Latest from Auckland DHB

Seven-year-old Maya's gutsy battle

She wasn't supposed to survive after just 12 weeks in the womb. Now Maya Gourlay is 7.

Almost 10,000 patients harmed by hospitals

International research suggests half could have been avoided or minimised.

$140 parking fee to see newborn son

A petition is calling for a change to how hospital parking is handled.

Hospitals readying for doctors' walk-out

District health boards are making their final preparations for the three-day strike by unionised resident doctors that starts tomorrow morning.

Public sector heads: How much are they paid?

The new State Services Commissioner was once one of the highest paid public servants but is now promising a "conservative approach" to pay rises for chief executives.

Parents reject help for obese kids

The Government's new plan to get help for obese kids is proving a turn-off to many parents.

Suicide data fuels fresh call for probe

West Coast had highest rate

Toddler's battle: 'Our family is fighting'

Doctors say 2-year-old Chelsey Cheng has only a 20% chance of reaching her 5th birthday.

Elective surgery falls to sickness

Hospitals in north and West Auckland have had to postpone non-urgent surgery to cope with the winter's first surge of acutely unwell patients.

Sick-note doctor censured

Death rates for surgeons stay secret

District health boards that do heart surgery cannot produce reliable comparisons of individual surgeons' patient complication and death rates.

Consent for drug trials to be reviewed

The rules restricting enrolment of unconscious patients in drug trials without their prior consent will be reviewed - more than seven months after an outcry.

Cut the fat, hospital cafes told

Pies are expected to be cut from public menus at the Auckland District Health Board as officials try to make their hospitals into models of healthy eating and drinking.

DHB deleted public records

The national organ donation service at the Auckland DHB has been put on notice by an official-information watchdog after it was caught out deleting public records.

NZ Fijian family fear for mother facing deportation

Construction noise wakes new mums

The noise from major construction is upsetting patients at Auckland City Hospital, who are being offered earplugs to block out the banging and crashing.