The lack of clarity around patient seclusion has emerged after the Herald revealed the case of autistic man Ashley Peacock, who has been keep in isolation for years.

An extra $2.2 billion will be pumped into health over four years to help cope with an ageing population and record immigration.

Women are typically the dominant group within medical schools and yet remain under-represented in leadership positions.

From arm wrestling gone wrong to flying pocket knives, DHBs have reported on "adverse events" affecting 525 patients in the year to June.

Doctors and specialists have been scamming health insurer, Southern Cross, which has just announced new measures in an attempt to save millions.

Anaesthetists say the levels of stress they face in their job are comparable to the pressures felt by soldiers and Olympic athletes.

New Zealand's biggest medical and health insurer has slipped back into the black, turning last year's $390,000 after-tax deficit into a surplus of $5.7 million.

Pay equity case will leave rest homes struggling if they don't get more funding, writes Terry Bell.

Auckland City Hospital has cancelled some elective surgery due today, because of the high number of patients requiring admission from winter-related illnesses.

One of the small number of female chief executives in New Zealand, Grainne Moss runs Bupa, the country's largest aged care home provider.

The specialist medical investor Abano Healthcare lifted underlying earnings 46 per cent and paid a fatter dividend, underpinned by its dental and audiology businesses.

Some Kiwis are travelling as far as India for operations, complaining of long waiting lists and high costs at home.

The most vulnerable are likely to suffer with the introduction of 'social bonds' for the private sector, writes Dita De Boni.

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare beat its forecast annual profit and said earnings would rise further in the coming year.

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare could beat its own guidance for a record-breaking annual profit when its full-year result is revealed on Friday, a broker says.

Here are four medical botch-ups that have been reported on so far in 2015.

Healthcare and animal care products company Ebos reported a 12 per cent gain in first-half profit after lifting earnings in both its divisions and refinancing debt on more favourable terms.

Oceania Healthcare is on track for an initial public offering in early 2015, aged-care operator's chief executive, Earl Gasparich, says he's also in talks with private investors and funds.

New drugs and medical procedures undergo careful scrutiny before being foisted on the public. Nobody wants another Thalidomide disaster.

New Zealand's biggest medical and health insurer has posted a $1.1 million annual loss after a record $694.5 million in claims.

An anaesthetic technician who stole hospital drugs and was high while attending to a patient in theatre is one of 22 medical professionals found guilty of misusing drugs over 12 years.

New Zealand's biggest retirement owner/operator Ryman Healthcare confirmed its acquisition of the former Kingsgate Hotel site on Campbell Rd, Auckland.

Ryman Healthcare, the country's biggest listed retirement village operator and developer, has bought land in Wellington which it plans to turn into a boutique village.

Ryman Healthcare has secured a site for its second retirement village in Melbourne, which it expects to spend more than $100 million to build.

Ryman Healthcare will invest $690 million in Auckland, building five of eight new villages in the city including one $210 million project.

Auckland's public health authority fears a highly infectious measles virus may be starting to spread in the city independently of imported cases of the disease.

The country's major rest home chains are facing a legal battle over pay as the unions representing aged care workers bring proceedings under the Equal Pay Act.