Health authorities have tightened rules around the monitoring of overseas-trained doctors, following concerns being expressed for several years over supervision.

One of NZ's most remote and cash-strapped health boards is paying fill-in surgeons up to $2500 a day, beating some of our highest earners.

Having to treat too many patients because of the shortage of physicians has been identified as a key factor driving medical specialists overseas.

Alarming administration errors led to confusion over which of an elderly woman's legs needed surgery and her being sent home, dying days later.

Toys coated in 'liquid glass' to stop bacteria

A plaque commemorating two whistle-blowers on the "unfortunate experiment" at National Women's Hospital has disappeared.

The departure of Capital Coast District Health Board chief executive Ken Whelan because of pressure to cut costs will not be the last, Labour MP Ruth Dyson says.

A young man committed suicide after his counsellor told him by text message not to take his medication, provided he was undergoing regular counselling.