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![Wairarapa and Hutt Valley DHBs culpable for delayed breast cancer diagnosis](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Wairarapa and Hutt Valley DHBs culpable for delayed breast cancer diagnosis
Failures at two DHBs led to a woman's cancer diagnosis being delayed, a new report finds.
![10,000 allied health workers walk off the job](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
10,000 allied health workers walk off the job
Today's strike comes after more than 18 months of negotiations.
![Life-threatening endometriosis delays, surgery wait times up to three years](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Life-threatening endometriosis delays, surgery wait times up to three years
On average, women in NZ wait 8.7 years from onset symptoms to be formally diagnosed.
!['I did start to feel suicidal': Endometriosis patient's agonising wait for treatment](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'I did start to feel suicidal': Endometriosis patient's agonising wait for treatment
"Not because I wanted to die, but because the pain was so unbearable," 20-year-old says.
!['They're not listening to us': Nurses say DHB failed to act on unsafe staffing](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'They're not listening to us': Nurses say DHB failed to act on unsafe staffing
Health and safety concerns including staffing were raised with Wairarapa DHB last month.
![DHB board member roles scrapped three months before term ends](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
DHB board member roles scrapped three months before term ends
Time is ticking for DHB board members who won't be needed come July 1.
![Locations of interest: Popular Queenstown bar, Remuera racecourse, Hamilton sites added](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Locations of interest: Popular Queenstown bar, Remuera racecourse, Hamilton sites added
Queenstown Airport lounge and a Hamilton fitness centre latest on list.
!['Terrible time' to be restructuring health sector - Reti](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Terrible time' to be restructuring health sector - Reti
Health spokesman says DHBs still missing agreed deadline to improve safe staffing.
![DHB investigating claim vaccination staff paid for big night out with Prezzy cards](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
DHB investigating claim vaccination staff paid for big night out with Prezzy cards
'I am not aware of how the food and beverages were paid for,' DHB boss says.
![Nats fears for Hawke's Bay ICU if outbreak were to occur](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Nats fears for Hawke's Bay ICU if outbreak were to occur
Figures provided to Reti show HB's had NZ's highest ICU occupancy since outbreak started.
!['Unacceptable': Disparity in DHB staff vaccination levels revealed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Unacceptable': Disparity in DHB staff vaccination levels revealed
Less than half of all staff at one DHB are fully vaccinated.
![Ministry of Health keeps quiet on DHB staff vaccination rates](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ministry of Health keeps quiet on DHB staff vaccination rates
The deadline for DHBs to know this information was August 31.
![Health Minister Andrew Little on planned nurses' strike](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Health Minister Andrew Little on planned nurses' strike
Midwives and nurses gear up to walk off the job on Thursday.
![Midwives strike: Six DHBs cancel non-urgent caesarean births](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Midwives strike: Six DHBs cancel non-urgent caesarean births
About 1500 hospital midwives are holding rolling eight-hour strikes this week.
![Midwives strike: Eight-hour rolling strikes begin today](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Midwives strike: Eight-hour rolling strikes begin today
Midwives in Auckland and Northland will be the first to walk off the job today.
![Revealed: 'Deeply concerning' vaccination rates vary across NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Revealed: 'Deeply concerning' vaccination rates vary across NZ
In one district Māori are being vaccinated at a quarter of the national rate.
![Some Covid vaccine centres could pause to balance supply](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Some Covid vaccine centres could pause to balance supply
There will be an update this afternoon on the quarantine-free travel pause with Victoria.
![Wellington nurses join national strike](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Wellington nurses join national strike
'Conditions' and 'pay' cited as reasons for today's industrial action.
![Live: 30,000 Nurses strike DHBs reduce services as staff walk out](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Live: 30,000 Nurses strike DHBs reduce services as staff walk out
Non-urgent surgery and outpatient clinics cancelled as nurses walk off the job.
![2020 stocktake found health IT systems vulnerable](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
2020 stocktake found health IT systems vulnerable
The DHBs also lacked skilled IT staff to focus on security, a report found.
![Carterton again asked to boil water after positive E. coli test](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Carterton again asked to boil water after positive E. coli test
It's Carterton's third positive E. coli test in a month, and fifth since December 2020.