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Bowel cancer rates rise in under-50s, calls for lower screening age
Govt will lower the bowel cancer screening age to 55.
Disability ministry didn't warn of funding changes because of concern about last-minute spend-up
Newly released documents shed light on the leadup to the shock funding changes in March.
Family lays complaint after 22-year-old dies suddenly in Middlemore Hospital
The family claimed Jaydyn Barnett was ready to go home but died suddenly after a fall.
‘My life denied’: The cost of cancer treatment delays - a special investigation
Big read: How one woman was caught in a scandal of overwhelmed cancer services.
Disability ministry’s problems revealed in confidential memo
The Government is expected to confirm a review of Whaikaha today.
Targets proposed to shrink healthcare wait times to cost $723m
Labour says the proposed cost signals the expense required to reduce treatment delays.
‘I feel the bones grating’: Man left in agony as surgeries delayed
Bob Menzies has been waiting for a knee replacement for more than four years.
'Impasse': Doctors vote to strike after pay offer rejected
Union members rejected the offers and voted to strike for 25 hours from May 7.
Opinion: David Seymour putting cart before horse on health insurance
OPINION: Medsafe must first approve off-label medicines, insurers say.
Matthew Hooton: Government’s savings programme half-hearted, poorly targeted
OPINION: With the dire need to cut costs, agencies should have to justify why they exist.
Why is the Govt slashing thousands of public sector jobs - and how will it affect Wellington?
ANALYSIS: The Government's cuts will hurt, but their wider impact might be muted.
'Full' GP clinics enrol more patients after being bought by healthcare company
Rapid growth of corporate GP ownership has upsides - but also some new pressures.
Trans young people: Govt won’t say if it will follow British move to ban puberty blockers
Puberty blockers are being restricted overseas due to issues around safety.
Medsafe seizes eczema creams after 'potent steroid' warning
Users have been told to dispose of the products and check with a GP for side-effects.
Public Purse: Planned cuts to public service won't even wind back last six months of expansion
OPINION: Eight new agencies across the public service helped fuel record staffing levels.
Roles in tobacco regulation could be slashed following Smokefree u-turn
Five jobs are proposed to go from the Ministry of Health's tobacco regulatory team.
Suicide Prevention Office 'expected to stay open'
The Ministry of Health apologises for confusion over office’s future.
Engineered stone giant Cosentino warns against ‘chaos’ of total ban
The company faced scrutiny after legal action from stonemasons who developed silicosis.
Leaked docs reveal Health Ministry chose to cut 134 staff rather than trim executive pay
The ministry is proposing job cuts to meet its savings targets.
Health Ministry proposes job cuts of 18 per cent
Ministry of Health proposes to slash 134 roles entirely to meet Govt savings directive.
Ministry of Health proposes 134 job losses, MSD calls for mass voluntary redundancies
The ministry is expected to slash its budget by $78m between 2023/24 and 2024/25.
Exclusive: Insurance gap blocking Kiwis from life-saving drugs will be fixed, Seymour says
A Medsafe technicality is seeing people miss out on desperately-needed funds.
'More medical doctors, not spin doctors': PM defends public sector job cuts
Christopher Luxon got a flu vaccine and a roasting from Opposition parties.
Safety fears as police prepare to pull back from distress calls
Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey says a plan will be presented to Cabinet next month.
Govt doesn’t understand cuts impact, staff say, amid computer systems warning
Officials at the centre of this week's job losses say services will be impacted.
Revealed: David Seymour's big plans for Pharmac
Seymour wants investigation of possible cost-sharing between Pharmac and patients.
'No good time': MoH staff to learn fate first day back from Easter break
The window between Easter and school holidays was decided the best time to inform staff.
Audrey Young: Willis blindsided by disability support controversy
OPINION: The Finance Minister was not best pleased to start her week with a PR disaster.
Act's Brooke van Velden defends tweet about public service staff cuts
Van Velden said redundancies also happened in the private sector all the time.
MPI and health ministry to cut hundreds of jobs, union says it's an 'irresponsible gamble'
Ministries are urged to find savings between 6.5 and 7.5 per cent on average.
Another major health group wants ban on engineered stone in thousands of Kiwi homes
Pressure is growing on the Government to act, after Australia decided to ban the stone.
Disability sector appalled by sudden restrictions on support funding
The changes were announced with no warning and were effective immediately.