Christchurch hospitals are busy but coping as patient numbers swell from the earthquake.

The threat of a potentially fatal superbug is growing, and infection control officials cannot see any let-up.

'This was my grandmother, a brilliant and much-loved woman. The story of the final 10 years of her life reveals a shocking truth about how Britain treats its old people.'

A hospital surgeon is fighting a drink-driving charge after driving home from a bar.

Health chiefs are demanding faster action on improved access to state immigration records, so they can tell if patients are entitled to care.

An Auckland mother is outraged that her daughter was 'ripped off' by an accident and medical clinic.

A range of causes have been blamed for hospital emergency departments being swamped by a holiday rush.

NZ's troubled computer system for identifying patients is unable to show if they are eligible for state funding.

Hundreds of herbal medicinal products will be banned from sale in Britain next year.