Latest from Auckland DHB

Hiring freeze: Doctor jobs unfilled as Health NZ cost-cutting bites

Doctors had job applications paused at the reference-checking stage, or delayed for weeks.

Auckland Hospital tells women to expect to be discharged 3-4 hours after giving birth

A maternity advocate says the letter sent to expectant mums is 'manipulative'.

'Jump the queue': C-section private surgery quota at Auckland Hospital ongoing dispute

The proposed rules come after years of tension centred on high c-section rates.

GP sounds alarm over hospital delays: ‘We don’t know what the real wait time is’

Patients are told they'll be seen in six weeks, but wait months.

Health Minister bogged down in details of dirty hospital toilet

Dr Shane Reti asked for a briefing on cleanliness at Auckland Hospital.

Hope for cancer patients as price falls on life-extending drug

The scheme won't cover all multiple myeloma patients. Details are due within a month.

'I'm effectively cured': Gene-editing trial proves promising for treating rare disorder

Judy Knox no longer takes drugs for her potentially fatal disorder, hereditary angioedema.

Watch: 'Worse than childbirth' - Mum's life-changing spinal injury after fall from rail bridge

Son, 15, went for help after watching mum "cartwheel" off bridge on bike trip.

‘Racial bias’ in paediatrics exam favours white candidates, doctors claim

A group of more than 30 doctors believes racial bias is behind different pass rates.

'They took out my kidney and I'm waiting for them to give me the okay'

Miriama Rubena says she's sick of getting bumped from the waiting list.

Explainer: Why Māori, Pacific are prioritised for surgery

Premium explainer: Why the controversial change has happened.

Exclusive: Rise in maternity incidents at Auckland Hospital

Nearly half of the hospital's midwifery positions were vacant.

Woman with deep vein thrombosis misdiagnosed, discharged twice

She was thought to have been suffering sciatica. It was something far more serious.

C-section scrap: Private obstetricians fume at ‘inappropriate’ Auckland Hospital rules

Emails reveal predictions of a "community uprising" should the ban continue.

Fake Middlemore Hospital doctor jailed after treating dozens of patients

Yuvaraj Krishnan was driven by a bizarre compulsion to be a doctor.

Bypass patient v Southern Cross: Court ruling on $105K claim

He was only in this country for a relatively short time and bought the policy.