More than 2700 hospital service workers around the country will strike this Friday over stalled wage negotiations.

Hospital emergency departments in much of Auckland are performing below par on newly issued national rankings of DHBs.

Angelina Jolie's dad, actor Jon Voight, has denounced our health system as causing "many deaths"

After a battle with cancer, Lloyd Morrison tells Liam Dann why he still has work to do

DHB chiefs are bracing themselves to make deep cuts to their services next year after receiving Government indications their funding will slip.

An investigation has found that health providers "missed opportunities for intervention" in the days before the death of a diabetic, 68.

A NZ woman has died after being ravaged by swine flu for three months. The 43-year-old had no other health conditions when she became ill.

Usual winter increase in cases continues into spring, with no signs of slowdown.

Labtests failed to diagnose cancer in tissue taken from a patient with a history of malignant melanoma.

One of only two Maori-based residential centres for youth faces closure by April.

A report for the Cancer Society says treatment of the preventable disease costs the health system more than $57m.