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Taupō Hospital's plan for possible closure amid doctor shortages

A plan exists for potential closure if Taupō can't find enough staff.

Doctors alarmed by whooping cough surge

'We’ve had small children ending up in hospital.'

Vaccine decline threatens 95% target as hesitancy grows

Families are refusing vaccinations in vulnerable communities, experts warn.

'Dying needlessly': Iwi monitors call for action on low cancer screening rates

'People don’t have to die from diseases like that if they’re caught early enough.'

MP slams hospital discharge after homeless woman had to sleep in car

Nicola sought emergency housing but was told she was ineligible in Rotorua.

Tears as private ambulance operators found guilty of forgery; altering documents

Private ambulance operators say they injected drugs into fruit as training exercises.

Combined cleaner-security roles at Waikato hospitals raise safety fears

Cost savings from the scheme fell short, saving $137,300 instead of $207,300.

'Save a lot more lives': Stage 4 cancer survivor's plea for earlier screening

'It would just stop a lot of people going through the trauma of advanced cancer.'

Concern 'patients will suffer' as practices with 46,000 enrolled switch funder

The centres say changing their primary health organisation will help avoid fee increases.

'Further industrial action' may follow 24-hour doctors' strike

Health NZ is ‘committed’ to settling the collective agreement with the union.

'Stretched' health system 'getting quietly worse' - striking anaesthetist

He says he works 'well in excess' of his contract and the hospital faces staff shortages.

How Whakatāne Hospital plans to restore full maternity services

Since January, 88 Eastern Bay women have had their babies at Tauranga Hospital.

On The Up - ‘Do not give up’: Mum of two undeterred by aggressive cancer, miscarriages

'It's the mind that plays the game. If the mind is strong, your body can cope with it'.

'Really tired': Staffing crisis strains Taupō's senior doctors

Night shifts often have just one senior doctor for the entire hospital.

‘His heart belonged to Rotorua’: Paediatrician Dr Johan Morreau remembered

Doctor was leading advocate for investing in children's health and a dedicated family man.

US $550k surgery removes ‘95%’ of 27-year-old’s aggressive brain tumour

Rotorua woman 'blown away' by the donations she received to help pay for the surgery.