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

The health sector is overburdened by those who don't know how to look after themselves or don't give a damn, writes Gareth Morgan.

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.

The Society of Physiotherapists has been warned by the Commerce Commission over a letter it says may have been a bid to fix prices.

An Auckland man has become New Zealand's first reported case of a new and aggressive form of malaria that has jumped the species barrier from monkeys to humans.

A coroner has told the ADHB to ensure mental health unit patients get the same standard of medical care as those in general wards, after a schizophrenic woman, 60, died.

Swine flu has become the dominant flu virus in New Zealand and some emergency departments are struggling to cope.

A Bay of Plenty sexual abuse victim is hiding in her home after ACC sent her patient file to a local dairy.