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Focus: Doctors on strike
Thousands of doctors and dentists on strike across the country today, over what they call our sick healthcare system. Video / NZ Herald
The doctor is out. New medical centre can’t find GP to run it
The centre has been looking for a new doctor for six to nine months.
Bed sores, lost mobility, torn ear: Rest home care 'concerning'
The rest home has made many changes and improvements since the incident.
Focus Morning Bulletin: 10 October, 2022
Sensitive files posted to the dark web, Auckland’s new mayor gets to work and police on the scene in Wattle Downs in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
Focus Morning Bulletin: 4 October, 2022
Aged care sector calls out for help, FBoy Island to air despite controversies and police step down after football match stampede in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
Final day of DHBs: New organisation in charge of your healthcare from tomorrow
Doctors wait 'with bated breath' to see impact of DHB shakeup
'Health crisis': Healthcare workers flood Toni Street with messages about stretched system
Workers are burnt out, working double shifts and moving to Australia for better pay.
Focus Live: Ayesha Verrall, Ashley Bloomfield host Covid update
New Covid-19 Response Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall said alongside Director-General of Health Dr Ashely Bloomfield that lockdowns and border closures would still be a last resort. Video / Mark Mitchell
Healthcare exodus: How much more nurses can earn in Australia
The Australian healthcare sector is offering better pay and other perks.
Focus: Hospitals under 'extreme pressure' as winter ills mount
As hospitals experience "extreme pressure" with "abnormally high" patient presentations, NZ Nurses Organisation co-president Kerri Nuku calls on the Government to act. Video / NZ Herald
Covid reinfection within 90 days rare but possible, new health advice says
Older Kiwis and those with high-risk conditions should remain vigilant about reinfection.
Coroner urges review of hospital transfers after patient's death
The coroner has discovered a series of bungles after Ian Bell's early prostate surgery.
Covid-19: 98 new cases as Aucklanders flock to cafes and cricket pitches
Aucklanders are celebrating their freedoms with community cricket and cafe breakfasts.
Watch: 92 new community Covid cases as Aucklanders grab a beer, hit the gym
There are now 79 people in hospital, including nine in intensive care.
Focus Live: 146 new Covid-19 cases, Omicron ‘not a cause for panic’
Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says that the Omicron variant is "not a cause for panic" as NZ experts track its impact overseas. Video / Pool
F&P Healthcare H1 profit down 2%, beats market expectations
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare has released its first half result.
Private hospitals start closing their doors to unvaccinated patients and visitors
NZ Private Surgical Hospitals Association boss says more hospitals could follow suit.
Green Cross, PEP withdraw from Tamaki Health deal
Greencross and PEP have withdrawn from a deal to buy Tamaki Health.
Covid deaths at home: Don't delay calling for medical help, health bosses say
Daughter says her dad died painfully at home after being told his symptoms were normal.
Premium: The health tech to be used in NZ's first self-managed isolation
Co-founder of health tech company Seki.ai John Mamea Wilson explains the tech that will keep Sir Ian Taylor and potentially thousands of others safe in self-managed isolation. Video / NZ Herald
Howick College cleaner Covid-positive, school to open on Monday
The risk to students has been deemed low by public health teams.
Covid detected in wastewater samples in Napier, Gisborne
Health teams urging anyone with cold or flu symptoms to get tested.
Summer blues: Rhythm & Vines music festival in doubt?
Tens of thousands of Kiwis may miss out on festival if Gisborne doesn't hit vax target.
Live: Record high Covid cases - fears of secret spreading, pressure on health system
Cases number are only trending up. Will Government's traffic light system cope?
Check vax rates in your DHB: is Wellington just two weeks from 90pc double-jabbed?
Christchurch rushes to vaccinate, Northland is nine weeks away and Auckland inches ahead.
Unvaxxed teachers to be barred from schools, learning centres from Nov 15
Those who go onsite despite restrictions will be committing an offence, the MoE says.
Northland likely eight or more weeks away from 90 per cent vax target
Auckland seems to be a minimum four weeks off being 90pc double-jabbed.