An internal review by ACC is looking at how the corporation could run more efficiently and what changes need to be made.

The medical records of hundreds of thousands of Aucklanders are in the hands of community pharmacists.

After two of her children developed rheumatic fever, Te Aroha Teriaki is warning parents to always err on the side of caution.

A watchdog has slammed three organisations over the locking up of a alcoholic, 43, in a resthome for more than a year without proper legal authority.

The first results from a study of 7000 Auckland and Waikato babies shows that 11 per cent of women smoke throughout their pregnancies.

Some central Auckland patients could be treated at North Shore and Waitakere Hospitals under a spirit of collaboration, the man now responsible for nearly one million Aucklanders' health has indicated.

Drug-buying agency Pharmac is set to provide greater access to an expensive drug used to treat brain cancer.

Midday sun risky way of getting vitamin D, groups say.

Up to four patients in NZ have contracted a killer strain of a superbug which inhabits other bacteria.