The century-old male infirmary ward at Greenlane Hospital has been saved from demolition.

A former television stuntwoman, whom rescuers spent 25 minutes reviving after a near-drowning on New Year's Day, has died after she was sent home from hospital.

Cliff Robinson has a message for Health Minister Tony Ryall: "Show some sense and good grace and give us our due."

Parents who care for severely disabled adult children should be eligible to receive payments, a tribunal has ruled.

Willie Jackson's urban authority wants to negotiate to buy a troubled rest home tagged for closure at the end of the month.

Plans to make it easier for NZ doctors to work wherever they like in Australia are predicted to worsen this country's medical workforce crisis.

An inquiry has been launched after a mental health worker was stabbed, kicked and had boiling water thrown over her by a patient.

Broadcaster Willie Jackson is making a last-ditch attempt to save a Mangere rest home slated for closure by the Counties Manukau DHB.

A rest home and hospital for the aged in South Auckland will close next month after it failed to meet standards imposed by health authorities.

The Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne yesterday farewelled their two star patients, Trishna and Krishna, as they left five weeks after being surgically separated.

The IHC is seeking Govt help over an Employment Court case that could cost it $80 million in backpay and an extra $20m a year in wages.

Waikato DHB is re-starting computers in key locations after staff worked all-night battling a computer virus which crippled the organisation

Dr Suresh Vatsyayann was asked to withdraw comments made in an email and apologise to the Waikato board and management, but refused.

Waikato DHB is trying to keep as many people out of hospitals as possible while it tries to fix damage caused by the Conficka computer worm.