A surgeon has been reprimanded for swearing at a severely obese patient and for punishing her by removing her from a waiting list.

Health officials are being accused of racism for deciding to transfer a mental health contract for Pacific people from Mangere's bankrupt Pacificare Trust to a mainstream agency.

A proposal to ban smoking at beaches and other public places doesn't have the support of John Key, who thinks it is too "nanny state".

Primary health services are set to undergo a big shake-up with some hospital services shifting into the community to create new super-clinics.

Chris Barton was at the inquest into a harrowing story of youth suicide.

Health officials tackling Maori smoking want new measures to ban the habit at beaches, playgrounds, bus stops and other areas.

Eighteen months after Toran Henry killed himself, his mother finally gets to have her say on whether an anti-depressant influenced his death.

Ian McPherson writes that NZ needs a better strategy for coping with healthcare needs.

Two DHBs propose to offer public hospital patients the option of paying for treatment that is not funded by the public health system.

Toxic sea slugs could be living in the waters around New Zealand but money to study them is proving harder to find than the slugs themselves.

Public access to a widely-used class of painkillers containing codeine is likely to be restricted within months over addiction fears.