In January 2015- a year and a half later - the tumour was picked up by the patient's GP.

Deal will cost trust about $3 million a year if everyone joins.

The boy lost all sight in one eye after a brain tumour went undiagnosed.

Surgeons could face disciplinary action if they operate without consent.

A Christchurch woman told this is likely her last Christmas, is battling for medication.

Faye Braddock sufferer of multiple sclerosis talks about her success with new stem cell treatments.

Mental health will be a key focus of the new government

Ebos takes 14% stake in Australian medi-software firm MedAdvisor for A$10.5m.

Hamilton mum warns other women to listen to their bodies after IUCD perforates her uterus.

COMMENT: Costs and cover varies hugely between health insurance providers.

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare lowered full year earnings guidance due to the strong NZ dollar

Abano's dissident shareholders to exit in discounted block trade

Ryman Healthcare is the only Kiwi company recognised for top returns to shareholders.

An expert says weight limits for publicly funded fertility treatment should be dropped.

Feelings of disillusionment and exhaustion are driving specialists out of public hospitals

Orion to raise $32.9M in rights offer after posting full-year loss, sees profit in 2018.

Volpara, the Wellington-based digital health company, narrowed its annual loss.

Macquarie Group lifted its 12-month target price on F&P Healthcare by 7.3 per cent

Find out which occupations command the highest salaries in NZ cities this month.

Vital Healthcare extends buying spree with two Australian facilities worth A$27.6M

Ryman has been given the go-ahead to proceed with a second retirement village in Melbourne

NZ's AFT Pharmaceuticals expects to benefit from news that all medicines containing codeine will be prescription-only in Australia from February 1, 2018.

Grant Samuel has come in for a second barracking in the space of a month with HealthCare Partners.

Abano Healthcare's board has reiterated its advice that shareholders should wait for a formal recommendation before accepting a partial takeover offer.

Abano Healthcare Group's dissident shareholders are seeking control of the dental clinic and radiology operator.

Abano Healthcare told shareholders it expects to lift first-half profit by up to 50 percent in 2017 with earnings driven by dental acquisitions.

More than 30,000 respite care workers are keenly awaiting one of New Zealand's highest courts to decide if they are worth more than $3 an hour.

Parents of a 9-year-old boy have been threatened with prosecution unless they send him to a special boarding school 300km from their home.

Photos have revealed the squalid conditions in which an autistic man is being kept "like a caged animal" at a disability care unit in the Waikato.

The Human Rights Commission will bring an international expert to New Zealand to investigate the country's use of seclusion after repeatedly raising concerns.