start to feel suicidal': Endometriosis patient's agonising wait for treatment
"Not because I wanted to die, but because the pain was so unbearable," 20-year-old says.
'Get pregnant, that'll fix your problems': Mum's endometriosis fight - for 20 years
Dallas was accused of being a drug seeker for repeatedly turning up to ED in pain.
'Feel like we're being punished': Nurses sent to MIQ hotels unable to get old jobs back
"We volunteered out of the generosity of and goodness of our hearts," MIQ nurse tells.
Cardiology services for rural and remote communities
Māori liaison specialist nurse Patumahoe Leaf-Wright is taking specialty cardiology services to rural and remote communities. Video / Hāpaitia te Hauora Manawa
8454 new Covid cases, 24 deaths including child under 10 as new variants arise
There are 481 people in hospital, including 14 people in ICU or HDU.
US advises citizens to 'avoid travel' to NZ
New Zealand is now open to US travellers but they may be hesitant to visit.
Hospitals backlog to be managed nationally in leadup to DHB reform
Nearly 30,000 New Zealanders were stuck in delays for hospital treatment in August
Focus Live: Andrew Little makes planned-care announcement
Andrew Little announces the Government’s plan to tackle delays in hospital waiting lists caused by Covid-19. Video / Supplied
More Kiwis may get reinfected with Covid amid waning immunity and new variants
Yesterday, 9109 community cases were reported.
Omicron outbreak: 9109 new cases, 20 deaths today
Yesterday, a second person with the Omicron sub-variant BA.4 was identified.
Revealed: The new system replacing vaccine passes
Exclusive: New voluntary vaccine pass system, digital immunisation journal in the works.
Omicron outbreak: What arrival of new sub-variant means for NZ
The new sub-variant had shown that it could 'out-compete' existing variants, experts said.
Six dead, 5656 Covid cases today - new variant discovered in NZ
Case numbers are starting to plateau, except in the West Coast and South Canterbury.
New Covid-19 'Lamp' test to be trialled at Auckland Airport
Lamp tests combine speed of RATs with accuracy of a PCR test and can be self-administered.
'Safe and sensible': The schools sticking with mask mandates
Some schools join doctors' and scientists' call for classroom mask mandate over winter.
Seven more Covid deaths and 7043 new community cases
Yesterday, there were 14 deaths, 8242 new cases and 480 people with Covid-19 in hospital.
Concerns over low Waikato Pasifika and Māori immunisation rates ahead of winter
Covid-19 community vaccination sites now include measles, mumps and rubella immunisations.
MIQ gatecrashing family: Emails reveal officials' fears about 'loophole'
'I hope they don't post anything on how they managed to skirt the system."
Live: 14 deaths, 8242 new cases; 480 people in hospital
The 480 people in hospital with the virus include 15 in intensive care.
Health authorities preparing for Covid resurgence
QR scanning and vaccine passes back on table as officials plot response to another wave.